Buzzfeed UK: Ten stories which prove Christmas was UTTERLY RUINED for everybody
Click through for ten stories which prove Christmas was UTTERLY RUINED for everybody.
UTTERLY. RUINED.
UTTERLY.
RUINED.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Randy ghost anger
The NT News: Woman is convinced she is haunted by a randy ghost called Kevin
[Ectoplasm joke goes here. Got nothin']
[Ectoplasm joke goes here. Got nothin']
Lingerie shop anger
Border Mail: Locals shocked - SHOCKED - that shops exist where people can buy underwear
A boudoir, in the centre of town. Whatever next?
Spotter's Badge: Meredith
A boudoir, in the centre of town. Whatever next?
Spotter's Badge: Meredith
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Christmas dinner utterly ruined anger
Wiltshire Times: Family's £38 per head Christmas dinner ruined by slow service and rock-hard stuffing balls
Among the highlights of this story is the fact that they got the entire group of eight people to pose outside this charming rustic pub in their Christmas jumpers.
Rock-hard stuffing balls, though.
Spotter's Badge: Hayley, Stephen, David
Among the highlights of this story is the fact that they got the entire group of eight people to pose outside this charming rustic pub in their Christmas jumpers.
Rock-hard stuffing balls, though.
Spotter's Badge: Hayley, Stephen, David
Banned from the bingo anger
Portsmouth News: Woman banned from bingo hall after swearing at staff over an allegedly poor-quality Christmas lunch
Tensions are running high here - there's an editorial piece by The News, and a campaign:
Spotter's Badge: Mark, Jacob
Tensions are running high here - there's an editorial piece by The News, and a campaign:
Spotter's Badge: Mark, Jacob
Longer wait for a bus anger
Derby Telegraph: Man 'totally inconvenienced' as company changes frequency of bus service
I understand that ownership of a 'timetable' might help end your waiting distress.
Spotter's Badge: Nowtas
I understand that ownership of a 'timetable' might help end your waiting distress.
Spotter's Badge: Nowtas
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Leather kilt anger
Kent Online: Man in kilt denied entry to bar
So he went somewhere else. The end.
Spotter's Badge: Rob C
So he went somewhere else. The end.
Spotter's Badge: Rob C
Tiny dog poo flags anger
Herts Advertiser: Group of mums going around sticking tiny flags into dog poo
Like party hors d'oeuvres. If I was a terrible dog owner, I'd be trying to collect the whole set.
Like party hors d'oeuvres. If I was a terrible dog owner, I'd be trying to collect the whole set.
Monday, December 28, 2015
Marmite Scunthorpe Problem anger
Irish Times: Ronan MacManus can't get a personalised jar of Marmite
Let's see why...
A classic example of The Scunthorpe Problem.
Bonus: He's Elvis Costello's brother.
Spotter's Badge: Stephen
Let's see why...
A classic example of The Scunthorpe Problem.
Bonus: He's Elvis Costello's brother.
Spotter's Badge: Stephen
Please stop crashing your cars into our pub anger
Bournemouth Echo: Please stop crashing your cars into our pub
Seriously, please stop crashing your cars into their pub.
Seriously, please stop crashing your cars into their pub.
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Blocked alleyway anger
Lancashire Telegraph: Fly-tippers prove, once again, that they are the worst people in the world
Trapped on the wrong side of the barricade, the boy starved.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Trapped on the wrong side of the barricade, the boy starved.
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Stolen lights think of the kiddiewinks anger
Colchester Daily Gazette: Grandmother urges thieves to think of the poor sad faces of the kiddiewinks following Christmas light theft
But the police are sparing no-one and have cancelled all leave to get them back, right?
"The family has not reported the theft, on December 7, to police"
Ah.
But the police are sparing no-one and have cancelled all leave to get them back, right?
"The family has not reported the theft, on December 7, to police"
Ah.
Stolen pineapple anger
Essex Echo: Pineapple fountain 'probably melted down for scrap'
Let's see it in all its majesty.
I see what happened - he nipped home to change his jumper and the thieves pounced. Rubbish guarding job, mate. Rubbish.
Let's see it in all its majesty.
I see what happened - he nipped home to change his jumper and the thieves pounced. Rubbish guarding job, mate. Rubbish.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Coat shop anger
Oxford Mail: Warm winter means nobody is buying coats from coat shops and his makes coat shop owners sad
Look at her face. Go and buy a coat in the Boxing Day sales.
Spotter's Badge: Neil
Look at her face. Go and buy a coat in the Boxing Day sales.
Spotter's Badge: Neil
Sewage pipe burst anger
Sunshine Coast Daily: Strewth! It smells worse than a dingo's jockstrap!
That's exactly how they'd put it in Australia, honestly.
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
That's exactly how they'd put it in Australia, honestly.
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
Friday, December 25, 2015
Reindeer theft anger
Bournemouth Echo: Thieves take 125 wooden reindeer from Santa's grotto
Check your naughty list Santa, that's where you'll find the culprits.
Check your naughty list Santa, that's where you'll find the culprits.
Wheelchair Santa anger
Leicester Mercury: Mum not allowed into Santa's grotto because she's in a wheelchair
Top quality gurning kid. Happy Christmas.
Spotter's Badge: Stuart
Top quality gurning kid. Happy Christmas.
Spotter's Badge: Stuart
Not allowed to end of term treat anger
Kent Online: Kid not allowed to event because of poor attendance
...coming from the fact that he was run over by a car. No exceptions, says headteacher E. Scrooge.
Spotter's Badge: Neil, Rob C
...coming from the fact that he was run over by a car. No exceptions, says headteacher E. Scrooge.
Spotter's Badge: Neil, Rob C
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Council office toaster ban anger
Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Councillor vows "You'll take my toaster from my cold, dead hands" in fire safety row
I LOVE MY TOASTER
If you love that toaster so much, why don't you marry it?
Spotter's Badge: Kevin
I LOVE MY TOASTER
If you love that toaster so much, why don't you marry it?
Spotter's Badge: Kevin
Monster trees anger
Oxford Mail: Councillor wants huge trees cut back
And OF COURSE the comments are all about her weight, and that's why we can't have nice things.
Spotter's Badge: Andrew, Jonathan
And OF COURSE the comments are all about her weight, and that's why we can't have nice things.
Spotter's Badge: Andrew, Jonathan
Charity wristband anger
Bexley News Shopper: Kid kicked out of classroom over charity wristband
Naturally, you have to read quite a long way before you find out it's not all about the wristband at all.
Spotter's Badge: Christina, Neil, Rob C
Naturally, you have to read quite a long way before you find out it's not all about the wristband at all.
Spotter's Badge: Christina, Neil, Rob C
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Idiot council workmen Christmas tree anger
Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Workmen cut down village's fully decorated and illuminated 35-foot Christmas tree by mistake
...and for the second time this Christmas.
As one commenter points out -- It's a good job they're not brain surgeons.
Spotter's Badge: David
...and for the second time this Christmas.
As one commenter points out -- It's a good job they're not brain surgeons.
Spotter's Badge: David
Lollipop Santa anger
Bexley News Shopper: Lollipop man receives complaint about wearing Santa outfit with his uniform
It turns out the complaint was false --- that's his actual beard.
Spotter's Badge: Rob C
It turns out the complaint was false --- that's his actual beard.
Spotter's Badge: Rob C
Dead people's dead leaves anger
Shields Gazette: Pensioner sick of leaves from the cemetery next door blowing into his garden
Come the Zombie Apocolypse, they'll all be clearing up their own leaves
Come the Zombie Apocolypse, they'll all be clearing up their own leaves
Christmas cellar theft anger
Lancashire Telegraph: Thieves break into pub, steal Christmas supplies of spirits
And the armchair detectives all decide it's an inside job in the comments, whereby the victim turns up and threatens them with the libel laws. Well in, sir!
Spotter's Badge: Karen
And the armchair detectives all decide it's an inside job in the comments, whereby the victim turns up and threatens them with the libel laws. Well in, sir!
Spotter's Badge: Karen
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Sunderland kids about to go on the Naughty List anger
Sunderland Echo: Santa and his elves pelted with eggs while collecting charity money for the kiddiewinks
Screw the kiddiewinks if that's how they behave. Take the money and spunk in on vodka and lady elves with loose morals.
Look at that face. That's an elf that's dead set to shit people up, and shit them up hard.
Spotter's Badge: Lambro
Screw the kiddiewinks if that's how they behave. Take the money and spunk in on vodka and lady elves with loose morals.
Look at that face. That's an elf that's dead set to shit people up, and shit them up hard.
Spotter's Badge: Lambro
Dangerous dog anger
Knox Leader: My dog isn't dangerous, despite that nasty business about killing a cat
That people-who-look-like-their-pets thing all over again.
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
That people-who-look-like-their-pets thing all over again.
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
Contamination clear-up anger
Wolverhampton Express and Star: Probe into polluted gasworks site begins
... locals mark the occasion by standing out in the rain holding up soggy bits of paper.
Spotter's Badge: Gordy
... locals mark the occasion by standing out in the rain holding up soggy bits of paper.
Spotter's Badge: Gordy
Oh God not another stayed-too-long-in-the-supermarket-car-park fine anger
Eastern Daily Press: Mum fined for overstaying in car park because she was breast-feeding baby
Mum: I didn't see the warning sign
Car parking company: What? All 25 of them? Pay up.
Spotter's Badge: Dave
Mum: I didn't see the warning sign
Car parking company: What? All 25 of them? Pay up.
Spotter's Badge: Dave
Monday, December 21, 2015
Yet another stayed-too-long-in-the-supermarket-car-park fine anger
Get Reading: Woman spends too long in supermarket car park, gets fined
That's from the same neck of the woods as my ex-wife, of whom I never speak negatively on social media. So.
Spotter's Badge: Graham
That's from the same neck of the woods as my ex-wife, of whom I never speak negatively on social media. So.
Spotter's Badge: Graham
Ticket agency anger
Get Surrey: Mum buys tickets from online ticket agency, is shocked - SHOCKED - to find she's been ripped off
You go see Coldplay, you get what you deserve.
Spotter's Badge: Christina
You go see Coldplay, you get what you deserve.
Spotter's Badge: Christina
Stolen Christmas lights anger
Gazette Live: Thieves steal woman's Christmas light display
a) Done a poo
b) "See these wires? They're still live and when I catch you, they're going under your foreskin"
Spotter's Badge: Tarquin Foxglove
a) Done a poo
b) "See these wires? They're still live and when I catch you, they're going under your foreskin"
Spotter's Badge: Tarquin Foxglove
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Worst defence before the beak for having a messy garden anger
Hull Daily Mail: 'I keep my garden looking like a tip to protect my family from thieves'
Guilty as charged.
Spotter's Badge: Ian
Guilty as charged.
Spotter's Badge: Ian
Church too loud anger
Sunlive.nz: Expert says church services are too loud these days
He's omnipresent for God's sake. He can hear you without an amplifier.
Spotter's Badge: Joseph
He's omnipresent for God's sake. He can hear you without an amplifier.
Spotter's Badge: Joseph
UKIP banner anger
Southampton Daily Echo: Taxi driver puts up his annual slightly offensive Christmas banner, local people not pleased
He's such a patriot that he had the Union Flag upside-down on last year's effort.
Eastleigh's not far from the sea. Get into it.
Saturday, December 19, 2015
M&S snail anger
Metro: That's not just a snail in her ready meal, that's a Marks and Spencer snail
Did they photograph her in a gas cooker showroom?
Spotter's Badge: Jess
Did they photograph her in a gas cooker showroom?
Spotter's Badge: Jess
Delayed ceiling repair anger
Harlow Star: Man's year-long wait for the council to fix his ceiling
It's a health and safety issue. Nobody wants to work near to that wallpaper.
It's a health and safety issue. Nobody wants to work near to that wallpaper.
Pissed-off parents anger
Lincolnshire Echo: Parents pissed off that kids' writing exercise contains the words 'pissed off'
"How dare they swear in front of our kids. Only we're allowed to f-ing do that."
Either that kid is tiny, or those are the biggest mum-hands I've ever seen.
Spotter's Badge: Andy, Jess
"How dare they swear in front of our kids. Only we're allowed to f-ing do that."
Either that kid is tiny, or those are the biggest mum-hands I've ever seen.
Spotter's Badge: Andy, Jess
Friday, December 18, 2015
Droopy Christmas tree anger
Hull Daily Mail: Wilting Christmas tree 'making Goole a laughing stock'
FACT: People from Goole are called Goolies. Don't let them convince you otherwise.
FACT: People from Goole are called Goolies. Don't let them convince you otherwise.
German sausage anger
Freie Presse (in German): Sausage maestro loses bid to patent sausage with built-in mustard
What do those pencil-necked desk-driving geeks in the patent office know? This is the greatest invention since the sausage with the built-in popping candy.
Spotter's Badge: Malte
What do those pencil-necked desk-driving geeks in the patent office know? This is the greatest invention since the sausage with the built-in popping candy.
Spotter's Badge: Malte
Illegal motorcycles anger
Melton Leader: Motorcyclists 'turning woodlands into a dustbowl'
And if you don't stop, George R R Martin is going to shit you up.
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
And if you don't stop, George R R Martin is going to shit you up.
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
Thursday, December 17, 2015
A Year in Angry People in Local Newspapers
Buzzfeed UK: The year's best from Angry People in Local Newspapers
Twelve months of fury, and it took me bloody ages to write. Don't make me come round your house and point at things in a sullen manner.
Twelve months of fury, and it took me bloody ages to write. Don't make me come round your house and point at things in a sullen manner.
Housing development gas mask anger
Rugby Advertiser: Residents don't want 800 new homes near them
"I'm not really a welder, you know"
Spotter's Badge: Rob J
"I'm not really a welder, you know"
Spotter's Badge: Rob J