时间:2025-04-04 09:45:40 来源:网络整理编辑:綜合
Usually the news is a pretty depressing business.Every now and then there'll be something mildly pos
Usually the news is a pretty depressing business.
Every now and then there'll be something mildly positive squeezed in between articles about death and political turmoil, but for the most part it's a near-constant stream of misery.
The local news is different, though.
SEE ALSO:16 times 'Green Wing' was the funniest British comedy of all timeHidden in the corners of small British news sites and in the back pages of local papers are stories that are, quite simply, glorious.
Like this one:
Tweet may have been deleted
That image is one of the many excellent examples of local British news stories shared by the Twitter account @CrapLocalNews.
The account was set up by 33-year-old creative manager Nicky Poole (@peachesanscream) last December. Poole works for a social media agency called @ThatLot. She initially started the account as part of a competition with colleagues.
"In the name of some healthy rivalry we all set up Twitter accounts in December to see who could get the most followers in one month," Poole told Mashable. "I chose @CrapLocalNews because local news is bloody funny.
"My mum used to cut the funny stories out of the local paper and pin them on the fridge when we were growing up. Her favourite two were ‘woman attacked by crow’ and ‘bus driver stopped for portion of chips’."
Poole's claim that local news is funny is impossible to deny:
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Poole collects her material from local papers, which she checks every week for funny stories.
"People have started to send me them too, which is nice," she said. "I got a bit excited about it at first, and found loads of good stories, so have enough content to last me until July at the moment."
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
So what kind of things does Poole keep an eye out for, in particular?
"I personally like anything involving cats, seagulls and pensioners," she said. "Ideally all three. Typos and corrections are normally good too.
"The ones I find funniest very rarely get the most RTs," she added. "Everyone else seems to like slightly rude stories, or anything involving a sausage dog.
"But these ones made me hiccup with laughter…"
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Tweet may have been deleted
Personally, we like all of them.
For more spectacularly niche stories you can follow @CrapLocalNews on Twitter.
TopicsTwitter
Over 82,000 evacuate as Blue Cut fire rapidly spreads in southern California2025-04-04 09:42
Slack patches Windows app bug that could've been used for spying2025-04-04 09:31
Beyoncé's 'Homecoming' documentary is now streaming on Netflix2025-04-04 09:27
15 perfect graduation cap designs for fans of 'The Office'2025-04-04 09:25
This chart shows just how high Simone Biles can jump2025-04-04 09:18
Apple's new $5,000 monitor doesn't come with the $1,000 stand2025-04-04 09:15
Uber will now kick off riders with low ratings2025-04-04 08:51
'Heaven's Vault' review: A promising game that tries to do too much2025-04-04 08:46
This company is hiring someone just to drink all day2025-04-04 08:23
Instead of new iPhone apps, we're downloading the same old ones2025-04-04 08:01
You will love/hate Cards Against Humanity's new fortune cookies2025-04-04 09:34
'Terminator: Dark Fate': Sarah Connor kicks ass in CinemaCon footage2025-04-04 09:02
Tesla Model 3 available in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Ireland2025-04-04 08:58
Twitter finally lets you add reaction GIFs to retweets2025-04-04 08:29
5 people Tim Cook calls for advice on running the biggest company in the world2025-04-04 08:22
Instead of new iPhone apps, we're downloading the same old ones2025-04-04 08:00
Stephen King tweets his defence of the final 'Game of Thrones' season2025-04-04 07:28
KFC's 'Virtual Influencer Colonel' is pretty damn hot2025-04-04 07:19
Nancy Pelosi warns colleagues after info hacked2025-04-04 07:18
OnePlus teases electric car, which apparently consists of curves2025-04-04 07:14