There are a ton of reasons why we love the United Kingdom—from its gorgeous nature and culture to its wide-ranging cuisine and renowned literature. But something that keeps us coming back is our love for the British press with all of its ups, downs, and unique quirks. There’s honestly hardly anything better than making a big cup of tea and opening up the serious Sunday papers or going for a cheeky scroll through the digital tabloids. It’s entertaining. It’s fun. It’s off the hook!
Now that’s where the ‘Mental UK Headlines’ Twitter page comes in. A social media project that unites nearly 100k followers, the account features some of the funniest, most bizarre, and downright ludicrous news stories and headlines found in the British press. Both in the tabloids and in the more serious (digital) papers. And today we’re featuring some of their very best finds to bring a smile to your face. Just because the press isn't yellow doesn't mean it's not immune to some truly bizarre headlines.
Go on, grab yourself some biscuits and enjoy a good laugh. Don’t forget to upvote the pics that you enjoyed the most, send a few your friends’ way, and if you really love what you’re seeing, give ‘Mental UK Headlines’ a follow for some more top-tier humor.
Bored Panda got in touch with author, comedy writer, journalist, and all-around talented creative Ariane Sherine from the UK. We had a chat about tabloids, catchy headlines, and why the Brits love the sensationalist press so much. Read on for our full interview with her!
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I guess detention would have been enough. So much sadness and depression being separated from your favorite seatmate in class.
hey that guy’s a dickhead, give him the middle feather! flip the bird (or in this case person)
I dont blame them. A lot of the visitors deserves being sweared at
Thats hilarious! I love birds! Separating them seems like a bit much though.
I am going to need to hear the recording of them "encouraging each other to swear at guests." Please and thank you!
hell with the recording, I want a 3min 4K tictoc video in dolby of it!
Load More Replies...Journalist and comedy expert Ariane, from London, shared her thoughts about the tabloids (or the ‘red tops’ as the Brits call them) with Bored Panda.
“I think the British press, particularly the sensationalist yellow press uses a lot more wordplay, humor, and puns in headlines—and also employs shock to grab the reader,” Ariane told us.
“You’ve also got our tabloid the Daily Sport, which I wouldn’t even class as a newspaper as it’s mostly made up for entertainment and titillation!”
He would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids.
We had a retired surgeon on our street who had an extremely convincing gorilla suit, he used to lurk in the churchyard on special occasions.
And what special occasions would coax Dr Magilla to make an appearance? I'm not real sure I'd want to have him prepping for surgery at zero dark thirty changing from his gorilla suit to scrubs. Maybe if he left his gorilla head on but who knows where those hands have been.
Load More Replies..."using threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause distress," which I had no idea was a specific crime.
Load More Replies...This would have been highly dependent on how obnoxious Anthony was when he was "wooooooing". If he popped out and did a 'wooooo' jump scare, that's one thing, but if he's following mourners around doing this it's entirely different. 👻👻👻👻👻
Saint Mary's cemetery!! I live in Portsmouth and I never heard this one before.
“HEY GULLY! I CAN TOTALLY FLY AFTER DRINKING THAT GUYS SHOT! SEAMORE DID IT! I CAN TOO!” these were the last words of Lugeas, a Swedish seagull who had moved to Britain. His words were met by a splat, which i quote, sounded like “ someone threw a squeaky toy off an apartment and it fell into a compressor, and was shot.” the inebriated bird was immediately run over by a truck, sadly as he could have survived.
Load More Replies...There's a park near my house frequently used by drug dealers. Well they would hide their stash under the benches under the sod and would remove it to sell. I saw some drugged up squirrels in that place. It's really sad I actually saw a squirrel attacking another squirrel and knocked it out of the trees I'm convinced it's because they got a hold of some of that product.
Squirrels are territorial, and it's not uncommon to see them battling it out and throwing others out of trees... they even kill babies in nests to defend their turf, so not necessarily drugs, just badass squirrels.
Load More Replies...This explains the curried one further up, went for a take-away after a heavy sesh ;o)
I hate birds that can't hold their liquor. Probably the birthday cake and whatever that plate that used to look like Mexican food didn't help.
We were curious to get Ariane’s take on why the British enjoy tabloids so much, whether it’s all for the sake of being entertained or if they actually believe the biased news printed there.
“I definitely think people read the Sport purely for cheeky entertainment and to look at scantily clad women, as it’s only meant for that,” the journalism expert told us.
“But a lot of people get all their news from the Sun or Star, which is a bit worrying. They definitely believe everything they read in those papers—and they shouldn’t!” she warned.
When you s**t on 1,000,000 cars and unlock the golden skin
Load More Replies...Harry Potter and the Order of the Curried Seagull, doesn't quite have the same ring to it. 🤔
I saw the original news report; it got inside an empty industrial sized drum of curry powder (not sure why but but probably involved food🙄🙄🙄) and got itself covered in the remains of the powder attempting to get out.
Load More Replies...The gull had been eating scraps out of the bin of an Indian takeaway. When people saw it they thought it was an exotic bird in distress and went to rescue it.
Load More Replies...I was going to say this! Then I realized I should probably make sure I was original. I wasn't.
Load More Replies...I wanna hang out with her because I could always use a good partner in crime
Load More Replies...Funny thing is...I'm watch POC right now ROFL (pirates of the Caribbean)
Ahh! Saw this! He was always there, just couldn't communicate; honestly everything besides curry would be on my list as well! He also asked to be sat up more when guests arrived and told his children how much he loved them. ALS is brutal.
Load More Replies...Completely paralysed and he's still a party animal. I like this guy.
Meanwhile, when it comes to writing striking headlines, Ariane said that a lot depends on the topic in question. If you care about the issues on a personal level, you’re already more likely to read the story.
She shared some of the things that journalists ought to look at when writing headlines: “What’s the human interest angle? What would grab my attention? You have to distill the story into its essence in one sentence. What makes it entertaining?”
Ah, but is this a Colin or Wiggles cake? Coz that looks like Wiggles (from Sainsbury's), because otherwise this wouldn't just be a pothole, it'd be an M&S pothole.
Meanwhile a pothole at my neighbourhood old enough to retire: hold my beer
So how many birthday caterpillars have you got them? 😜
Load More Replies...To be fair this was a sarcastic move to draw attention to a campaign dedicated to getting bad roads repaired.
In south Africa we'd be having birthday parties every hour for potholes
I always knew Eyore had a dark side (did I spell Eyore right?)
That is the most convincing road kill leopard I have ever seen. I would have been fooled by it, but then I once ran three blocks in a rainstorm trying to catch a kitten and save it, only to realize it was a plastic bag when it flew up into the air.
Insult for a woman who looks like a hooker and probably fairly old.
Load More Replies...The word "tart" makes my skin crawl. I live in the U.S. and maybe I don't get the meaning. I think of it as a sexist insult that's a mix between "s.lut" and "jailbait." No?
No. It means promiscuous woman now, started as a term of endearment (as a comparison with a sweet pastry), then to mean prostitute, and now just promiscuous.
Load More Replies...The ‘Mental UK Headlines’ project is fairly fresh. The account was started up on Twitter almost exactly a year ago, in April 2021. In that time, they’ve gotten the love and attention of 98.2k followers.
The account shows us a few things. First of all, how much a good headline can boost our mood for the next few hours (who doesn’t love a hearty chuckle?). Secondly, there are some truly weird events going on in the world. And lastly, the British yellow press is willing to write about pretty much anything and everything for the sake of a ‘story.’ Whether that restores or destroys your faith in humanity depends on your perspective.
Knew we couldn’t get through this without a swipe at the US. So unoriginal
Load More Replies...If he hasn't hit anyone, just give him an official driving license. He proved he deserves it.
Maybe it's time for him to stop driving? He's 84. They probably stopped him because he did something wrong.
Load More Replies...lets face it he is obviously much better than some who have passed their test
Wow and that was actually his first incurrence you would think in 72 years if he hadn't been caught yet.
And he would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling police officers
I'm amazed at people being caught for having no tax or insurance for over a decade. They must stay very local.
I know you're right! I wondered if he wasn't kinda shooting himself in the foot on that one. The thought to make my job harder would've never have occurred to me. Work smarter, not harder, lol.
Load More Replies...some guy in my school brought a small jesus statue with a whole in the bottom,and he put his books and stuff in it.
Well, leave out the glass plate and remove the electronics, waveguide and motor, should be a lot lighter.
Load More Replies...Because they can't see what's in them. Kids bring weapons and other illegal stuff to school have a tougher time concealing them without a bag.
Load More Replies...And exactly where does microwave with books have to go since lockers no longer exist. Every kid should just have a support mule for school. Have hitching posts to stick them at during class.
i read this as "bean" bags for a second! like... do bean bags need a reason?! lol but seriously... stupid isn't it? poor kids... probably worried bags could be a security issue so let's punish ALL the students and make their days a little harder.. yeesh
Load More Replies...During a previous interview, London-based comedy writer Ariane told Bored Panda that humor plays a huge role in British culture.
“I think it is inherently witty and quirky but coupled with a huge dose of irony and self-consciousness,” she shared her thoughts about British wit with us.
Because they were proper flagstones. Happens a lot. In our town they were redoing the town centre, and had to take up the 17th century curbstones, next day they were gone... Town now has crappy modern curbstones in a conservation area.
Load More Replies...The isn’t funny. They are old stone flags, probably nearly or over 100 years old and are worth a fortune and are targeted way too often. You cannot replace them once they’re gone. The same happened to our wash kitchen roof which was stone flagged. Idiots ripped them all off, found they were too heavy to carry up to the road so left them to go get their van. Dad stood guard to stop them and they’re still in storage somewhere.
This must’ve been time consuming, and no one noticed?, even if early morning hours
Nah they prob rocked up in the day with high viz vests and people thought they were working on it
Load More Replies...I prefer the story from the UK where a guy got the council to fix potholes by painting ... "Large male genitalia" around them( the potholes not the council!)
Yep, if it gets that big it definitely qualifies as a 'man hole'.
Load More Replies...It's a studio. Shared public bathroom. Rent would still be $1200 a week in NYC
Load More Replies...I bet no one actually reported it to the council, just complained about it on social media - like they do round here.
Yep that looks says mum does this kind of thing all the time.
Load More Replies...And why do you go to media and say that? I would just switch it out when I realized. You really want to admit to the world you gave your child cat food? Huh.
Probably what happened was they made a post on Facebook thinking it would be a funny thing to share with friends and family only to have it blow up and go viral
Load More Replies...I bet it was discovered when the cat received a Terry's chocolate orange 🤣
Load More Replies...“[British humor is] sarcastic, petty, ridiculous, embarrassed, self-conscious, and underpinned with the knowledge and awareness of how silly Brits are,” the comedy expert explained to Bored Panda how we can define this unique sense of humor.
Sorry, but more like a soon-to-be-dead being a mere gun-meat.... unless he has serious military experience.
Load More Replies...That's the daddest thing ever on the internet. "Well, reckon I'm not doing much. Maybe I should go fight a warlording tyrant?"
He’s a dad, surely he has chores to do and there are his kids to look after.
Good point. If he's 50, his kids could be grown, though.
Load More Replies...Was bored so I’d thought I’d become a hero nothin’ fancy
I am 60 and an ex soldier, from what I hear I'd be put in the rear. You have to be a recent veteran with combat experience or some other specialty. Mine was launching tactical nuclear missiles. NATO no longer fields those.
NATO doesn't field them AT THE MOMENT. Hopefully your day doesn't come again, but just saying.
Load More Replies...Well, you don't just walk into Ukraine. There's actually quite the scrutiny before they let you join. It's not for weekend warriors.
Could be worse. They could have been watching Eastenders. Now get out my pub you slaaaaag!
My issue was black adder. I was a weird kid I guess. My bro and I would quote it and laugh. Most Americans especially our age at the time didn't know black adder. Now he's deceased it's still a very special thing for me.
Terms in our house are a mashup now because of these programs. For example, the trash can is now and forever, "the bin".
Load More Replies...I'm South African. When my kid was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse age, she once referred to water as "wadduhrr" in an American accent. After that I made very sure to always get her the UK versions of the DVDs and not the US versions.
We don't all sound like we come from New Jersey!
Load More Replies...By the order of the Piggy fluffing Blinders 😆😆😆😆😆
Load More Replies...Maybe Peppa should do a Spanish version so we can become a bilingual nation!
my neice wanted her allowance in pounds after watching peppa pig lmao
They've not posted this one well, but basically, someone threatened to call social services because of her eyebrows.
Her eyebrows are ridiculous but then so is threatening to call social services because of them.
I admit it makes me question her judgment, but certainly not social services for just that.
Load More Replies...She is probably a great mom, but those eyebrows are pretty gastly, not to mention the lips. Still, if you call CPS it better had to do with the kids, not her eyebrows.
Someone like this should not be reproducing. I'm with whomever called.
I'd like to call into question her partner(s) if we're going that route. I get the whole 2 at 10 and 10 at 2 bit, but...get some standards and condoms ffs.
Load More Replies...“When people think of us, they think of the Royal Family, iconic images like London buses and phone boxes, afternoon tea, period dramas, and posh people—like Hugh Grant in Richard Curtis films!” Ariane said how the world tends to think of the British.
Som many people are left "crying and shaking", traumatized, or "devastated" these days.
Have you faced down an Aldi cashier? The pressure is real.
Load More Replies...i love the photo they used for this headline. *product scanning intensifies*
That's regular speed at German check out not just in Aldi. Always pray there's someone before you or you're in deep s**t cause they start cashing while you're still putting your goods on, than the goods tower beside the cashier and you have to hurry even more getting it back in your shopping cart. @_@ been there, hurried up! XD
Aldi has speed standards upon which its cashiers must perform on though 🤨🤨🙄 and i think the idea is because it’s a low cost supermarket, they train their cashiers to be lighting bolts because the queues are long, they don’t have self service, plus Aldi is a German brand probably trying to establish efficiency as one of its marketing selling points
Have you been through an Aldi cashier?? You have to do your own bagging and the pressure to keep up with the cashier as they run your stuff through the scanner is immense!
That's one reason I don't shop there. We just don't rush like that in this country, and it's annoying as hell. That being said, most people just put the stuff back in the cart and bag it after they're finished checking out.
Load More Replies...Aldi and Lidl are the same very fast. That is why they have a bagging area after the tiles so you can put your things away properly. So trolley - till- trolley - bagging up area - car.
There I was just walking into the kitchen, when all of a sudden I slipped, did 25 full somersaults at such a speed my clothes flew off and then I landed and caused the bottle/mop/table leg/statue of Nelson to become embedded up my bottom.
Load More Replies...That's... not a lot actually, given the annual NHS budget is £50 billion. I'd like to know what drunken idiots on a Friday night getting into fights costs the NHS.
NsG - You're defending this spending, a little too much. Do you have a confession?
Load More Replies...Random objects? If you’re inserting object into body maybe put some thought into it?
My thoughts too - pretty sure these objects aren’t chosen at random!
Load More Replies...Yep but i'm Australian of English descent so we say "a**e" instead of the American "ass " ( I just want to see them censor it again cause it's fkn hilarious!)
Yep, try sticking a random foreign object up an ass and you'd better be wearing some serious body armour.
Load More Replies...I read that someone stuck an electric toothbrush up there... My eyes are watering just thinking about it 🤣
She'd be a lot more recognizable if both eyes were on the same side of her nose.
The truth only here: https://images.app.goo.gl/sSCYhNmA9k4oNBmF7
Load More Replies...So... she's 18 and had "choices the character for 13 years", what, since she was 5??
Has anyone else noticed Peppa and her fam all have heads shaped like a penis and ball sac?
“They see us as charming and antiquated and think we're adorable. Spoiler: we're not really like this! Which they'll find out if they ever visit Britain, but I guess most people never do, so we remain cute and posh in their imaginations,” the comedy writer quipped.
If a major city is so calm that a teenager with an ax merits a headline, yeah, I'd call it the safest city in a region.
Carrying a bladed article in public is. You would need a convincing reason.
Load More Replies...Seriously if the worst thing your city has is a young teen girl carrying an axe (and no evidence she had done or was going to do anything violent with it) you have no reason to complain.
Whoever wrote that article clearly knows nothing about Liverpool.
Perhaps the fact that young women in Liverpool carry axes is why its safe?
Good old British "exceptionalism". Ugh - explains a lot doesn't it?
Load More Replies...This story always makes me laugh, because of the complete stupidity of it Sadly, this is a real example of the true level of xenophobia that exists in the UK.
Friend of mine (we're from Germany) lived in Spain for some years. She told me she heard this multiple times from Brits: "Spain is such a nice country but if at least there were less of those Spaniards" -wtf?
You want to try living in the same country as them; sorry of course you don’t! I’ve come across people with holiday homes in Spain boasting that you never see any Spaniards in their area. If I were Spanish, I’d be avoiding them too.
Load More Replies...I'm not sure about the UK, but in the USA you'll find most of those factories in Florida and Texas.
Load More Replies...Wasn't this explained in another post a few weeks ago? Apparently, the hotel promised her the ground floor (as she's disabled) and she asked if they spoke English, before hand. She got there and the things she apparently asked about weren't true.
You are right - she did ask for some specifics that weren't provided such as asking for the ground floor, but getting the 14th (then was moved the the 2nd) but on the other hand she did complain about the entertainment being Spanish!
Load More Replies...This is so stupid that's borderline genius! He can claim that the result of the breath test are because of the hand sanitizer
It would invalidate the test. They have to wait so long after someone has consumed alcohol to do a breath test. They could still take a blood sample though.
Load More Replies...My uncle used to have a shift starting at 4:30am, so he’d be on the road at 4am going to work. He was pulled over and given a breathalyzer which blew over because of his mouthwash he used five minutes prior to leaving the house. He tried to tell them, but they still pulled him in for a blood test which came back as expected: a sober driver… and one now late for work.
Getting down-voted unnecessarily. I right this wrong.
Load More Replies...Meanwhile, Lisa McLendon, the William Allen White Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications and the coordinator of the Bremner Editing Center at the University of Kansas, was kind enough to share her insights about text and how to leave an immediate impact on the audience with us during an earlier interview.
The professor said that when you have to make an immediate impression on someone, like with a sign, it’s best to focus on clarity and brevity. That’s especially important in our world where there’s a seemingly endless stream of information and shortening attention spans.
... how come adults in favor of eating meat always complain when somebody is honest about it? If there's nothing wrong, there's nothing to hide from anyone able to understand - including children ... if there is something to hide, even only from children, there is something wrong.
Oh Oh Oh my goodness you just took me back! I dressed as one for Halloween in like '94. Took us to Pizza Hut (when it was A.MAZ.ING) that night. Thank you for your time.
Load More Replies...I remember going to a pig roast as a little kid and it being the first time that I equated a real animal with what I was eating. I was so grossed out that I couldn't eat it. I'm still an omnivore but that threw me for a loop.
That would have likely been the best tasting pork you'd ever had.
Load More Replies...PEPPA!!! where are yoouuuu. There is a panda named peppa pig, i am waiting for her to show up.
Me too!!! I've called her out a few times on posts, and shes gone radio silence... Maybe mummy tried the recipe.
Load More Replies...Why can't Peppa Pig be Peppa Pulled Pork Sandwiches? What is happening in our world...
Just watched the video. 'Alright bruv' is a STRETCH, but it's really cute nonetheless.
... they all put their palms together and they shall never seperate them again.
Load More Replies...I read to squirts and stopped for some reason. I'm not ok. "Teenagers offer free squirts"
The shoppers would have phoned the police, but they're all stuck to their trolleys.
Thank you for the much-needed laugh. I've never heard the expression "little christers" before.
Load More Replies...Who let rebasing teens in the store and didn't stop them when they were spraying random guests hands? I guess there want much they could do.
"Clarity and brevity are essential. You only have a second or two to get your message across, so you want people to understand quickly with zero confusion," she told Bored Panda.
What’s more, journalism and editing expert Lisa stressed the necessity to proofread all of your work. And then getting someone else to proofread it again. It’s especially useful when you’re using text in ways that can’t be easily and cheaply edited later (like it would be online).
Yeah, we all make mistakes - sure, but you need to take responsibility for your actions. Saying "everyone does it" isn't really taking responsibility.
Exactly, it doesn't matter if we do make mistakes but rather how we handle them after we realize they are mistakes.
Load More Replies...Is this the one where two teenage girls had to help the man out of the river because he was in serious trouble? And the boy's mom defended him? I might be mixing things up, but if not then it was quite a shitshow.
part of his apology/justification was that he didn't realise the man was that old....
oopsies! i accidentally run over a guy with my lawnmower! Guess he shouldn’t have stepped in my dandelions. ( from evil dora videos)
I hope the man was okay. I care less about what the kid says and more about what happened to the man after he was, presumably, retrieved from the river.
He was physically OK but his wife testified that he was now frightened to go out. The attacker got 10 weeks for it.
Load More Replies...-"What is the purpose of your visit?" - "Well actually I'm a terrorist and I will be performing terrorist acts throughout the country" - "OK sir, enjoy your stay"
“Hold on sir, airport security might take away the water gun so please take this [insert powerful gun name] gun.”
Load More Replies...Disguise. Check. Fake Papers. Check. Convincing backstory. Check. Good Guys: Are you a terrorist? Bad Guy: Why Yes. Bad Guy: Dammitt!!!
Am I the only one that's concerned that there is even a terrorist box to check?!?
When I was 19 I ticked the "are you carrying drugs" box at customs because I had some antibiotics and apparently "everyone" knew that box was only for illegal drugs even though they weren't specific.
"Accidentally". Watch this Sheila, it be a great laugh. Nah, nah, just watch everyone'll be pissin' 'em selves.
Yup. Just like the people "joking" about a bomb in their luggage.
Load More Replies...American visa application has the most nonsense questions: they openly ask if you plan to bomb the US also. I don't get it.
Makes me proud to have understood the references bc I read the comments @ the pothole bday cake. Thx Pandas!
Load More Replies...I heard about this one some time ago. Apparently Morrisons are ok about it Slightly related. There is a coffee shop in easy London called Fuckoffee
Apparently not! Good for Morrison's for not giving a sh!t.
Load More Replies...She also stressed that it’s important to choose the right font, with the audience in mind. It should be clear. It should be readable. It shouldn’t have your readers second-guessing what they’re looking at.
His house was just hot... and also he was drunk, and Noel had just punched him in the face.
The owner objected because the shark was installed as an anti-government protest and he didn't want the government's approval many years later. I think the context is important here - it's not that he wanted to get rid of the shark as I first thought when I saw the headline.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/mar/25/oxford-house-with-shark-sculpture-on-roof-made-heritage-site-despite-owners-objection
Load More Replies...Ultimate troll by establishment against anti-establishment protest display? Meta? Irony? Just good old pay-back? Inquiring minds want to know!
The next Sharknado movie could save a couple bucks filming at that location.
One of those times when extra weight is actually a positive. I used to let people pick on me until I realized I was bigger than most of them.
Could’ve been worse - could’ve been a cat: 56B6700A-D...9-jpeg.jpg
It is b******t. You can hold in farts while awake but as soon as you sleep, your muscles relax and the farts find their way out.
Load More Replies...Lol, I was brought up that a woman doesn't fart in public. Fast forward many years and I have never farted in my husbands company. One day I wake up scared sh'tless, sat bolt upright 'what was that' I say panicked. My husband was nearly crying with laughter, he couldn't speak. Yes you've guessed it, I farted so loud in my sleep I woke myself up scared. This was a few years ago and even now, when reminded of it he cracks up. Hmm very nice!
Lol my husband farts and snores himself awake as much as the dogs do and it cracks me up every time.
Load More Replies...Does she not leave him at any point to like go about her day... and maybe let one out?
Fun fact: Research suggests that farts held in too long come out the other way. The idea that you can hold in your farts for two years is nonsense. But, straining your system to hold it in can cause real problems... problems that present much sooner than two years down the line.
That is not entirely true, only some air is able to pass back through the digestive system, around 10% or less. Our system is highly effective at moving things down, hence why it's not possible to reabsorbe or move the air back up. That's why most people end up bloated, with colics or other health issues when they try to hold their farts in for a long time. Don't hold your farts!
Load More Replies...My mother was on a date once and they were taking a "scenic route" to a restaurant that was already far away. As soon as she sat in the car she realized she had to fart, but since it was her first date with this guy and she really liked him she held it. It was the 70's so they are drinking, and he's chatting and she's starting to pray. Finally after the longest car ride in the history of having an emergency fart they arrive. She stands up and just blacks out, it brings the entire parking lot of this busy restaurant running to her rescue, and her body just takes care of business. So she's laying there, out cold, just farting and farting and farting, then wakes up, completely unharmed and feeling physically better, but wanting to be unconscious again as soon as the relieved crowd tells her what happened. Im assuming it was something like this.
Talk about a friendly community! “Hi. I don’t know you, I don’t live here, and I don’t have a driver’s license, but would like to get one. May I borrow your car?” “Sure! Here are the keys. Have fun, and good luck!” WTF?!
Apparently the story goes that the pass rate isn't because the test is 'easy' but because the driving instructors there actually teach people to drive as a skill, and so people pass a test designed to be passed, because they know how to do the thing.
Don't know about rugby but if it were Soccer he would also learn some new words...very collourful words ... it's ALL a part of the experience 👌
Load More Replies...Ikr! This one actually makes me really sad. The kid's freaking adorable though.
Load More Replies...To be fair to him I would have been furious if someone vomited on me
Thank goodness his parent's didn't take him to a Boston Red Sox game. He'd have been urinated on, puked on, gotten a black eye and learned all sorts of new colorful language.
They have closed bars inside the stadium from halftime in Cardiff because of this.
The hockey arena in my hometown has signs reminding people that kids are around and to not be crude. Sports fans really are something
I saw this apparently it was found safely outside in a hedge. Apparently the staff were very worried about it as nature abhors a vacuum. 😂
Are Travelodges really that bad that even a vacuum cleaner would rather spend a night in a hedge?
Load More Replies...Last I was at a restaurant I asked for the crayons ( they place a large piece of paper on the tables for drawing.) It really helps pass the time of waiting for your food.
I'm really short and look much younger than my age. I remember being 22 at a restaurant and being offered a kid's menu. I said sure, and ordered an alcoholic beverage to go with it 😁
I guess this is the type of person, who goes abroad and only eats in British bars and restaurants because he doesn't like all that "foreign muck".
There used to be Brits who would go to France or Spain with enough food for a week so they wouldn't hav to eat "foeign food" .Much of it would have come from those countries to start with. Anyway, now they are complaining that after Brexit they are not allowed to take meat, dairy produce and some other foods across the borders so they have to eat "foreign" food.
Load More Replies...I was just thinking that. Indians started emigrating to the UK a long time ago now, even though most of what passes as 'Indian Cuisine' here is not really Indian and a lot is just made up for us, it IS British at this point.
Load More Replies...Nah, break one in half, then you can rub 'em together.
Load More Replies...this is my MIL to a T. She's never eaten chinese food in her life(nor has she ever eaten pasta.) Years ago, we were visiting and my BIL insisted we go to a Chinese place and MIL ordered a traditional english dinner and then complained it was rubbish. We explained they might be better at making their own traditional foods than hers. She won't try anything! When they visit us, she has to eat what I make and she loves my cooking even though I use all sorts of spices. I swear it's b/c she's never tasted decent food in her life until mine(and I am only a decent cook, nothing spectacular.) She does not have spices or herbs in her house b/c she doesn't use any ever.
Once visited a chinese restaurant in Germany - their sweet and sour tasted like goulash. I guess most restaurants provide food aimed at their customers' tastes.
Load More Replies...Just curry doesn’t count if you are trying to eat Indian food. You must try our sabzis and rotis. Try kulfi (i think it was invented by the Persians) which is kind of like an ice-cream. Many sweets are also there such as Jalebi, Gulab Jamun, Rasgulla etc
Sabzi : Vegtables, Roti : ONE, ONE of our flatbreads. Kulfi - closest approximation is indeed ice cream. Also, I love how quite a few of us know about Indian/Pakistani culture, as our families hail from there or we live there right now!
Load More Replies...As it happens, not completely crazy, I remember this story. The Restaurant had advertised and taken bookings for a traditional Christmas Turkey roast, as well as their standard menu. The guy had ordered a curry for him and his wife, but Christmas dinner for his kids. Not many people booked, and so the restaurant decided not to bother and served chicken and chips instead.
I remember this story as well. I felt sorry for the restaurant.
Load More Replies...How does that support Ukraine? How would that "support" anyone other than the person selling it?
Load More Replies...How, exactly, does this help Ukraine? Sounds more like Sainsbury's is using a horrifying tragedy to sell frozen dinners.
This isn't about selling more its about correcting a cultural wrong. Kiev is the Russian name for the Ukrainian city. For decades people have been calling the city and the food by the old Russian ( Soviet era) name. Under the current circumstances it'd be disrespectful to keep using that Russian name rather than the Ukrainian name for its city
Load More Replies...maybe?! that was my first thought.
Load More Replies...In Wales? He'll need more than a tunnel, he'll need a complete underground system
Now I want the same. (Pacific Northwest, USA here) Oh, and a tunnel to the driveway please.
The fact he managed to actually be speeding on the M25 is impressive though. Normally you're lucky if you move an inch in an hour >.>
That's what we use in the UK so why wouldn't they?
Load More Replies...I saw an entire box of Voodoo Doughnuts face down the other day…doughnut guts spilled everywhere…f*****g tragedy
Because they were drinking beer and having a curry ;o)
Load More Replies...People don't realize the power of words. Devastating can be used to describe the loss of a child, not something like dropping food on the frickin floor.
Load More Replies...Yes, but we are now living in a joke free society. Anyone who was offended by this picture would explode if they ever saw Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Load More Replies...My sister made the comment "don't stare too long,, the mother might eat her young" as we drove by this rich family's full size nativity. My good Catholic mum almost drove off the road as we ingrates howled with laughter. My sister almost didn't make it to the new year. She never once admitted it was wrong of her and neither should Greggs.
A park? You have a park? In our day all we had was a grass verge to play on and we were thankful of that!
Grass verge! Ruddy luxury! We had a coal tip to play on!
Load More Replies...I would love to know how much it cost...juste to decide how baffled I feel
Kids are going to find a way to play. At least they made a little place
This is what happens when parents insist on removing the spinning toss a kid equipment from parks.
All I had was a rusty nail and a piece of string when I was a kid. Lucky bastards with a park and a miniature jungle gym.
That's nothing. I only had dead goats and consumption to play with.
Load More Replies...You had grass? All we had was dirt and we could only play outside when it was dry.
It should be mentioned that this little girl has Autism and struggles a lot with selective eating, which in some cases can be so severe that they would rather starve than eat something that isn't familiar or suitable for their selective tastes/texture etc.
Selective eating is a thing. But it isn't really the worlds responsibility to help that. I've worked with people with selective eating and they can starve if their food isn't available. The best option is to find something with the same texture and keep on working on it. Try a million different things - something will likely work. I hope it will work out for the girl!
Yes this is a serious issue for the girl. Is it Tesco's fault/problem? Sorry, No.
Are they not available online or at another store? A lot of people here are getting suspended accounts over their realistic perspectives. Over frozen alphabet shaped potatoes!!! What if the company who makes the products decided "Nah I don't want to make these anymore." Unfortunately some novelty products happen to become discontinued or limited in where they're sold. Sounds like the mom needs better support on how to manage her daughter's dietary needs and help on what to do when that item is unavailable. It's not like people are discounting involuntary food sensitivities are a real thing. They're just pointing out the fact that these problems may arise and people can't force companies to always supply what you want or think you need. Seems like the mom is crying out for help with the matter and doesn't have the kind of support she needs and doesn't know where else to turn to. I know how it feels to have a lack a family-rounded support system while raising a special needs kid.
Because it really isn't as simple as just get different brand of something. Unless you have or know someone with selective eating, it's a very difficult thing to understand.
Load More Replies...Easily made at home. You can buy the biscuit shapes and either make them with rolled mash or directly from sliced potatoes.
Make them yourself at home? Use a home made tater tots recipe, that should work.
7.99, River. Digital scale is usually up to 2 decimal points
Load More Replies...I have to assume a donner kebab has no connection to the Donner Party... or this story just got a heck of a lot more concerning.
That’s 17 POUNDS of meat, for us Yanks. The average burger is about 1/4 pound…
In parts of the US, there are roadsigns offering a challenge of 'eating a 64oz steak and it's free' - that's only 4lbs. This guy ate the equivalent of 4.25 times that.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you won't find donner kebab on the menu in California.
Load More Replies...And this is why unnecessary rivalries continue! London prices, eh? According to the menus I checked via TripAdvisor (https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Restaurants-g186338-zfd10901-London_England-Fish_and_Chips.html), the average London price for full fish 'n' chips is between 10-17 pounds, which is about 20 bucks US. Very reasonable.
It was for the whole family; fish, child and mushy peas for 4 delivered. Steep compared to Yorkshire where you’d pay in the region of £30
Load More Replies...It'll be a hot hand wipe. They expand with hot water and look like Marsh Mallows. You just pick one up and clean your fingers with it.
Load More Replies...This reminds me of the film Spy (Melissa McCarthy, fab film) where in one restaurant the folded white item that expands with hot water is a wipe to clean the fingers at the end of the meal, which the lead character tries to eat; and then in another restaurant the folded white item that expands with hot water, which she smiles at now that she knows what to do, turns out to be a tasty treat to the end the meal and useless for wiping fingers.
to be fair, i also might have. it was inflated with water and looked like this, so why would one think it's a napkin? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSpm758X0AYEjkH?format=jpg&name=large
Still, why would you try to eat that? It looks like a candle lol
Load More Replies...Maybe he'd had covid and his taste hadn't returned...
Load More Replies...What a stand up guy, glad to see age has taught him a lesson. Also WTF? Bell end!
For a minute I thought they were talking about the Indian actor Aamir Khan
He's still cheating. Look at his face. He's just gotten so good at hiding it and lying about it, even he believes he never cheated now. 🙄
Oh dear, those edibles sneak up on you. Got one cookie for my friend. Recommend she eat a quarter. She had the whole cookie cause she couldn't feel it then spent the whole next day high. She didn't make that mistake again.
Yep, she won't ever listen to your lame advice again!
Load More Replies...That sounds like he... opened one of the packets he should have delivered? O.o
I have a friend who ate one gummi, didn't realize how strong they are now, and ended up with EMTs in his backyard and an ambulance. He was terrified! Bless it. And I didn't help. I giggled when he told me. He's 67. He was fine. No hospital
Were they HIS, or did he steal and consume someone else's package? It seems that if he didn't know what he was eating then it Wasn't his and the discussion should be about how much it sucked for him being prosecuted while high out of his gourd and losing his job as well as the ability to work as a postal employee ever again. If this is the case, too bad it wasn't PCP. What was that word again- Cockwomble? Folks in the back woods just 2 hours outside of Minneapolis, here in Minnesota, would also call him a Dicksmoke, or as my charming mother has coined "Cockbite". He's all of this as well as a common thief.
Ok so my question that no one seems care about is, Why is this maildude just randomly opening other people's packages and eating what's inside?!? 🤔
They did a study proving that most people in fact cannot tell the difference between pate and dog food if the latter is sufficiently puréed. Edit: "most" in this case was 5 in 6 people of over a hundred.
If you add some salt and seasoning, why not. Good quality pet food is perfectly safe for human consumption.
Load More Replies...Cat food *always* has a picture of a cat on it. Did they think the pâté was made of cat?
so they just... thought the cat on the can was just for decoration or-?
Exactly, that's pointing out the obvious thing that I can't get over. How much people food has pictures of domestic animals on it... aside from cartoon characters on children's food items. It must be a combination of poor vision and confusion. I've opened enough cat food paté for my cats, that I know for certain that I wouldn't confuse it with liver paté. I bet they thought that price was amazing as well.
Load More Replies...One of the canned foods my wife spoils our cat with, smells very good. I am tempted...
"Idiots who waste perfectly good chips found and sentenced to execution by firing squad." Sounds like a good result for these hooligans.
Load More Replies...Paprika chips they look like. And given they are mainly in a pile I would say placed not thrown.
They might have stuck together - crappy chips can be soggy chips.
Load More Replies...Chips OK, but the mess that will be left by the seagulls? Not so much OK.
That's just sick. There is a special place in hell for scammers. Not that I believe in hell but there should be.
I’ve witnessed this happening up close to a friend of mine and even though I (hopefully) managed to prevent her sending any money, there was no way to pull her out of it. Even after showing her his picture/name/number/ip address was fake and/or used for multiple accounts, she was still smitten with him. In the end she got him to admit he was a 20-something scammer and not a 40-something war surgeon BUT she STILL chats with him and now the narrative has changed to „he has to do this for his family and she is the only ‚former’ victim who knows the truth about him etc.”.
That's not a friend, that's an insane person
Load More Replies...I still don't understand how so many people still fall for these scams when it is widely known. I just don't get it.
This headline is the opposite of clickbait because wow that is a lot of details in one headline.
We don't know the dynamics of the relationship. Also, I'm not sure falling in love with someone else and therefore leaving your partner is necessary "cheating"...
Load More Replies...Grab some spoons and bon appetite
Load More Replies...According to eyewitness reports, the wheels on the bus went round and round
The reason this is a story is.... The Megabus is a much cheaper bus to use. The various buses on every route has a very specific schedule that they are supposed to keep to. The Megabus for example is for example supposed to run at half past the hour every hour. However, what they actually do is deliberately run late or early so they follow/lead a full price bus. Then they steal customers from the regular buses and make more profit whilst pushing the full price buses out if business.
Thank you for the context. Genuinely helpful to know.
Load More Replies...And coming up after the break. Did this cyclist turn left or right at the street crossing? The answer may amaze you.
Sorry, let me rewrite this; ¨English town devastated as a bus departs¨
That night the binman was cornered in the street and beaten up. The assailants were heard singing 'Walking in the air' described as large white men wearing hats and scarves.
... some really, really bad snowdroogies around these days, huh...?
Load More Replies...He realizes he was asked to apologize to the kid and not the snowman, right? "Snowmen don't have feelings, and besides I kicked its ears off so he wouldn't hear my apology anyway!"
Where are you from? Gotta make sure I never go there....
Load More Replies...digestives? Is it a brand? No capitalization? Or did the kids throw their intestines around? Bad kids!
Cookies, crackers, biscuits (but NOT like the buttermilk ones in the US), all of the like. I believe their full name is digestive biscuits and they go nicely with tea.
Load More Replies...My money is on the Morrisons. They're a lot tougher than they look!
Load More Replies...https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/22/ireland-two-men-took-corpse-into-post-office-to-try-and-claim-pension-15965239/
The Week is a UK newspaper, so it is a UK headline.
Load More Replies...Most important thing here. The baby is fine. Thank God for that, but this guy was 63 years old, and this mom was a friend of his wife and they just met up in Tesco as the baby's first outing. The lady calls her hubby over to see the baby, and I guess??? Thinking he was being pranked?? He hauls off and punched the three week old baby in the forehead with his closed fist . Who does this?
A deranged idiot. Why on earth would anyone want to punch a doll? It is a thing it was a living baby, but even if it was a doll, it's still very messed up!
Load More Replies...Why would your goal be to punch a doll? Is it your habit to whack inanimate objects? You apparently never played with dolls...Why not? Boys grow up to be parents, too. Yours apparently need more reading, since practice didn't work. Or you're just an incorrigible twit. Hope you got sued for assault & battery & spent some time in prison moving your brain.
What the f**k is wrong with people. "Funny Mental UK Headlines"? This is not funny. This is freaking horrific.
You know if the Darwin awards were a real thing some of these people would have won too many times to be allowed to compete again.
Many of these could jut have easily been in Florida. The most bat shiit nuts state in the Union.
Texas keeps trying its hardest, but just can't knock The Sunshine State out of 1st place.
Load More Replies...https://metro.co.uk/2022/02/10/man-reunited-with-false-teeth-after-vomiting-them-into-bin-decade-ago-16083867/ How, oh how, did they miss this one?
You know if the Darwin awards were a real thing some of these people would have won too many times to be allowed to compete again.
Many of these could jut have easily been in Florida. The most bat shiit nuts state in the Union.
Texas keeps trying its hardest, but just can't knock The Sunshine State out of 1st place.
Load More Replies...https://metro.co.uk/2022/02/10/man-reunited-with-false-teeth-after-vomiting-them-into-bin-decade-ago-16083867/ How, oh how, did they miss this one?
