Thursday, 31 December 2015

Star Wars Jedi Master weirdness

Colchester Gazette: Self-styled Jedi Obi-Mark Kenobi hauled before the beak for trying to clear Clacton of the Dark Side by chasing people with a shovel. Guilty as charged

"Your father's shovel. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a hedge trimmer."

Spotter's Badge: Steve

Wednesday, 30 December 2015

Tuesday, 29 December 2015

Lost and found snake weirdness

The Newsletter ("The Pride of Northern Ireland"): Snake found on street in Ballymena

Did St Patrick drive all the snakes out of Ireland for nothing?

Spotter's Badge: Billy

Monday, 28 December 2015

Lost bong weirdness

Hartlepool Mail: Man arrested after asking police to get his drugs bong back

The picture of the gavel is captioned "gavel" in case people think it's a bong. Judges don't use gavels.

Spotter's Badge: Andrew

Sunday, 27 December 2015

Saturday, 26 December 2015

Posh toilet weirdness

The NT News: Boatie invents luxury on-board toilet for the ladies

Believe you me, that's top-end comfort in that part of the world.

Friday, 25 December 2015

Cat poo weirdness

Swindon Advertiser: Man smears poo on cat, runs away

Police are looking for a man with brown fingers.

Spotter's Badge: Tanya

Thursday, 24 December 2015

Wednesday, 23 December 2015

Angry turkey weirdness

Lancashire Telegraph: Turkey saved from the chop after escaping three times

That is one angry turkey. He'd have your face off given half a chance.

Spotter's Badge: Karen

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Very short joyride weirdness

John O'Groats Journal: Thieves steal van, leave it just up the road

Beats walking, I suppose.

Spotter's Badge: Gordon

Monday, 21 December 2015

Reindeer on the loose weirdness

Nottingham Post: Escaped reindeer runs amok around Nottingham

It's lucky to be alive, they would have skinned it for clothes and eaten it.

Spotter's Badge: Marjorie

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Santa's Grotto weirdness

Great Yarmouth Mercury: Santa's grotto for dogs

There's not much to do in Great Yarmouth, you know, not since the waxworks closed.

Spotter's Badge: Dave

Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Shoe fetish weirdness

Exeter Express and Echo: Teenager told to seek help over his shoe fetish or face jail

"The owner of the shoes was so disgusted she told police she never wanted to see them again"

Can I have them? Asking for a friend.

Tuesday, 15 December 2015

UFO over Eastbourne weirdness

Eastbourne Gazette: UFO was like the Starship Enterprise, says Sussex pensioner

What you saw, sir, was marsh gas reflecting off the planet Venus. Kindly look into this red light on the end of my pen.

Monday, 14 December 2015

Mouldy fire engine weirdness

Falmouth Packet: Local 'character' tries to move his clapped-out fire engine with DVLA wheel clamp attached

It was - of course - all the DVLA's fault for clamping the thing for having no tax, no MOT and being clapped-out on a public road.

Thursday, 10 December 2015

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Dancing woman weirdness

Bury Free Press: Woman dancing in the road outside multi-storey car park holds up traffic

Nine in the morning is a bit early for that kind of thing. Totally uncalled for.

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Bad E-fit

Bognor Regis Observer: Woman punched Wolverine so hard in the face she broke her fingers

Punching people in the face tip: Never us a closed fist, always the ball of the palm with a straight arm right into the nose. You're welcome.

Don't have nightmares.

Spotter's Badge: Jay

Friday, 4 December 2015

Bad e-fit

Bridgwater Mercury: This man has done some bad things

...mostly to do with the use of eye-liner.

Don't have nightmares.

Spotter's Badge: Rob J

Thursday, 3 December 2015

Cow on the roof weirdness

Halifax Courier: Cow ends up on roof terrace

I expect you're wondering how it go up there. By ladder, DUH.

Spotter's Badge: Ian, Paul

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Normal for Norfolk weirdness

Eastern Daily Press: Weird creature identified

It's Mad Joshua's cousin, Mad Joshua.

Spotter's Badge: Dave

Tuesday, 1 December 2015