Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Recycling anger
Coventry Telegraph: Residents' fury as council refuses to empty recycling bins
Plentiful supplies of Soylent Green, I notice.
Spotter's Badge: Rob
Stolen lead anger
Dorset Echo: Vicar forgives thieves TO DEATH as lead stolen from church roof
Fact: All lady vicars must have a single-syllable first name (for eg Deb, Jo, Bev). Exception: Geraldine
Collapsed ceiling anger
Waltham Forest Guardian: Single mum's I-told-you-so as ceiling caves in
Waltham Forest seems to be in a state of permanent collapse.
Spotter's Badge: Beth
Monday, August 30, 2010
Garden hole anger
Bucks Free Press: Pointy man furious as holes appear in back gardens
Somebody call Tom Baker
Spotter's Badge: Christopher
Out of focus anger
Macarthur Chronicle: NIMBYs complain over sale of school land
And top use of the word "Curtilage", too.
Spotter's Badge: Mark
Affordable homes anger
Stourbridge News: Villagers furious over plans to let poor people live nearby
And, as our spotter points out, they're fast running out of fields in the area.
Spotter's Badge: Mark
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Terrorised by giant seagull anger
Clamping anger
Kingston Guardian: Clamping victims concede defeat
"I'd clamp her outside a community hall"
Spotter's Badge: Mark
Bus Anger
Manchester Evening News: Passenger wages campaign against poor bus service
The Messenger: Passenger slams Stagecoach over bus timetable
And from our contributor:
I dunno. This one is clearly NOT from a local paper.
Spotter's badge: Gigglestick
ASBO anger
Metro: Elderly ravers threatened with ASBO by council officials
Bloody senile delinquents.
Spotter's Badge: Colin
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Bad E-fit
Met Police: Police search for aggravated burglary suspect
This badly-drawn shitcake likes to rob and beat old ladies. Turn him in.
Don't have nightmares.
Spotter's Badge: @TheManWhoFell
Vandalism anger
This is Lancashire: Fury over vandalised ambulance station
Go on. Beat the little bastards up. Then fix them. Then beat them up again.
Phone scam anger
Royston Crow: Couple don't quite fall victim to phone scam
Still, no point dressing up if you're going to be in the local paper.
Spotter's Badge: Rich
Church window anger
Somewhere in Scotland Press and Journal: Fury as vandals smash church windows
Arrrrgh!
Spotter's Badge: PY
Friday, August 27, 2010
Library anger
Fulham Chronicle: Camapigners fight to save what was - back in the day - this site owner's local library, and if that isn't going to keep it open I don't know what is
Time to roll this out again:
"What do we want?"
"Shhh...."
Spotter's Badge: Mark
HOLIDAY HELL anger
Yorkshire Evening Post: Bridesmaid's fury as holiday firm collapses
I was Mollie Sugden's bridesmaid, you know.
Football ground anger
Peterborough Today: People who knowingly bought houses near football ground upset by football ground
Excellent NIMBY-ism, keep it up
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Crime spree anger
Dorset Echo: Simple Portland folk upset by crime spree by simple Portland chavs
Twinned with Theydon Bois and the Bois de Bologne
Inflated bill anger
Sunshine Coast Daily: Residents furious as blunder lead to huge council tax bills
And there's nowhere better for a bit of formation anger than round the back by the bins.
Spotter's Badge: Rob
Court case anger
Aberdeen Evening Express: Taxi driver furious that court case has ruined his business
Click on through to make up your mind whether he brought it upon himself.
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Crushed skateboard / Stolen cash anger
Dorset Echo: Mum's fury as son earns cash washing cars, drops his ten pound note in the street, then watches in mounting despair as a) man runs off with money and b) car runs over his skateboard. Ta-da!
A veritable tale of woe
Also: "I'd run over her skateboard"
Stolen cat anger
Sunshine Coast Daily: Women think missing cats may have been stolen
"Mad cat woman is angry"
And there is nothing - NOTHING - like the wrath of a mad cat woman
Spotter's Badge: Rob
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Getting onto the 'Cat dumped in a wheelie bin' Anger bandwagon
Coventry Telegraph: A nation screams out in collective fury as woman dumps family cat in wheelie bin
I was beginning to feel sorry for the woman who did the dirty deed as the outpourings of rage against her reached a fever pitch. Then Gazza turned up at her door with a fishing road and a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. She's on her own...
Badger anger
Dorset Echo: Anger, despair as badgers dig up grave
It's not badgers. It's zombies. Frickin' brain-eatin' ZOMBIES
Broken arms anger
York Press: Family upset over ambulance delay
Another furious parent embarrassing the hell out of their child
Spotter's Badges: Jo, Jamie
Funding cuts anger
Watford Observer: Funding cuts to close vital children's centres
Won't someone please think about the children?
Spotter's Badge: TRT
Monday, August 23, 2010
Fire not-angry-at-all
Bournemouth Echo: Idiot teenager escapes after setting fire to his own bed
Think once. Think twice. Think: Don't toss in the bed
Roadworks anger
Dorset Echo: Littlemoor traders fuming as roadworks set to disrupt access to shops. For one day.
Local knowledge: Littlemoor would, in fact, be greatly improved with a fifty-foot wall built around it, with Snake Plissken as one of its residents
Also: "I'd turn her lorries"
Barrier repair anger
Wigan Today sponsored by The Hot Tub Outlet: Wigan man's fury over repairs to just two barriers
Also, they forgot the Evel Knievel-style ramp
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Good God, even more pothole anger
Basildon Echo: UKIP man points with abject fury at Basildon potholes
Top pointing, UKIP bloke. If there's any political party that knows how to point with impotent fury, it's UKIP.
Pie shop anger
Stuff.Nz: Naked pie man 'unhappy'
1. He doesn't look too displeased.
2. Rare shot of Iggy Pop smiling
Spotter's Badge: Ben
Bird attack anger
Brighton Argus: Fear and loathing in Brighton as seagulls taste human flesh
"I'd peck her around the head"
Spotter's Badge: Skuds
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Even more pothole anger
Glasgow Evening Times: Glasgow's potholes 'are the worst in the country'
That's the spirit, fill the holes up with used cigarette packets
Parking ticket anger
Croydon Advertiser: Mum's fury as 'laughing' parking inspector writes ticket
"I'd park on her dropped kerb"
Actually, I wouldn't
Hospital anger
Jersey Evening Post: Patients furious over health service cuts
Something something Bergerac something
Friday, August 20, 2010
Flyposting anger
Oxford Times: Officials cross-armed in fury at flyposters
Here's a novel approach - why not ask them to stop?
Spotter's Badge: Suzanne
Dentist Anger
Southampton Daily Echo: Dentist vows bloody revenge as council refuse permission for sign
Predictable sexist comment of the day: "I'd give her a filling"
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Cake anger
Stuff.Nz: Fury as cafe charges extra to cut tasty, tasty cake
And it's a bloody HUGE cake, too.
Spotter's Badge: Nic
Lawn mowing anger
Wolverhampton Express and Star: Dudley residents furious as council refuses to mow verges
"Right, has anybody here got a 400 yard long extension lead?"
Oil attack anger
Bournemouth Echo: Drivers furious as cars splashed with oil
This could be a new look for drivers everywhere. Or not
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Nurses' pay anger
Brisbane Times: Nurses furious as payroll debacle enters fourth month
Look, just pay up you fools, or she puts chili powder in your enema.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
More parking anger
Croydon Guardian: Council turn down residents' parking request
"I'd park my throbbing monster something something sexist something"