Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Stolen lead anger
Dorset Echo: Thieves steal lead from Prince Charles
Christ, he's let Windsor Castle go right down the toilet.
ID Theft anger
Bournemouth Echo: Council sends personal information to the wrong person. Twice.
Now that's a glare that could cut glass.
Fox anger
Waltham Forest Guardian: Anti-social foxes leave trail of litter across defenceless woman's garden
With all-too-predictable KILL THEM ALL TO DEATH comments from the readers.
Spotter's Badge: Rachel
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Evil little scrotes anger
Essex Echo: Home for juvenile delinquents plaguing street
Troubled youths, my arse.
Spotter's Badge: Julia
Diversion anger
Reading Evening Post: Pedestrian slams 'ridiculous' diversion around roadworks
"Cyclists dismount and use angry pedestrian"
Monday, June 28, 2010
Bakery anger
Surrey Comet: OAPs furious as THE MAN clamps down on outside seating
Follow them home, crap through their letterbox. It's the only language these curs understand.
Bus timetable anger
Bournemouth Echo: Angry passenger fuming over new timetable
Wow. I can't believe they actually got her to pose like that. Well done, the Echo!
Spotter's Badge: Andrew
School uniform anger
Oxford Mail: Girl sent home from school over short skirt, lip piercing, idiot parent
I think that just about sums it up.
Spotter's Badge: Suzanne
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Phone box anger
Reading Evening Post: Campaigner's fury as BT charge extra for public urinals
Do they still have phone boxes? Live and learn
Restaurant anger
Salisbury Post (US): Neighbours angry over local eateries for reasons I cannot quite fathom
But still, good two-for-the-price-of-one fury to be seen here.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
New homes anger
Southampton Daily Echo: Residents block roads in protest over new development
And the readers go harsh in the comments.
Friday, June 25, 2010
High pitched noise anger
Bournemouth Echo: Bird scarer has shoppers in a flap
Fury, fingers-in-ears and *cough* pretty subject matter all in one. Well done, the Echo.
Spotter's Badge: Danfox
Bus fare anger
Dorset Echo: Row over bus fare to Portland Bill
Never mind that, he's standing in front of my daughter's shop. For all your seaside tat needs. Vuvuzelas. Marshmallow willies. Chocolate nipples. Bargain prices.
Care home anger
Oxford Mail: Residents hold up cardboard sign over plans to withdraw warden
Here's a hint: Post your used colostomy bags to head office until the beancounters get the message. Shouldn't take more than a week.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Stolen coins anger
Bendigo Advertiser: Bar staff furious as thieves blag $2,000 in change
...with a look that can burn holes through glass
Spotter's Badge: Stewart
Football anger
Ottawa National Post: Fury as local soccer league makes the rules up as they go along
And proof that you don't have to be facing toward the camera to be absolutely livid.
Spotter's Badge: Kevin
Cycling anger
Bournemouth Echo: We'll catch rogue cyclists in Boscombe, says angry councillor as all other crime is solved in Dorset
And then what? Let their tyres down?
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Budget Anger Special
Oxford Mail: Angry people get angry about emergency budget
A fine selection of local anger from our pals at the Oxford Mail.
Bus anger
Barrhead News: Campaigners hit out at changes to local bus timetable
Top marks for the pose. Loses marks for location. A "bus anger" story demands that the anger is portrayed at a bus stop at the very least.
Spotter's Badge: Ex-Bankie
Fungus anger
Sunshine Coast Daily: Anger as fungus halves ginger harvest
Poor, dead Ron Weasley
Spotter's Badge: Rob
Phone mast anger
Yorkshire Post: Fury as phone mast erected behind homes
Yeah - somehow the person with the "urbate" card missed the photo shoot.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Mobility scooter
Woodford Recorder: Fury as mobility scooter stolen from outside church...
...while the owner was worshipping at the bookies next door.
Spotter's Badge: Mark
Bad parking anger
Oxford Mail: Rubbish goes uncollected as card block road
Calm down, it's only Cowley.
Spotter's Badge: Suzanne
Rat-run anger
Dorset Echo: Nottington residents angry as lorries use village as rat-run
Ah, that old Tunes advert: "First class return to Nottington please"
Monday, June 21, 2010
Bird nest anger
Halesowen News: Anger as skylark nests destroyed at beauty spot
Superb bearded pointing, there. Well done.
Spotter's Badge: David
Speed limit anger
Dorset Echo: Angry residents demand lower speed limit at roundabout
I would point out - as a local resident - that they're sitting right on my racing line.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Lottery anger
Newcastle Evening Chronicle: Pensioner shakes fist in fury as he misses out on Lotto jackpot
We ask: Is that actually his arm?
Spotter's Badge: Ellen
Shed anger
Oxford Mail: Kids vow hideous, bloody revenge as school shed destroyed
"We'll catch them and force them to eat these. We will."
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Car park anger
Dorset Echo: Councillor breaks into furious song as car park spaces leased to contractors
Also in his repertoire: A cover of the Amy Winehouse classic "Who the fuck painted those yellow lines outside the council offices?"
New flat anger
Dartford News Shopper: Couple outraged over condition of new flat
He's right you know - look at the size of the hole he's stuck inside.
Spotter's Badge: Mr Pavlov's Cat
Friday, June 18, 2010
Bus stop anger
Reading Evening Post: Call to replace missing bus shelter
It's behind the trees. Those Leylandii shoot up almost overnight, you know.
Tesco anger
Oxford Mail: Hundreds oppose Tesco plans, say campaigners
Only six turn up for photo shoot, observes blogger.
Little Chef anger
Manchester Evening News: Fury as metal and insect leg found in breakfast
Cracking picture, straight out of the textbook.
Spotter's Badge: Jim
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Bad E-fit
Basingstoke Gazette: Police seek man over theft, illegal potato impersonation, crimes against art
Don't have nightmares
Yellow line anger
Reading Evening Post: Man slightly irritated by parking ticket on faded yellow lines
Marvellously original take on the old angry-bloke-pointing concept.
Out-of-business anger
Bournemouth Echo: Angry shopkeep blames the internet as camera shop closes
...and not any other the number of reasons made in the comments.
That's a look that will steal your soul.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Emu anger
Sunshine Coast Daily: Emu farmer fuming over $20,000 council fee
Did Rod Hull die in vain?
Spotter's Badge: Rob
Tree anger
Dorset Echo: Pure, NAKED anger on island as wrong tree is felled
The picture caption reads: Carole Pattison and Wiggy stand near were the tree once stood in Wakeham
Who - or what - we ask, is Wiggy?
Bus anger
Wokingham Times: Campaigners urge Conservative MP John Redwood to save bus route
"The bus?" asks Redwood, "What the devil is a 'bus'?"
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Manhole anger
Reading Evening Post: Angry woman falls down manhole, thinks of the children
Beats claiming for tripping over the cracks in the pavement, I suppose