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Our own problems usually feel like the biggest thing happening in the world. Forget global fuel shortages and trade disputes—if the municipal government is repainting parking lines or neighborhood teens have tagged the bus stop again, that’s much more urgent.

The Facebook page ‘Angry People in Local Newspapers’ collects some of the most unhinged, funny, and unexpectedly entertaining headlines ever published in local papers.

Most of them wouldn’t get picked up by national TV channels, but they show how journalists are needed at every level to capture the stories that matter, even if for a smaller circle.

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#1

Cop treed by cat loses pipe, pants, tooth, and dignity in humorous police incident

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
Community Member
6 months ago

I long for the days when any story involving the police was this... harmless.

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    Humorous newspaper headline about elderly woman stealing mobility scooter getaway

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    Lotekguy
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    6 months ago

    I hear that Benny Hill chase music as the cops try to catch them.

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    #3

    Pothole repair lorry swallowed by pothole in Somerset attracts villagers' attention

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Reminds me of the picture of a fire truck on fire I saw the other day.

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    #4

    Elderly woman defends herself from supermarket mugger using packet of bacon

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    Mike Rodrick
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    That has to be the strangest s****l encounter ever!

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    #5

    Old newspaper clipping about policeman agreeing to civilize a goat

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    Lotekguy
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    6 months ago

    The GOAT of goats

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    #6

    Humorous headline about a drunk man fighting an invisible man

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    Lotekguy
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    6 months ago

    Who won?

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    #7

    Humorous local headline on daily echo about writer winning grammar award

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    perylousdemon
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Clearly, you need to hire them.

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    #8

    Funny newspaper headline about a drunk man who lost his pants

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    Speak easy buttercup
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Man ive been there before and honestly I do NOT miss my 20s! 🤣

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    #9

    Amusing education headline on school caterers confident of meat quality

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    Major Harris
    Community Member
    6 months ago (edited)

    simpsons treehouse of horrors, "nightmare cafeteria" season 6 episode 6!

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    #10

    Funny news brief about man warning police he will tell his ma

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    Serial pacifist
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    It was Raymond

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    #11

    Hilarious news story of Florida woman accused of tap dancing with alligator

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    Mike Rodrick
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Either the Onion or SNL.

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    #12

    Express & Echo newspaper headline about owl attacking bus driver

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    ʁɨɂɥɒ
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    And what about the rest of the week ?

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    #13

    Manchester Evening News funny headline about foul mouthed parrot on loose

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    Jay Rankin
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    I swear it's true.

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    #14

    Hilarious headline about 38 bus being slower than a chicken

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Googled it. A chicken is capable of 15kph or 9mph in freedom units. That's a little slow for a city bus, including frequent stops, but not terrible.

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    #15

    Funny headline about British scientists disliking Richard Dawkins without asking

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    6 months ago

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    #16

    Leicester Mercury headline about man cautioned for having van full of owls

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    UnclePanda
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    6 months ago

    Who?

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    #17

    Humorous Cambridge News headline about woman arrested during lobster vigil

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    So she was pinched?

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    #18

    Funny newspaper headline about mystery of restaurant exploding tea towels

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    Lotekguy
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    6 months ago

    TNT towels?

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    #19

    Times headline on exclusive gran with shovel fighting giant fox

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    6 months ago

    The next Netflix fight night?

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    #20

    Newspaper headline on Scremerston quiche thieves appearing at court

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    Beady El
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    6 months ago

    Lock em up and throw away the quiche.

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    #21

    Funny newspaper headline about life in Confey Cemetery and graveyard expansion

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    Lotekguy
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    6 months ago

    Not only is there life, but it's in the form of George Romero.

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    #22

    Amusing newspaper sign about town invaded by onions

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    Speak easy buttercup
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Oh this brings a tear to the eye! 😢

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    #23

    Headline on NFT buyer losing almost $2.9m investment

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    The Divine Miss Marple
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    6 months ago

    Stupid is as stupid does.

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    #24

    Lighthearted headline about Whitstable town turning into cake

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    Nikole [8647]
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    So it *IS* cake!

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    #25

    Hanley Tesco evacuated after shoplifters strike causes disruption

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    Did I say that out loud?
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    When did shoplifters unionise?

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    #26

    Comical railway disruption headline after shed hits train in West Sussex

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    Beady El
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    6 months ago

    Stupid shed….

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    #27

    Funny press sign about York Street robberies with tree in court

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    UKGrandad
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Was it arrested by the Special Branch?

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    #28

    Comical headline about woman's brain removal joy in local newspaper

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    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    I went to the doctor because I wanted a brain transplant. Fortunately, she was able to change my mind.

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    #29

    Funny newspaper headline about ASDA worker slapped with fish

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    Beady El
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    6 months ago

    Did he fall into a canal?

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    #30

    Kent and Sussex Courier headline about grandad returning from Cornwall by bus

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    I miss slow news days. Remember when the whole world was turned on its head by a picture of a dress? I miss those days.

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    #31

    Funny news of man eating 4.5kg cottage pie before ordering pudding

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    I'm running the numbers for the calories in my brain and it's making my heart hurt.

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    #32

    Funny headline about man tasered after laundry basket standoff

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    LinkTheHylian
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    To Bill The Splut: I've seen many of these and can confirm they are real.

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    #33

    Humorous headline about man painting ceiling in his sleep

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Ambien is a hell of a d**g isn't it?

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    #34

    Hilarious newspaper headline about a house taken over by 70,000 bees

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    Speak easy buttercup
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Yeah after about 60,000 that house isnt yours any longer! 🤣

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    #35

    Hilarious newspaper headline about angry young women driving men to cougars

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    Speak easy buttercup
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Oh no! Do they not realize how sharp the claws are on those things??? 😳😳

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    #36

    Police officer rides horse to work but ministry rejects the idea

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    Lotekguy
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    6 months ago

    The problem was that the station parking lot didn't have a handicrap space for the horse.

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    #37

    Driver claims alcohol in system was the blood of Christ in bizarre news headline

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    Heffalump
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    That's a lot of communion wine.

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    #38

    Hilarious newspaper story about broken engagement after 43 years

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    Space Invader
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    And all this time she thought he was just happy to see her...

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    #39

    Humorous camping equipment ad about used camping toilet for sale

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Ya know you can remove that stool?

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    #40

    Funny newspaper headline about a pair of giant knickers

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    Glix Drap
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    6 months ago

    Beware, there are giants up north.

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    #41

    Funny newspaper headline about father dialing 999 because it was raining

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    Lotekguy
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    6 months ago

    He saw what water did to the Wicked Witch of the West, and didn't feel safe.

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    #42

    Funny brief about grass growing fast after rain causing extra council work

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    Mike Rodrick
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Imagine THAT!

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    #43

    Headline about farmers in Latvia getting older

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    That's... That's how time and aging work.

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    #44

    Ham & High newspaper headline on child sent home with wrong nanny

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Sounds like the premise for a Disney movie.

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    #45

    Northern Echo headline denying breaking wind in boy's face

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    He who smelt it dealt it. Yes I know I spelled smelled wrong but it's funnier that way.

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    #46

    Herald funny headline about magician appeal as rabbit disappears

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
    Community Member
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    6 months ago

    Has he tried looking in his hat?

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    #47

    Funny newspaper headline about gran beating off intruder

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
    Community Member
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    6 months ago

    I think I have seen that footage..

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    #48

    Funny headline about being trapped in Dubai while family is furious at home

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    ʁɨɂɥɒ
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Rest is ok but the pen, that innocent pen

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    #49

    Kent and Sussex Courier headline on grandad's narrow sudoku escape

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    6 months ago

    I heard it is painful if you get trapped by the sudokus.

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    #50

    Banbury Guardian update on Brackley sinkhole being just a hole

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Ahh! i was hoping it was a gateway to the nether-realms! Gonna have to find another way out of this timeline.

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    #51

    Hilarious newspaper headline about woman attacking postman with satsuma fruit

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    She threw an orange at him? Dear god lock her up and hide all the tropical fruit! Can you imagine what she could do with a PINEAPPLE?!?

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    #52

    Hilarious news about racist swans attacking students

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    How do they know they're racist? Can animals be racist?

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    #53

    Irish Independent story on man stealing three coffee machines in a week

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    Space Invader
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    In other news: A new coffee shop has opened in town.

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    #54

    Comic newspaper headline about girl with eyepatch called pirate by teacher

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    6 months ago

    To be fair to the teacher the girl had a peg leg and a parrot on her shoulder.

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    #55

    Comic headline about man hospitalized after fight with bats in daylight

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    Debby Keir
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Bats or cricket bats????

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    #56

    Humorous headline about inability to open bank account for being too rich

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    Ace
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    6 months ago

    Anti money-laundering rules mean that banks won't accept large cash deposits without proof of where it came from.

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    #57

    Humorous crime headline about bible-basher jailed for attacking hotel worker

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    StPaul9
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Power of Christ certainly compelled him.

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    #58

    Humorous newspaper headline about a dealer selling tea to cops

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    random_frog_6846
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Gasp!

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    #59

    Humorous headline about row after dog steals baby’s brioche

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    Glix Drap
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    6 months ago

    This was all the talk in my local Waitrose.

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    #60

    Person describes flying experience in a hot air balloon over Swindon

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    6 months ago

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    #61

    Funny newspaper headline on painting home like a prison cell lifting mood

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    Mike Rodrick
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    The oval office!

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    #62

    Vintage newspaper funny headline about monkey kissing for a dry ginger

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    Beady El
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    6 months ago

    A dry ginger…. root? Ale? Snap?

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    #63

    Humorous newspaper sign about street lights left on all day

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    Glix Drap
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    6 months ago

    How illuminating.

    #64

    Funny newspaper headline about a 34-hour gym replacing a business on the high street

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    6 months ago

    Real men do 34 hour days.

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    #65

    Entertaining headline about toy shop owner throwing a tantrum

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    ʁɨɂɥɒ
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Valid, the owner is a 10 year old,and do not want to share toys

    #66

    Amusing newspaper headline about kids spreading jam and butter on bus seats

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    ʁɨɂɥɒ
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Mids are losing creativity

    #67

    Funny carrot-trophe headline as vegetables spill across Bass Highway

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    They went with that pun when "Potate-uh-ohhhh" was right there!

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    #68

    Essex Gazette headline on monster pothole destroying two wheels

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    highwaycrossingfrog
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    6 months ago

    I live in Essex. This is normal

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    #69

    Funny news headline about man's blue skin panic caused by bed sheet dye

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    Beady El
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    6 months ago

    “Da ba Dee, da ba dah….” he went on…

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    #70

    Funny opinion piece on being trapped in wealth like David Cameron

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    6 months ago

    What a terrible situation to be in when you do not have to worry about your mortgage, or bills or the price of food.

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    #71

    Humorous headline about shopping trolley left in busy supermarket parking

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    Glix Drap
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    6 months ago

    This will be included in a new film they are making called Frome Here to Eternity.

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    #72

    Funny article headline about Birmingham mum drenched in diesel at fuel station

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    Serial pacifist
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    It fueled an argument for sure.

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    #73

    Person believes taking their dog to a psychic may have actually worked

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    LinkTheHylian
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    "Sorry to tell you this, Fido, but in a previous life you were a cat."

    #74

    Comical headline about eating in garden without Hornbeam leaves on salad

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    Doug Moyer
    Community Member
    6 months ago

    Apparently, they are fibrous, tough, and astringent. So, fair enough...