Bracknell Forest Standard: Man in toilet cleaning mishap
This probably isn't dull at all. Also, not funny either*
*Yes. It is very funny
Monday, 31 December 2012
Sunday, 30 December 2012
Christmas babies dullness
Hemel Today: No babies born in local hospital on Christmas Day
Thank Jesus for that
Spotter's Badge: Pete
Saturday, 29 December 2012
Huge explosion dullness... OR IS IT?
Grimsby Telegraph: Huge explosion heard in Grimsby area "nothing to worry about" say Police
Bu they would say that, wouldn't they?
Bu they would say that, wouldn't they?
Friday, 28 December 2012
Thursday, 27 December 2012
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Flooded road dullness
Norwich Evening News: Fire crews remove water from road
"No cars were trapped during the incident"
Spotter's Badge: Dave
"No cars were trapped during the incident"
Spotter's Badge: Dave
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Blockbuster price rise dullness
Crawley News: Local branch of Blockbusters raises prices on some items
MY GOD
Spotter's Badge: Skuds
MY GOD
Spotter's Badge: Skuds
Monday, 24 December 2012
Sunday, 23 December 2012
Farming dullness
Spalding Guardian: Latest news from the vital celeriac harvest
Isn't is amazing how farmers end up looking like their crops?
Isn't is amazing how farmers end up looking like their crops?
Saturday, 22 December 2012
Started off quite interesting, but ended up predictably dull dullness
Hunts Post: Film maker to have programme aired on TV
...which is very exciting until you get to paragraph three, when
it's revealed that it'll be going out on The Community Channel. Who'd
probably show a film of me riding my washing basket down the stairs if I
sent it in.
Oh, and it's going out at 7pm on Saturday night, up against Strictly Come Dancing.
Spotter's Badge: James
Friday, 21 December 2012
John Lennon's tooth UK tour dullness
Chorley Citizen: John Lennon's tooth visits Chorley
Elmbridge Today: John Lennon's tooth visits Weybridge
The Glaswegian: John Lennon's tooth visits Glasgow
Gloucestershire Echo: John Lennon's tooth visits Bishops' Cleeve
Support act: Yoko Ono's pube clippings
Elmbridge Today: John Lennon's tooth visits Weybridge
The Glaswegian: John Lennon's tooth visits Glasgow
Gloucestershire Echo: John Lennon's tooth visits Bishops' Cleeve
Support act: Yoko Ono's pube clippings
Stolen gnome dullness
York Press: Whistling ornamental gnome stolen from front garden
Sounds like somebody was doing the world a favour
Spotter's Badge: John
Sounds like somebody was doing the world a favour
Spotter's Badge: John
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Crane being used to build something dullness
Watford Observer: Crane spotted at film studios not being used for anything exciting
Spotter's Badge: TRT, Pete
Spotter's Badge: TRT, Pete
Duck rescue dullness
Manchester Evening News: Ducks rescued
Happy ending: They went down well with an orange sauce
Spotter's Badge: Charlotte
Happy ending: They went down well with an orange sauce
Spotter's Badge: Charlotte
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Clock tells the time dullness
Halifax Courier: Clock says 12:12 at 12:12 on 12/12/12
Congratulations, you win a picture of a clock
Spotter's Badge: Paul
Congratulations, you win a picture of a clock
Spotter's Badge: Paul
New cafe dullness
Yate and Sodbury News: 99p cafe opens in Yate
There'll be dancing on the streets of Sodbury
Spotter's Badge: Mike
There'll be dancing on the streets of Sodbury
Spotter's Badge: Mike
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Wall collapse dullness
Hereford Times: Very small wall collapses
This one looks serious - BE CAREFUL OUT THERE
Spotter's Badge: James
This one looks serious - BE CAREFUL OUT THERE
Spotter's Badge: James
Monday, 17 December 2012
Closed schools dullness
Norwich Evening News: School closed due to lack of staff
Norwich Evening News: School closed due to turds
Spotter's Badge: Dave
Norwich Evening News: School closed due to turds
Spotter's Badge: Dave
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Squirrel on the loose celebrity dullness
Wokingham Times: Squirrel gets into shop
Glad to hear that shop manager Sharon Stone cracked out some nuts and appealed to the animal's - oh-ho! - Basic Instinct
Glad to hear that shop manager Sharon Stone cracked out some nuts and appealed to the animal's - oh-ho! - Basic Instinct
Dull local council dullness
Hemel Today: Council leader has moment of clarity and realises he's wasted ten years of his life
Not a dull story per se, but a story about one man's struggle against dullness
(And if there are any Monster Raving Loony Members in the area, now is as good as time as any to apply for the vacant seat)
Not a dull story per se, but a story about one man's struggle against dullness
(And if there are any Monster Raving Loony Members in the area, now is as good as time as any to apply for the vacant seat)
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Friday, 14 December 2012
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Hyhyhy dullness
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Church drop-in centre dullness
Reading Post: Church Drop-in Centre holds meeting
This is important news if you are a member of the Churches in Reading Drop-In Centre. If you are not, then you have NO IDEA WHERE IT IS
This is important news if you are a member of the Churches in Reading Drop-In Centre. If you are not, then you have NO IDEA WHERE IT IS
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Unknown actress buys a carpet dullness
South Wales Evening Post: Panto star buys carpet for her birthday
That's Viv Date Carpets, for all your carpet and flooring needs in South Wales.
Spotter's Badge: Gwyddno
That's Viv Date Carpets, for all your carpet and flooring needs in South Wales.
Spotter's Badge: Gwyddno
DULL NEWS GOLD: Boots chemist dullness
Mid Sussex Times: Boots customers slightly inconvenienced by late opening
An oldie from earlier this year, and one of the reasons I started this site in the first place
(I looked on Google Streetview at the time and found at least three chemist shops within walking distance)
Spotter's Badge: Ben
An oldie from earlier this year, and one of the reasons I started this site in the first place
(I looked on Google Streetview at the time and found at least three chemist shops within walking distance)
Spotter's Badge: Ben
Slight road delays dullness
Shropshire Star: Road partially blocked for thirty minutes as car's clutch catches fire
Don't know how much traffic that equates to in Shropshire, but I would assume that a couple of tractors got held up
Spotter's Badge: Dwayne
Don't know how much traffic that equates to in Shropshire, but I would assume that a couple of tractors got held up
Spotter's Badge: Dwayne
Monday, 10 December 2012
Tree falls over dullness
Wokingham Times: Road delays 'for a matter of minutes' as very small tree falls over
If a tree falls over in Wokingham, but nobody's there to see it... Has it really happened?
If a tree falls over in Wokingham, but nobody's there to see it... Has it really happened?
Royal pregnancy dullness
Hartlepool Mail: Woman who got married recently 'pleased for William and Kate'
Good. Good. As long as Hollie from Hartlepool's happy...
Good. Good. As long as Hollie from Hartlepool's happy...
Sunday, 9 December 2012
Stephen Fry's stolen football scarf follow-up dullness
Peterborough Telegraph: Stephen Fry's Norwich City scarf that was stolen from a charity shop in Peterborough, but was later returned to a charity shop in Peterborough has NOW LEFT PETERBOROUGH
We will never speak of this again.
First seen HERE.
We will never speak of this again.
First seen HERE.
Cow sponsorship dullness
Rutland and Stamford Mercury: Win year’s sponsorship of cow in naming competition
"The winner will receive a welcome pack, cow key-ring, sponsorship certificate and regular updates on their calf."
...ending in the inevitable "We killed it and ate it"
"The winner will receive a welcome pack, cow key-ring, sponsorship certificate and regular updates on their calf."
...ending in the inevitable "We killed it and ate it"
Saturday, 8 December 2012
Friday, 7 December 2012
Driving Test dullness
Eastbourne Herald: Man passes driving test
That's nothing. I passed mine YEARS ago, and I understand several people have achieved this feat since.
That's nothing. I passed mine YEARS ago, and I understand several people have achieved this feat since.
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
One born every minute dullness
Cambridge News: Two men get computer virus
Honestly, the internet went right downhill the minute they stopped the entrance exam
Spotter's Badge: James
Honestly, the internet went right downhill the minute they stopped the entrance exam
Spotter's Badge: James
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Trapped in a lift dullness
This is Somerset: Firefighters use 'small tools' to relase pair trapped in lift
As I've always said. It's not the size..
Meanwhile...
Hunts Post: Lifts to be fixed next year
Is that morning or afternoon?
Spotter's Badge: James
As I've always said. It's not the size..
Meanwhile...
Hunts Post: Lifts to be fixed next year
Is that morning or afternoon?
Spotter's Badge: James
Monday, 3 December 2012
Pound shop theft dullness
Lancashire Evening Post: Thief steals item worth £1 from pound store (last paragraph)
Remember: Serious crimes like this are rare. If you have been affected by this story, call your mum and she'll tell you to pull yourself together.
Don't have nightmares.
Spotter's Badge: Comedy's Al Murray
Solar-powered robotic boat weirdness
Maidenhead Advertiser: Man's bid to sail solar-powered robotic boat to the Bahamas misses by 4,300 miles
And yes, that's the actual boat.
And yes, that's the actual boat.
Stolen celebrity scarf dullness
Peterborough Telegraph: Stephen Fry's football scarf stolen
Happy ending: They found the thief, who went down all guns blazing
Spotter's Badge: Stephen Fry
Happy ending: They found the thief, who went down all guns blazing
Spotter's Badge: Stephen Fry
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Saturday, 1 December 2012
Apostrophe catastrophe dullness
Driffield Today: Shop celebrates 15 years of trading
I'm calling you out, Driffield Today. Your site is a car-crash of apostrophe abuse, and the first sentence of this item is a shocker. Sort it out.
I take no joy from this. Even if local journalism is struggling, there is no excuse for low standards.
I'm calling you out, Driffield Today. Your site is a car-crash of apostrophe abuse, and the first sentence of this item is a shocker. Sort it out.
I take no joy from this. Even if local journalism is struggling, there is no excuse for low standards.
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