Category Archives: Getting oneself in the paper
Not really cardboard cut-out for a career in sales
This is a very sad episode in the life of Middlesbrough’s Evening Gazette. It’s all very well that local newspapers publish classified adverts so the locals can wheel and deal in household appliances and the like, but when such adverts … Continue reading
Road leads to headache for Castle Point Council
What’s in a (road) name? If you live in the Canvey area of Castle Point, Essex, then it’s a nightmare of controversy and confusion. Hats off for the “come on ref!” gesture in this photo. Castle Point Advertiser, 18 November … Continue reading
Filed under Getting oneself in the paper, Local pride
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
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Sheep thrills
Local papers short on material simply love it when there’s a semi-humorous angle to what would otherwise be a tedious everyday occurrence, e.g. one person having their sleep disturbed. Surrey Comet, 27 July 2010 (story): Lost sheep wakes Worcester Park … Continue reading
Filed under Getting oneself in the paper, Utter bullshit
Taxing questions
Welcome to the aptly named town of Mytholmroyd, near Halifax, where primary school playground myths and irrational schoolgirl fears about taxation are worthy of news coverage. Halifax Courier, 9 July 2010 (story): Nine-year-old Anna’s second letter to PM A NINE-YEAR-OLD … Continue reading
Filed under Consumer rights, Getting oneself in the paper
Here in my car, I feel safest of all…
…I can lock all my doors / It’s the only way to live / In cars. The local news is a cruel world. Who’d have thought a vicious readership backlash would result from a seemingly innocuous feel-good story about a … Continue reading
Filed under Bravery, Getting oneself in the paper
Parrotmania
It seems the local papers are going parrot crazy this summer. This story from the Dorset Echo is a good example of how the regional press will often choose to cover an unspectacular all-year event (such as a parrot that … Continue reading
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‘Gripped by World Cup Fever’ digest
Never underestimate the determination of moon-faced, flag-toting cretins to get themselves in the local paper when England actually manage to qualify for a major international tournament. Families fly the flag for England – York Press Sneaky sons fly flag for … Continue reading
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Stop crowing about it
Although pigeons are and always will be the most evil form of the avian species, The nether regions expresses sincere and heartfelt sympathy with those currently facing the menace of this crow in Catford, south London. Mind you, people who … Continue reading
Filed under Bravery, Getting oneself in the paper, Heartless bastards
I’ve never voted Tory before, but we’ve got to eat puppies
The nether regions does not endorse orchestrated campaigns of vandalism or crude insults, except for when they’re directed at Tory election candidates. Failed Tory candidate Nick King ran crying to the Bournemouth Echo when his election posters were targeted as … Continue reading
Filed under Getting oneself in the paper, Moral outrage, Upstanding locals
All in a lava
The nether regions, twinned with GrammarBlog, is always up for a spot of spelling and grammar pedantry. When that’s mixed with regional newspaper coverage, the pleasure is almost too much to take. Everyone should be ideologically opposed to levels of … Continue reading
It’s all over the letters page, you give me road rage
This letter has it all: hysteria, self pity, physical insults, human insecurity, a touching element of forgiveness, and excessive exclamation marks!!! If you know the malicious mini driver in question, or indeed if you are her, please get in touch. … Continue reading
Christ! Ee bah gum
Jesus seems to be popping up everywhere these days; he gets where water doesn’t. Plymouth Herald, 5 April 2010 (story): Family says ‘face of Jesus’ appeared in Mum’s gum A FAMILY have told of their wonder at finding ‘Jesus staring … Continue reading
Immortalised in Lego
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has enough on her plate without this. Middlesbrough Evening Gazette, 9 April 2010 (story): Darlington student makes Lego Amy Winehouse SINGER Amy Winehouse has been immortalised in Lego thanks to a budding artist. Justin Ramsden has … Continue reading
