Coventry Telegraph: Mum furious that teenage daughter was able to buy a toy plastic knife from Poundland
Kiddiewinks could get into trouble when trick-or-treating, she says. Think of the kiddiewinks.
Spotter's Badge: Hazel
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Kid doesn't like cheese anger
Nottingham Post: Mum wants school to stop serving her son meals with cheese in them because he doesn't like cheese and he doesn't have it at home, apart from this block, which is just a photographer's prop to show how much he doesn't like cheese in the most literal manner possible
The poor, poor little snowflake.
Spotter's Badge: James
The poor, poor little snowflake.
Spotter's Badge: James
Deadly ceiling anger
Bexley News Shopper: 'Collapsing ceiling could have killed me TO DEATH'
Strong pointing skills, I might have missed the tiny, tiny hole otherwise.
Spotter's Badge: Neil, Rob C
Strong pointing skills, I might have missed the tiny, tiny hole otherwise.
Spotter's Badge: Neil, Rob C
Dangerous zebra crossing anger
Wolverhampton Express and Star: Campaign against dangerous road crossings
As it's Halloween, here's a woman with a freakishly large right hand
Spotter's Badge: Laura
As it's Halloween, here's a woman with a freakishly large right hand
Spotter's Badge: Laura
Friday, October 30, 2015
Poopyhead anger - A 7,000th post spectacular
Plymouth Herald: Is this the most pooed on man in Plymouth?
In the words of Radiohead: Such a pretty house, such a pretty garden
If that was in London, they'd be charging a couple of million for the rustic, shit-stained charm.
In the words of Radiohead: Such a pretty house, such a pretty garden
If that was in London, they'd be charging a couple of million for the rustic, shit-stained charm.
Health and safety gone mad anger, again
Oxford Mail: Blood donation sessions cancelled due to four-inch step up to community centre, which could prove fatal for people prone to nosebleeds
DONE A POO
Spotter's Badge: Duncan, Jonathan, Richard
DONE A POO
Spotter's Badge: Duncan, Jonathan, Richard
Pirate prisoner anger
Bristol Post: Man claims he's a prisoner on his 'own' pirate ship, which he definitely owns, please don't listen to my sister who says she does because women can't be pirate captains or something
And if there's any doubt about his status as a pirate captain, he has his own hat.
Seems legit.
Spotter's Badge: Andrew
And if there's any doubt about his status as a pirate captain, he has his own hat.
Seems legit.
Spotter's Badge: Andrew
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Health and Safety gone maaaaaad anger
Abingdon Herald: Fire extinguishers to be removed from locks on the River Thames to stop people putting themselves in danger if there's an accident
Sounds like a well thought out policy that can't go wrong in any way at all.
Spotter's Badge: Jonathan
Sounds like a well thought out policy that can't go wrong in any way at all.
Spotter's Badge: Jonathan
Halloween contact lenses anger
Coventry Telegraph: Are you some kind of idiot? Why not glue cheapo novelty contact lenses to your eyes this Halloween?
Hideous agony, sickening 'Friday the 13th-style' eye injuries guaranteed, only ten pounds a pop.
Spotter's Badge: Hazel
Hideous agony, sickening 'Friday the 13th-style' eye injuries guaranteed, only ten pounds a pop.
Spotter's Badge: Hazel
No benches anger
Plymouth Herald: Man wants to know what's happened to all the benches on Plymouth Hoe
And to prove it, here's a picture of no benches
Damn, he's right.
And to prove it, here's a picture of no benches
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
New bus stop anger
Derby Telegraph: Residents object to new bus stop outside their homes
Hey! You kids! Haven't you heard of the Green Cross Code?
Spotter's Badge: Antony
Hey! You kids! Haven't you heard of the Green Cross Code?
Spotter's Badge: Antony
New homes anger
Kent Online: Plucky kids avoid getting run over by combine harvester
You in the middle: Yellow on light brown doesn't work. Try again.
Spotter's Badge: Tony
You in the middle: Yellow on light brown doesn't work. Try again.
Spotter's Badge: Tony
Biker discrimination anger
Illawarra Mercury: Cops turn up mob-handed to local group's bike and tattoo show
Who's the best? Fourth Reich Motorcycle Club or the Police Strike Force Raptor squad? Only one way to find out...
Spotter's Badge: Ian
Who's the best? Fourth Reich Motorcycle Club or the Police Strike Force Raptor squad? Only one way to find out...
Spotter's Badge: Ian
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Dog poop anger
Bexhill Observer: Man steals Nigel Farage's clothes, helps launch dog mess campaign
Where have I seen those eyes before? Oh yes.
Where have I seen those eyes before? Oh yes.
Hipster burger anger
Portsmouth News: Restaurant taken to court over right to sell pink meat
You on the left - UP YOUR BEARD GAME.
Spotter's Badge: Jonathan
You on the left - UP YOUR BEARD GAME.
Spotter's Badge: Jonathan
Broke the first rule of Council Tax Club
Hull Daily Mail: Resident complains to council that she's paying more council tax than her neighbours. Council agrees, unintended consequences
I bet she's off the Christmas card list.
Spotter's Badge: Ian, Dan
I bet she's off the Christmas card list.
Spotter's Badge: Ian, Dan
Monday, October 26, 2015
Bugger off Col. Sanders anger
Bromley News Shopper: Locals say 'no' to new KFC drive-thru
Roll forward a year or so, and they'll all be saying yes to large fries with their chicken meal
(And - of course - there's think of the kiddwinkism involved)
Spotter's Badge: Rob C
Roll forward a year or so, and they'll all be saying yes to large fries with their chicken meal
(And - of course - there's think of the kiddwinkism involved)
Spotter's Badge: Rob C
Mouldy McMuffin anger
Nottingham Post: Man says he got food poisoning from McDonald's
A classic in the "First we've heard of this" genre. But look at him holding his poor, messed up guts.
Spotter's Badge: Michael
A classic in the "First we've heard of this" genre. But look at him holding his poor, messed up guts.
Spotter's Badge: Michael
Too much homework from Hogwarts anger
Melbourne Herald Sun: Hermione Grainger complains that the new Defence Against the Dark Arts master is setting her far too much homework, sends curs-ed ball of paper to block up the staff toilets in revenge
And I think the Sorting Hat got it wrong. She's 100% Slytherin.
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
And I think the Sorting Hat got it wrong. She's 100% Slytherin.
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
Bright streetlights anger
Lancashire Telegraph: Family 'losing sleep' after new street lights installed
Try these new-fangled 'window blankets' everybody's talking about. I understand that these things otherwise known as 'curtains' will help block out the light.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Try these new-fangled 'window blankets' everybody's talking about. I understand that these things otherwise known as 'curtains' will help block out the light.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Bus station anger
East Anglia Daily Times: Bury St Edmunds bus station faces changes
Councillor Nettleton was busy, so they sent a cardboard cut-out
Spotter's Badge: David
Councillor Nettleton was busy, so they sent a cardboard cut-out
Spotter's Badge: David
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Lottery scam anger
Bury Times: Don't fall for this lottery scam, publicly-spirited chap says
The signature on the letter is worth a close-up
Baron Wheels, President. Seems legit.
The signature on the letter is worth a close-up
Baron Wheels, President. Seems legit.
Home Office being bell-ends anger
Lancashire Telegraph: Woman who has lived in the UK since 1968 has to prove she's British
1968: The same year she started growing that patch of moss on her sofa.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
1968: The same year she started growing that patch of moss on her sofa.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Priceless collection of beer cans anger
Lincolnshire Echo: Council refusing to take away the 200 beer cans this chap found
That'll server you right for caring for your community and clearing up after the local shitgibbons, won't it?
That'll server you right for caring for your community and clearing up after the local shitgibbons, won't it?
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Thieving from the Guides anger
Waverley Leader: Some no-good dag has stolen these Guides' camping gear
I know that look. Somebody's going to get shitted up.
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
I know that look. Somebody's going to get shitted up.
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
Backward bus shelter anger
Lancashire Telegraph: Bus shelter 'a danger to passengers'
He's right - it's actually a giant fish tank, and this shot was taken seconds before they filled it with sharks.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
He's right - it's actually a giant fish tank, and this shot was taken seconds before they filled it with sharks.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Uncollected rubbish anger
Ham and High Express: Rubbish sacks 'make Highgate look like a third world country'
It's nothing like a third world country. More like a post-nuclear wasteland.
Spotter's Badge: Pat
It's nothing like a third world country. More like a post-nuclear wasteland.
Spotter's Badge: Pat
Friday, October 23, 2015
That's not a golf cart anger
Hull Daily Mail: Golfer not allowed to take his disability scooter out on the course
Actually, yes. This one's ridiculous.
Spotter's Badge: L0wey
Actually, yes. This one's ridiculous.
Spotter's Badge: L0wey
Waste rules fine anger
Manchester Evening News: Couple fined for not having a waste contract for their laundry business
... like every other business in the country has by law.
The pictures turn out to be from a previous court case. Oh go on, have another one.
Interestingly, I bought my house from a bloke who owned a launderette. He left behind stacks of filthy fetish porn on top of the built-in wardrobes, where any kiddiewink armed with a stepladder could have found it.
... like every other business in the country has by law.
The pictures turn out to be from a previous court case. Oh go on, have another one.
Interestingly, I bought my house from a bloke who owned a launderette. He left behind stacks of filthy fetish porn on top of the built-in wardrobes, where any kiddiewink armed with a stepladder could have found it.
Over-zealous parking wardens anger
Bolton News: Traffic wardens 'driving our custom away'
You say 'over-zealous', the council says 'doing their job, suck it'.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
You say 'over-zealous', the council says 'doing their job, suck it'.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Supermarket doughnut ban anger
Birmingham Mail: Shopper banned from supermarket after furious row over 47p packet of doughnuts
"I phoned Morrison's and told them I was prepared to demonstrate outside the store and they told me I’d be removed."
Go on, man, DO IT. The world sees us as a soft touch because of people saying they'd demonstrate outside a supermarket and then didn't.
Spotter's Badge: Alex
"I phoned Morrison's and told them I was prepared to demonstrate outside the store and they told me I’d be removed."
Go on, man, DO IT. The world sees us as a soft touch because of people saying they'd demonstrate outside a supermarket and then didn't.
Spotter's Badge: Alex
No inheritance anger
Bristol Post: Man upset that his dead mum's house has been left to charities
This story wins some sort of award for weirdest opening sentence:
"Every ten years, Steve Allen used to celebrate his birthday with his mother in the very room that he was born in a Bristol townhouse"
Spotter's Badge: Rob A
This story wins some sort of award for weirdest opening sentence:
"Every ten years, Steve Allen used to celebrate his birthday with his mother in the very room that he was born in a Bristol townhouse"
Spotter's Badge: Rob A
Job interview anger
Manchester Evening News: Candidate asked in job interview to argue the merits of celebrity paedophile Jimmy Savile
The inevitable pay-off: "The individual concerned has been the subject of a formal disciplinary process."
Spotter's Badge: Tom
The inevitable pay-off: "The individual concerned has been the subject of a formal disciplinary process."
Spotter's Badge: Tom
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Difficult parking anger
Bolton News: Old people blame young people for bad parking
Not thinking much of this year's Bolton Fashion Week
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Not thinking much of this year's Bolton Fashion Week
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Complex poo anger
Oxford Mail: Councillor says sewage plans for new estate 'are too complicated'
My own sewage plans are complicated enough (they involve opening a window and spraying air freshener to all four corners of the bathroom), so I don't blame you.
Spotter's Badge: Rob H
My own sewage plans are complicated enough (they involve opening a window and spraying air freshener to all four corners of the bathroom), so I don't blame you.
Spotter's Badge: Rob H
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Dodgy tattoo removal kit anger
Bromsgrove Advertiser: Woman buys £15 tattoo removal kit over the internet, turns out pretty much as you'd expect
Today's lesson: Don't buy shonky tattoo removal kits over the internet for £15. You will end up wearing a stupid hat in your local newspaper.
Spotter's Badge: Tim
Today's lesson: Don't buy shonky tattoo removal kits over the internet for £15. You will end up wearing a stupid hat in your local newspaper.
Spotter's Badge: Tim
Brown bin frustration anger
Bexley News Shopper: Widow waits over a month for a new brown bin for her garden waste
I've never heard it called that before.
Spotter's Badge: Neil
I've never heard it called that before.
Spotter's Badge: Neil
Fly tipping up my back alley anger
Portsmouth News: Locals fed up with increase in fly-tipping
As one commenter points out, the unlimited fines for this offence are clearly not working, and we should bring back hanging.
Spotter's Badge: Jonathan
As one commenter points out, the unlimited fines for this offence are clearly not working, and we should bring back hanging.
Spotter's Badge: Jonathan
Monday, October 19, 2015
It's a Bittersweet Symphony This Life anger
Shropshire Star: Guitar player from The Verve finds The Man is going to build 300 homes behind his house
Not such a Lucky Man after all
Spotter's Badge: Michelle
Not such a Lucky Man after all
Spotter's Badge: Michelle
Twin bus pass anger
Lancashire Telegraph: One twin told to hand back her school bus pass
Can you tell which one it is?
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Can you tell which one it is?
Spotter's Badge: Karen