Tell me about a story in the news that you often think about

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THIS IS A LIGHTHEARTED THREAD - MNHQ

I’m sure most of us will often think of extremely sad/distressing stories that we’ve come across in the news. This thread is about news stories that have stuck in your mind for the opposite reason. What news story do you often think of and why?

I often think about the news article where the police officer was sacked because he scanned a £9.95 pack of Krispy Kreme doughnuts as 7p carrots😂😂😂😂 I laugh because how have you risked your whole career for a £10 pack of doughnuts? Absolute madness. Here’s the story below if anyone hasn’t read it before. What’s yours?

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-krispy-kreme-sacked-doughnut-b79360.html

I was only thinking about this last week, I think he was a publican too. How can you go on such a public show and not feel so embarrassed by it.
Also thought of Frank Boughs sex scandal and Huw Edwards this week too. I think i must be psychic 😂

This one still makes me chuckle!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41167296.amp

I don’t think people can help themselves tbh!

There some smashing ones here

www.thepoke.com/2016/03/08/49-brilliantly-underwhelming-local-news-headlines-from-across-the-uk/

The Belgian farmer who unknowingly moved the border with France when a stone was in the way of his tractor
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56978344

Yeah people just ignored the OP hey?

I always laugh at the “I’m not a cat”; plus the toddlers busting in on their dad doing the interview.

Omg😭 that’s absolutely awful. I would have asked for them to not air the episode!

Another one that I often think of is the girl who held in her farts around her boyfriend for 2 years and ended up having her appendix removed because of it! https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/teenager-says-ended-up-hospital-26614802.amp

I Remember reading this at work, howling with laughter…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2012/nov/22/twitter-susan-boyle-susanalbumparty

The bloke who got his testicles trapped in the plastic slats of his sun lounger and had to be rescued by firefighters

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5531987/amp/Hotel-guest-gets-testicles-trapped-plastic-chair-Spain.html

“Local goat causes commuter chaos”

Front page news from our local rag about 15 years ago. The gripping tale was accompanied with a picture of one of the victims looking fed up next to his car and a picture of a goat. But not the goat. They were keen to point out that it was a stock image.

I think about that at least once a week, and have a little chuckle.

This thread is lurching wildly between the hilarious and the tragic. It's giving me whiplash.

I also think about Brian Harvey and potatoes far too often.

The Essex Lion was hilarious.

This one! Hilarious! Think about it too much!

😂😂😂

James Bulger and how devastating the whole thing was
31 years ago today he was murdered.

Posters clearly are not reading the OP properly.

I like this news story:

"Man faces trial for feeding police horses sausage rolls"
www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20344740.amp

I keep thinking about the news article of children identifying as cats.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/23/child-identifying-as-cat-controversy-from-a-tiktok-video-to-media-frenzy

Which turned out not to be true. But one of my colleagues keeps saying if they did then we should provide them with litter trays and bowels of cat food. 🐈

Should have been called Boris.

I’m sure most of us will often think of extremely sad/distressing stories that we’ve come across in the news. This thread is about news stories that have stuck in your mind for the opposite reason.

Then posters are straight into posting sad and distressing stories....

I can’t even respond to everyone because there’s so many funny stories on here😂

It's nowhere near as funny as some of the other stories shared, but I still think about this surprisingly often! Someone's out of office reply ended up on a road sign in Wales...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7702913.stm

The finished picture 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 howler

It's because they can't be bothered to read your actual op, so they just read the thread title and crack on.

I think about Ronnie fucking Pickering at least once a month.