Big news from Kendal

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Tim Bennet.

Entirely Average Member
Location
S of Kendal
The country's going to the dogs I tell you:

"AN OFFICE chair was destroyed after it was set on fire on the grassy area, off Maude Street, Kendal, this afternoon.Fire crews from Kendal attended along with police.

A spokesman for the fire and rescue service said: "A delinquent set fire to an office chair in the middle of a grassy area and it was extinguished using one hose jet."

http://www.thewestmo...hair_destroyed/

Some of the comments to the story are brilliant:
"This story has upset me so much i don't think i'm going to be able to sleep tonight - I work with office chairs very closely on a daily basis and they've always treated me well and to hear stories like this makes me sick to my stomach."


"My thoughts go out to all the friends and family of said chair. Such a tragic waste of plastic and foam. I hope the police/MI5/interpol/CTU fing the culprits and throw away the key. Truly shocking. "


etc . .

 

Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
Heh heh ! Good that the editor/journo have also commented :-)
 

Archie_tect

De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
Location
Northumberland
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MissTillyFlop

Evil communist dictator, lover of gerbils & Pope.
Although this story does make me think of that scene out of Manhunter (William Petersen... Mmmmm!:hyper:), it also takes me back to when I was living in Wales. One of the biggest stories I remember from the WELSH NATIONAL NEWS when I was a kid was that a wall fell down in the Rhondda due to poor workmanship and it was on the news EVERY DAY for a fortnight.

I don't read the local news here, as it appears to be very much about people being shot in the face.
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
A while back, there was a fire reported in the York Press. A tea towel had caught fire on a hob. Fortunately, the householder threw it in the sink and it was out before the fire brigade arrived. The tea towel was slightly damaged.

Seriously, it got a whole column inch!

Everyso often we scan the paper to find this week's insignificant fire story. There's always one!
 

MissTillyFlop

Evil communist dictator, lover of gerbils & Pope.
My favourite section of local news can be found in the Doncaster Free Press: the beautiful baby competition.

Now, yes as a woman, babies are cute and I do enjoy getting all tearful looking at aforementioned little tykes, but the real reason we look at it is for the ridiculous names.

Our favourite of all time was Joe Boy Brown, (I kid you not), which is now slang for a poo in our house.

"Can't talk, I need a joe boy"
 
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