Showing posts with label Birmingham Mail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birmingham Mail. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Kicked out of Pontins anger

Birmingham Mail: Family booted out of holiday camp because of late-night punch-up

Eight people for £300? The downside is that you have to spend it at Pontins.

Spotter: Charlotte

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Birmingham City FC and Elvis Presley anger

Birmingham Mail: Bloke told his football and Elvis window displays are bringing the neighbourhood down

Click through for many pictures of a sad Elvis fan.

Spotter's Badge: Jack

Monday, June 06, 2016

Huge hole in my garden anger

Birmingham Mail: Boarded-over well suddenly opens up in woman's garden

Some spectacular poses with this one.

Spotter's Badge: Anthony

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Bashed-up roundabout anger

Birmingham Mail: Is this the city's most bashed-up roundabout?

No, you fools. It's a concept art installation on mankind's destructive nature toward his own built environment.

Spotter's Badge: Sarah

Friday, April 29, 2016

Got the wrong Birmingham anger (plus follow-up)

Birmingham Mail: Couple lose their dream Las Vegas holiday because they booked their flights from Birmingham, Alabama instead of Birmingham, UK

This is the kind of Jeremy Kyle level idiocy upon which this country is built. Well done. Well done, everybody.

Spotter's Badge: Adam, Everybody

But wait, what's this coming up on the blind side? 

Coventry Telegraph: Wrong airport couple given a free Vegas holiday by Virgin in what is not - NOT - a publicity stunt

Well, shit on that --- where's my free holiday, Virgin?

This is how we ended up making celebrities out of TOWIE and Geordie Shore.

Spotter's Badge: Rob R

Friday, February 12, 2016

The dead have human rights too anger

Birmingham Mail: History buffs banned from taking photos of graves

Zombie Invasion. One of the undead shambles up to the Birmingham City Council offices. "Exssssscusssse me, I wisssssh to complain about my graaaaaave appearing on a hobby webssssssite in a flagraaant violation of my privaccccccy. Also: Braaaaaainssssss"

Spotter's Badge: Dave

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Christmas music anger

Birmingham Mail: Man banned from playing Christmas music on his market stall, despite his raising money for the sick kiddiewinks

Those pencil-necked geeks will be laughing out the other side of their faces when Arya Stark catches up with them.

Spotter's Badge: Shock and Laur, Gordy

Sunday, December 06, 2015

Sacked dinner lady in her nightie and slippers anger

Birmingham Mail: School dinner lady sacked 'over dog in a burqa Facebook post'

I'm not running this story because of the choice of photo made by the Birmingham Mail. Oh no, the Daily Express went the extra mile and went with this:

And once you've stopped being outraged, here's the real sequence of events as told by the school:

"This employee was warned on numerous occasions about the content of public Facebook posts and comments and was on a final warning. Despite this, she continued to make inappropriate posts and was therefore subject to a hearing at which she was dismissed."

Still, nice slippers.

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

Friday, October 09, 2015

Supermarket 5p carrier bag tax anger

Birmingham Mail: Man banned from his local Asda following argument over 5p carrier bag charge

IT'S 5P! JUST PAY THE 5P! WHY WON'T PEOPLE JUST PAY THE 5P? (Says the man who carried his shopping back from Tesco in a dog poo bag on Wednesday)

Monday, August 24, 2015

Falling pears think of the kiddiewinks anger

Birmingham Mail: Woman furious that pear tree in communal garden in bearing fruit which could fall on somebody's head or something


"It’s only a matter of time before someone is injured by falling fruit"


If only there was some way of - say - eating said fruit before it kills somebody's poor kiddiewink completely to death. 
If. Only.

Spotter's Badge: Paul, Tom

Sunday, March 01, 2015

Bus shelter anger

Birmingham Mail: Fronts chopped off bus shelters so passing drivers can see the adverts

Well played everybody. Well played.

Society's doomed, isn't it?

Spotter's Badge: Mike

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Rhino attacked my car even though I'm from Halesowen anger

Birmingham Mail: Safari park visit started as a fun family day out, but ended in MINDBLOWING TERROR

ITV Central have many, many pictures of aggrieved mum looking aggrieved. But they're not a local newspaper and rules are rules.

Spotter's Badge: Mike

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Card Factory ruined my Christmas anger

Birmingham Mail: Man doesn't check his receipt, pays £59,400 for wrapping paper

Worth the click through for a series of angry poses around the mean streets of Birmingham.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Ryanair anger

Birmingham Mail: Airline puts family on wrong plane by mistake

Stop sulking, they were doing you a favour

Spotter's Badge: Martyn

Friday, April 04, 2014

Dairy Milk anger

Birmingham Mail: Chocaholic SLAMS Cadbury for changing the tatse of Dairy Milk bars

Holding onto it like it's just passed out of the rear end of a cat.

Spotter's Badge: Olly

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Thursday, January 02, 2014

Slade concert anger

Birmingham Mail: Bloke thrown out of Slade gig for 'crazy dancing'

In other news: Man goes to Slade concert, owns up to fact.

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Nelson Mandela jokes anger

Birmingham Mail: Shopkeep arrested over Nelson Mandela jokes

...but if you read on, there's FAR more to it than that.

Spotter's Badge: Paul