Despite a 'level three' heatwave warning the Truro Cathedral Shop has not been put off opening its Christmas shop complete with nativity sets, decorations and advent calendars. FULL STORY
Initially turned away from a McDonald's Drive Thru on the grounds that they were unable to serve customers on horseback a woman led her pony into the restaurant. FULL STORY
Protesting that despite the heatwave they were not allowed to wear shorts to school a 17-strong group of boys wore skirts. FULL ARTICLE
Heard yelling ‘don’t do this to me’ a tipsy reveller was found with her bottom stuck in a wall. FULL ARTICLE
Attendees at an English Heritage re-enactment event celebrating several famous battles were left scratching their heads after they were joined by a Stormtropper. FULL ARTICLE (Photograph courtesy of Getty)
A pirate loving rich eccentric has constructed his own island complete with pirate inn (The Black Doubloon) and the carefully contrived ruins of an 18th-century military outpost ..... in landlocked Camebridgeshire. FULL ARTICLE *
Favourite two articles of the week ....
A 92 year old pensioner was feeding the birds and having a cup of coffee when a greedy seagull swooped down and stole her false teeth after she took them out to eat a biscuit. The teeth, worth hundreds of pounds, were later found on a roof. FULL ARTICLE
When residents of Ketish town noticed that their soap and shower gel was going missing from their bathrooms they thought they were going mad until one of the thieves was caught disappearing out of a window with a bar of soap. The culprits? A gang of squirrels. FULL ARTICLE *
Best headline of the week .....
Ungrateful parrot tells rescuer to to 'b****r off' and yells 'oi' when vet examines it. FULL ARTICLE
A crane firm has offered up perhaps the strangest tribute yet to royal baby George Alexander Louis – deciding to name one of its 750-tonne vehicles after him. FULL ARTICLE
* Because of changes to this newspaper's website these links may not always be live, my apologies. PW
Heard yelling ‘don’t do this to me’ a tipsy reveller was found with her bottom stuck in a wall. FULL ARTICLE
Attendees at an English Heritage re-enactment event celebrating several famous battles were left scratching their heads after they were joined by a Stormtropper. FULL ARTICLE (Photograph courtesy of Getty)A pirate loving rich eccentric has constructed his own island complete with pirate inn (The Black Doubloon) and the carefully contrived ruins of an 18th-century military outpost ..... in landlocked Camebridgeshire. FULL ARTICLE *
Favourite two articles of the week ....
A 92 year old pensioner was feeding the birds and having a cup of coffee when a greedy seagull swooped down and stole her false teeth after she took them out to eat a biscuit. The teeth, worth hundreds of pounds, were later found on a roof. FULL ARTICLE
When residents of Ketish town noticed that their soap and shower gel was going missing from their bathrooms they thought they were going mad until one of the thieves was caught disappearing out of a window with a bar of soap. The culprits? A gang of squirrels. FULL ARTICLE *
Best headline of the week .....
Ungrateful parrot tells rescuer to to 'b****r off' and yells 'oi' when vet examines it. FULL ARTICLE
A crane firm has offered up perhaps the strangest tribute yet to royal baby George Alexander Louis – deciding to name one of its 750-tonne vehicles after him. FULL ARTICLE
* Because of changes to this newspaper's website these links may not always be live, my apologies. PW
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16 comments:
I saw some of these stories this week - the horse in the McDonalds and the school boys in skirts, oh and the Christmas shop...! But you've still found plenty to surprise and entertain me! Thanks Tracy.
I think I agree that the thieving squirrels and seagull are the best stories this week!
ha! lol about that parrot and the Stormtropper too!
Hi Tracy,
I caught a couple of those stories last week, but there were plenty of new ones for me to chuckle about .. as always!!
Yes, the school holidays are here, so Christmas must be just around the corner!!
I volunteer in a charity shop and our Christmas cards were delivered into the head office about a month ago.
We were visiting a National Trust location in Devon and being obliged to have to walk through the shop to leave the property, I did notice that they had at least 20 different 2014 calendars on sale and a whole display of Christmas cards!!
That's it! I have had enough already ... Christmas is definitely cancelled this year!!
Yvonne
Love the bird stories the best. Oi! :) And that bird has teeth! :D
I liked the seagull story, poor old man :)
We actually have two Christmas shops near where I live and they are strange places in a heatwave. We have been really hot here too!
Maybe the Storm Trooper found the costumes that the re — enactors wore to be strange...
Why on earth couldn't someone from McDonald's just serve the woman?! I guess what happened in the restaurant rather serves them right!
I don’t know which of these is the funniest, I keep chuckling over them all – but I do love the Stormtrooper and the false teeth!!!
Love how the boys who couldn't wear shorts decided to wear skirts!
Tracy, another fun post! I am on a bit of a blogging break, but will return soon. :)
An excellent choice of stories, as always!
On a side note: You've been mentioned in my new 'Budget Bucket List' post...
I do love animal stories, what a naughty parrot. I wish they had a video of the squirrels!
Lainy http://www.alwaysreading.net
When I was in school the boys staged a protest too! No shorts could be worn by boys or girls- but girls could wear skirts. One day it was in the 90s (degrees F)all the boys in 7th and 8th grade wore skirts to school. Guess what- the school changed the rule and everyone could wear shorts as long as they were to the tip of your fingers or longer.
I love all the headlines but I must say that boy skirt protest is my favorite. maybe it is just the relief to see that other parts of the world have heat waves too. We'v had such a hot summer.
Cheers!
:-)
Traci
Heat wave , 35 degrees , 38 degrees ?
the seagull story and the case of the stolen teeth, was fascinating.
As usual you picked some really fascinating stories.
BTW the woman had every right to be served while on the horse back it is the same isn't it, drive in and ride in?
What in the world? Thieving squirrels and birds, restrictive drive thrus, and men in tights...I mean boys in skirts. ..what is the world coming too? (LOL) :-D
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