Monthly Archives: September 2010
Local pride: hundreds of homes for sale today
Irrefutable proof that a local newspaper headline about the littering habits of late-night drunks can have an instant effect on the area’s property markets: Thanks to Gordon Skillen for taking this recent photo of a billboard for the Bournemouth Daily … Continue reading
Filed under Local pride, Sensational headlines
Foaming at the mouth
Another example of a regional newspaper’s letters page being used for a heavily sarcastic public ‘thank you’. This time it’s thank you for NOTHING. The anger in this letter keeps building wonderfully, much like foam freshly sprayed from a can. … Continue reading
Filed under Heartless bastards, Letters to the Editor
Oche the noo
This is why you shouldn’t throw darts when you’re battered on booze. Dunfermline Press, 22 April 2010 (story): Woman barred from Dunfermline pub for poor dart throw A DODGY dart throw that burst a radiator led to a woman being … Continue reading
Filed under Getting oneself in the paper
Take the time to say ‘thank you’
For most people, a ‘thank you’ letter conjures distant childhood memories of being forced to put pen to paper and thank an auntie for the hideous jumper she sent for a birthday. But it appears there are people out there … Continue reading
Filed under Community spirit, Letters to the Editor
The Shaming of Cats
Cats: some people drop them into wheelie bins, while some people enter them into national competitions. But which is the bigger form of abuse? Local newspapers love nothing more than printing feel-good stories about domestic pets and their owners, as … Continue reading
Filed under One of our own, Utter bullshit
Forget ASBO Britain, it’s ASBO Britney
It’s been a while since The Nether Regions tackled the subject of harmless old men bearing their thighs for lucky members of the public. Dirty old men, how we have missed you. Northampton Chronicle, 2 February 2010 (story): ‘Britney Spears’ … Continue reading
Filed under Celebs in the 'hood, Stalkers
