Poo Alley anger
Bexley News Shopper: Man claims Poo Alley a health hazard for kids
Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
Spotter's Badge: James
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Bexley News Shopper: Man claims Poo Alley a health hazard for kids
Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
Spotter's Badge: James
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 9:01 pm 5 comments
Labels: angry people holding up signs, Bexley News Shopper
Essex Echo: Anger as plans for 600 new homes win approval
Surely the best sideboards ever to feature on these pages
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Folkbladet: Swedish man tries to withdraw cash, receives mouse instead
In other news: Swedish Chef loses vital ingredient
Spotter's Badge: Studley
Hull Daily Mail: Parents unite to save soft play centre
Our spotter says: The problem is, in Hull we don't like soft play - that's for soft southern nancies. We want hard play with sharp edges and concrete.
Spotter's Badge: Peter
Essex Echo: Shortage of pink bags amid recycling frenzy
...despite making them pink, and everything
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Reading Evening Post: Dad's fears over speeding traffic during school run
Just to point out that's NOT his hair by his feet. That is all.
Crawley News: Housing association urged to fix heating after two years
Our spotter says: 'Heating system woe' - Does anybody ever say 'woe' outside a newsroom?
I say: Why, YES and I've got a whole book of it.
Spotter's Badge: Skuds
Hull Daily Mail: Mum's anger at 47p compensation after finding drill bit in bread
And it's your super soaraway Hull Daily Mail who puts 'found' in weasel quotes
Spotter's Badge: Peter
East Grinstead Courier and Observer: Residents complain of 134 potholes on street
That's nothing - they found 4,000 in Blackburn, Lancashire
Spotter's Badge: Rob
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:50 am 3 comments
Labels: Angry residents, East Grinstead Courier and Observer
Reading Evening Post: Schoolgirls in battle over the wrong trousers
...and they've gone wrong!
Halesowen News: Clean up potentially fatal dog poop, says local Labour candidate
She says, squatting suspiciously in the gutter
Morley Observer: Pensioners slightly miffed at poor bus service
Also, Angry Santa
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Portsmouth News: Dismay as £1,800 stolen as cafe raided for second time
And yes, leaving a metric shitload of cash on the premises with no alarm or CCTV leads to a good kicking from the commentards
Spotter's Badge: Jon
Hendon and Finchley Times: Anger as street to be overshadowed by new flats
Excellent fist-shaking fury.
Spotter's Badge: David
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:40 am 2 comments
Labels: Angry campaigners, Hendon and Finchley Times
Sheffield Star: Community protests against homes plan on site of hill fort
Surely one of the shoddiest protest placards I have ever seen
Spotter's Badge: Maggi
Halifax Courier: Road junction 'an accident waiting to happen' say campaigners
Solution: Blow this photo up to ten feet by ten feet, display at road junction. That'll stop any driver dead in their tracks
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Family upset as Bradford edition of Monopoly has cards for Plymouth version
I am reliably informed that the first comment is a troll. Played, sir!
Spotter's Badge: John
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:50 am 4 comments
Labels: Angry families, Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Manchester Evening News: Women left 'in limbo' as private clinic which supplied sub-standard implants goes ...err... bust
And the sort of commentard sympathy that makes you want to leave the planet
Spotter's Badge: Charlotte
Middlesbrough Gazette Live: Parking plan could threaten hairdresser's business, says sultry hairdresser
I dare say I'd ...er... let her do pretty much what she wants
Spotter's Badge: Charlotte
Sheffield Star: Dad's anger after blockage causes garden to flood with sewage
I've looked long and hard at this photo, and ask: What's holding him up?
Spotter's Badge: Geoff
Watford Observer: Raw sewage flows into estate after pump failure
Our spotter points out that it took them seven days to notice
Spotter's Badge: TRT
Shropshire Star: Shock as 8-foot anaconda dumped on man's doorstep
One for the ladies: I expect you'd like to do something with his snake
Spotter's Badge: Peter
Manchester Evening News: Woman living in studentland launches campaign against students
They'll eat her alive. If they could be bothered to get out of bed. Right, kids?
Spotter's Badge: Charlotte, Maria, Smyth
Wolverhampton Express and Star: Woman upset as vandals kill hen
You know how I feel about making snarky comments about crime victims on these pages, so SHUT IT.
Also: Catch these tossers who did it. That is all.
Spotter's Badge: Martyn
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 8:00 am 7 comments
Labels: angry crime victims, Wolverhampton Express and Star
Bournemouth Echo: Impotent rage as high winds blow over recycling bins
Oh, the humanity!
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:50 am 3 comments
Labels: Angry residents, Bournemouth Echo, First World problems
Jarrow and Hebburn Gazette: House is unfit for my kids, says angry woman
Well, yeah, it is a craphole
Spotter's Badge: Russ
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:40 am 4 comments
Labels: angry householders, Jarrow and Hebburn Gazette
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Why not go HERE and give me your vote? I will be your special, best friend FOREVER and will post a picture of myself pointing angrily at something.
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Manchester Evening News: Man awarded £3,500 after choking on rubber in crisp packet
He's got the X FACTOR!
Spotter's Badge: Charlotte, Maria, Smyth
Wakefield Express: Mild panic as live grenade found at Asda store
That's nothing. Have you seen those Tesco Value Anti-Personnel Mines?
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Birmingham Mail: Parents angry as school enforces uniform rules
"I can't afford to get him new shoes", she says, brandishing a pair of £70 trainers
*facepalm*
Spotter's Badge: Martyn
Bournemouth Echo: Mind-bending fury as 'scum' steal cash from Help for Heroes charity pot
"These people have got no respect and a complete lack of conscious," Mr Alderson said.
FIXED THAT FOR YOU:
"These people have got no respect and when we've finished with them they will no longer be conscious."
Batley News: Friends of local park unable to carry out their annual human sacrifice unless they can find new members
That can be the only reason for the nervous look on the face of the lady on the right
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Edinburgh Evening News: Fears of more tat shops as traders pull out of Edinburgh's Royal Mile
"Do as I say, or I strangle this cat"
Spotter's Badge: Caroline
Staffordshire Newsletter: Britain in Bloom bid put in jeopardy thanks to appearance of ugly box on High Street
In true Hot Fuzz style, they'll be sorting out the crusty jugglers next
Spotter's Badge: Jeremy
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:40 am 1 comments
Labels: angry people pointing, Staffordshire Newsletter
Worcester News: Mother-of-four wonders why she has been barred from local night clubs
I admit that my first reaction was "That's a tranny right?" Does that make me a bad person?
Spotter's Badge: James, L0wey
And a big welcome to visitors from Mumsnet. This moment is probably the very pinnacle of this site's work.
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 9:28 pm 9 comments
Labels: angry mad cat women, Best of APILN, Worcester News
Yorkshire Evening Post: Councillor fears fatal accident unless speed limit is reduced at notorious junction
Formerly known as Mastur Bayton Lane, that sign covers any number of unpleasant sights
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Halifax Courier: Bill S Preston Esq has a bogus adventure after his car is clamped, despite his pregnant princess babe sitting inside
No way!
WAY!
Spotter's Badge: George
Essex Echo: Residents furious as communal satellite dish breaks down and leaves flats without TV
Excuse me while I find my tiny, tiny violin
Spotter's Badge: Barry
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 7:40 am 4 comments
Labels: Angry residents, Essex Echo, First World problems
London Evening Standard: Bakery faces closure after complaint about late-night noise
I'd let her show me her buns
Spotter's Badge: Ben
Yorkshire Evening Post: Theft of quad bike from school allows foxes to get in and kill chickens TO DEATH
And once again, the massacre of school chickens the length and breadth of the country goes on unabated
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Crawley News: High-profile support as Richard Nixon fights parking ticket
Pout of the Year, and it's only January
Spotter's Badge: Skuds
North Norfolk News: Businessman slams court warning over £1 council tax bill
Pay it in 100 weekly installments. That'll learn them.
Spotter's Badge: Caroline
Yorkshire Evening Post: Dismay as social club members get £33 windfall from sale of club
Looks more like the world's worst identity parade
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Posted by Alistair Coleman at 3:14 pm 4 comments
Labels: angry people from oop north, Yorkshire Evening Post
Yorkshire Evening Post: People concerned about consultation over moves to re-locate clinics
Only one of these people is angry. Can you tell which one it is?
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Edinburgh Evening News: Anger as people take all the apples from community garden
YET HE HAS AN APPLE
Spotter's Badge: Caroline
Portsmouth News: Driving instructor gets fine for parking in car park of his sister's pub
...with a look on his face that tells of a future accidental running over of a foot on a zebra crossing. Live in Waterlooville and need to learn to drive? This is your man.
Spotter's Badge: Jon
Oxford Mail: Campaign group objects to council gravel extraction plans
And clearly the poshest person ever to appear on these pages
Morley Observer: Residents fume as bins not emptied after nine weeks
"I'd stuff her green bin and bounce up and down on it until the lid was shut"
Wakefield Express: Shopkeeps angry at plans to re-develop town centre
"I'd park her round the back of the Town Hall"
Spotter's Badge: Paul
York Press: Family's ceiling collapses after plumbers fail to find fault
To be fair, Mario and Luigi WERE off rescuing a princess.
Spotter's Badge: @L0wey
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