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Anything can be improved with the addition of googly eyes – The angry people of April 2023
Once again it’s left to us to point out things that need pointing out. Googly eyes on shopfronts, the need for a Twins sequel, and the mating habits of supermarket trolleys. But what can you do? Oh yes, I remember: Point and laugh at them. Point and laugh at them HARD. Now. Get yer hair…
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APILN: The best of 2023 so far
How is it April already? I suppose now is as good a time as any to collect this year’s best angry stories for your delight and my obsessive nature. Also, I’ve got nothing better to do, and there’s an important story about squirrels. So, here are 22 of the best. BBC News: Woman terrorised by…
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That’s not what it says on your T-shirt, mate
This is what happens when you don’t update the site for a few weeks – it gets backed up with crap like a pair of Y-fronts stuck in a sewer pipe. Where’s my biggest prodding stick? Here we go, the best of Angry People in Local Newspapers of November 2022 (so far). ____________________ Lancs Live:…
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Hampshire’s gone wrong
Every now and then, one part of the country completely flips out and it’s left to the local press to pick up the pieces. This times it’s [shakes Magic 8-Ball] HAMPSHIRE, come on down!
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The Red Bellends
Sometimes you have a stupid idea, and you run with it, and you find yourself amazed that the result is even stupider than you could possibly imagine. And this is the best terrible idea I’ve ever had.
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Never give up, never surrender!
Another week, another metric shedload (or 1.2 imperial shedloads) of people being furious. But this time, we’ve got a genuinely happy ending. Unless you’re German, then es tut mir lied.
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Back in the jug agane
____________________ We made a silly and tasteless joke on Facebook, we we got sent to Facebook Jail, and – frankly – we deserved it. So, here’s the best stories from the last few days plus a couple from the archives to tide you over. And Spotter’s Badge if you know where the title of today’s…
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Public Service Announcement: Please do not put frozen potatoes up your arse
Are we all clear on the frozen potatoes thing? Good. At the very least, we recommend that they are baked to what government health warnings call “piping hot”. The trouble being is that there are warnings about everything because there is always that one person. That one person who is the reason why they have…
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The Actual Mark of the Beast and Actual Aliens
Huddersfield Examiner: Cul-de-Sac residents complain that their bins haven’t been emptied in two weeks The story aside (don’t leave your cars so the bin lorry can’t get up your street), I am obsessed with this gentleman’s shiny pair of shorts. Are they made of cut-down bin bags? __________________ Teesside Live: Man who runs a fan…
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The World Naked Butler Shortage: A warning from history
Surrey Live: We don’t do those clickbaity ‘Journalist Does Normal Thing’ stories that seem to be all the rage at the moment, except for this one A Journalist Does Normal Thing story has to be truly exceptional to get into the pges of Angry People in Local Newspapers, and when the reporter has a face…