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Not local but a great headline all the same

Ed Balls kicks Susanna Reid in the head on Good Morning Britain

Reid’s eyesight ‘went blurry for 20 minutes’ after the incident during a discussion on public transport etiquette

www.theguardian.com

sounds like a bit of a balls up

TAXI!

 

[kabbes]

Not local but a great headline all the same

Ed Balls kicks Susanna Reid in the head on Good Morning Britain

Reid’s eyesight ‘went blurry for 20 minutes’ after the incident during a discussion on public transport etiquette

www.theguardian.com

Should be on the Guardian-is-shit thread, because that “article” is literally nothing but a description of what is in the video clip.

 

[T & P]

Enough to put you off pizza for life

 

[ouirdeaux]

Domino's doesn't count as pizza.

 

[seeformiles]

Domino's doesn't count as pizza.

Someone had one delivered to work and gave me a slice. There was so much sugar in everything it was like eating a dessert. Yuck

 

[moochedit]

Someone had one delivered to work and gave me a slice. There was so much sugar in everything it was like eating a dessert. Yuck

On any "special occaision" my boss always buys loads of Dominos Pizzas for everyone and half of them don't get eaten. They are overated. I prefer Pizza Hut or Papa Johns as far as the "chains" go.

 

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On any "special occaision" my boss always buys loads of Dominos Pizzas for everyone and half of them don't get eaten. They are overated. I prefer Pizza Hut or Papa Johns as far as the "chains" go.

Oh dear. There are many better chains. Prezzo was a go to for a while, Franco Mancas, Zizzi, Zia Lucas and a really good one to finish with, 400 Rabbits.

 

[T & P]

Ooh err missus: Village group changes name over rude acronym

The 'Save Happisburgh Action Group' - known as SHAG - has been forced to change its name after the acronym caused sniggers and giggles at the…

www.edp24.co.uk

 

[seeformiles]

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Ooh err missus: Village group changes name over rude acronym

The 'Save Happisburgh Action Group' - known as SHAG - has been forced to change its name after the acronym caused sniggers and giggles at the…

www.edp24.co.uk

Should change it to “Save Happisburgh Inland Trust” or similar

 

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Furious locals complain about excessive noises - coming from adult toy factory

Lovehoney in Bath, Somerset, has been forced to apply for retrospective planning permission for four heat pumps it has installed at its warehouse after noise complaints

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

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sounds like a hot day out.

 

[dessiato]

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Ooh err missus: Village group changes name over rude acronym

The 'Save Happisburgh Action Group' - known as SHAG - has been forced to change its name after the acronym caused sniggers and giggles at the…

www.edp24.co.uk

When I was teaching at an FE college there was serious consideration of changing the name to South Humberside Institute of Technology.

 

[ouirdeaux]

Someone at Cambridge attempted to register a New Testament Society, and it was nearly approved.

Until someone realised the implications of being able to call it the Cambridge University New Testament Society.

 

[hitmouse]

Why are frilly knickers and bras hanging from trees in woods near Denton?

A feminist protest or a trophy? Whatever the motivation, the new 'panty trees' at Hulmes Wood have got people in stitches

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

(the answer appears to be "dunno", going by the article)

 

[two sheds]

There was apparently going to be a Camborne Redruth and Pool authority for something or other.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

my NALGO branch (many years ago) did set up a campaigning, recruitment and publicity sub-committee.

and they didn't think about it until a bit too late...

 

[petee]

not the headline, the website

Resilient Irish potato market navigates harsh weather, shortfall reported in European potato supplies – Potato News Today

 

[two sheds]

I once had an article printed in Potato Business World :

 

[ouirdeaux]

I once had an article printed in Potato Business World

No need to get chippy about it.

 

[Serge Forward]

Why are frilly knickers and bras hanging from trees in woods near Denton?

A feminist protest or a trophy? Whatever the motivation, the new 'panty trees' at Hulmes Wood have got people in stitches

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

(the answer appears to be "dunno", going by the article)

Echoes of the long lost Tommy Ducks.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Cumbrian passengers urged to heck before they ravel ahead of strikes

Cumbrians, you have been told!

 

[two sheds]

What the heck? So they don't unravel perhaps?

 

[ouirdeaux]

Weirdly, ravel and unravel mean exactly the same thing.

 

[two sheds]

ravel: intransitive verb​

1. To separate the fibers or threads of (cloth, for example); unravel.
2. To clarify by separating the aspects of.
3. To tangle or complicate.

one of those words that means two opposite things. Sounds like a load of Boleros to me

Eta a contronym

75 Contronyms (Words with Contradictory Meanings) - DAILY WRITING TIPS

The English language includes an interesting category of words and phrases called contronyms (also spelled contranyms, or referred to as autoantonyms) --

www.dailywritingtips.com

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Someone at Cambridge attempted to register a New Testament Society, and it was nearly approved.

Until someone realised the implications of being able to call it the Cambridge University New Testament Society.

allegedly, the Cambridge University Naval Training Squadron actually turned up for the first world war with the acronym on the hat bands.

 

[Orang Utan]

Weirdly, ravel and unravel mean exactly the same thing.

ravel: intransitive verb​

1. To separate the fibers or threads of (cloth, for example); unravel.
2. To clarify by separating the aspects of.
3. To tangle or complicate.

one of those words that means two opposite things. Sounds like a load of Boleros to me

Eta a contronym

75 Contronyms (Words with Contradictory Meanings) - DAILY WRITING TIPS

The English language includes an interesting category of words and phrases called contronyms (also spelled contranyms, or referred to as autoantonyms) --

www.dailywritingtips.com

Like ‘cleave’

 

[cupid_stunt]

Wrexham man walks 17-mile work commute photographing every pothole along the way!

Rad Marciak walked the route to gather evidence to send to Wrexham and Cheshire East councils

www.leaderlive.co.uk

A WREXHAM man walked from his place of work in Cheshire back home, counting and photographing every pothole along the way.

Rad Marciak walked 17 miles from his place of work near Cholmondeley Castle back to his home in Wrexham on Saturday.
The 43-year-old was prompted to do so by the amount of potholes he faces on his daily commute to work. Along the way, he photographed over 250 potholes and damaged road surfaces along Blue Bell Lane, A534 Wrexham Road, Barton Road, Broxton Road, Barnhill Road, Salters Lane, Long Lane and Bickerton Road.

And, one of those classic local newspaper photos, as a bonus! D

 

[ouirdeaux]

The two senses of 'cleave' looking the same is just coincidence, though, because they come from different words; remnants of this can be seen in the difference in the past tenses. 'Ravel' and 'unravel' being equivalent is just the language being irrational because it can.

 

[T & P]

I don't know what's better, that they decided this was a worthy story to publish, or that they've measured how far the bag 'travelled' in time rather than distance

Storm Isha: Swindon bin bag travels 15 minutes from home​

Blue bin bag travels 15 minutes down the road after storm hits Swindon

A new Swindon Borough Council bin bag travelled 15 minutes from home during Storm Isha.

www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk