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Alton's Christmas skiing marmot decoration sparks row

A giant ear-muff wearing marmot has sparked a mixed response in a Hampshire town after it was revealed as part of its Christmas display.

koogs, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link

residents of southern town hate unusual newcomer shocker

The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link

three weeks pass...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-50760470?ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ocid=socialflow_twitter

Woman, 89, granted 'big biceps' stripper care home wish

calzino, Thursday, 12 December 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link

Her somewhat unorthodox wish was granted when the stripper, dressed as a fireman, turned up at the Glastonbury Court care home in Bury St Edmunds two weeks ago and began swinging his belt around wildly before stripping down to his underpants

'two weeks ago' is stretching the definition of 'news' imo

Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 12 December 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link

I'm missing Laura K already!

calzino, Thursday, 12 December 2019 17:07 (four years ago) link

one month passes...
three weeks pass...

Wine bar occupies former gents' toilet site

Cue the "this is a toilet venue", "the beer tastes like piss", etc., etc. jokes.

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 7 February 2020 19:40 (four years ago) link

one month passes...

ffs BBC...

Lesbos refugee centre burns amid migrant tensions

The article itself has the much less tabloid headline Greece migrant crisis: Refugee centre ablaze as tensions rise.

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 8 March 2020 13:14 (four years ago) link

five months pass...

Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.

Storyville: The Trials of Oppenheimer. Tonight, 10.30pm, @BBCFour https://t.co/OKN48N1W0A

— BBC Four (@BBCFOUR) August 13, 2020

koogs, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link

you can take all yer pots and pans and your atomic weapons and your famous quantum chemistry and molecular physics theories + chuck 'em all in the bin!

calzino, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link

someone else one twitter - "i am become death, destroyer of leeds"

koogs, Friday, 14 August 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link

why would they not delete??

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 August 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link

one month passes...

US election: Do you need Jesus to win the White House?
(maybe because you don't trust the other two candidates?)

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 12:18 (three years ago) link

one year passes...

Islam: Sunak lets the taxman take the strain

No, the government isn't going to tax Muslims. The article was written by Faisal Islam, the BBC's economics editor.

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link

one year passes...

Piet Mondrian artwork displayed upside down for 75 years

Insert "modern art, amirite!?" joek here.

Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 28 October 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link

eight months pass...

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