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The Westmoorland Gazzette.
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:33 pm
by Gob
AN OFFICE chair was destroyed after it was set on fire on the grassy area, off Maude Street, Kendal, this afternoon.
Fire crews from Kendal attended along with police.
A spokesman for the fire and rescue service said: "A delinquent set fire to an office chair in the middle of a grassy area and it was extinguished using one hose jet."
Site of scorched chair
Torched chair story profiled on the airwaves
Destroyed chair story continues to draw attention
Related links
Destroyed chair story continues to draw attention
Torched chair story profiled on the airwaves
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/ ... ed/?ref=mr
Now for some great examples of English humour, read the comments on that page
Re: The Westmoorland Gazzette.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:43 am
by Sean
The chair knew the risks. Gang Warfare in Kendal is rife, and when you choose a side, you gotta be down with the risks. This was a declaration of war by the Standard Lamp Posse of Kendal. No-one messes with Lamps, Bo.
I was particularly heartened to see that none of the comments contained mint cake related puns.
Re: The Westmoorland Gazzette.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:13 am
by dales
This story has upset me so much i don't think i'm going to be able to sleep tonight - i work with office chairs very closely on a daily basis and they've always treated me well
and to hear stories like this makes me sick to my stomach.
JUst don't pass any gas while sitting.
Re: The Westmoorland Gazzette.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:34 am
by BoSoxGal
What fun the comments made for!
I've been a bit addicted recently to reading comments to news articles online, but generally of a more serious bent. The reaction to that story was great fun!
Re: The Westmoorland Gazzette.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:14 am
by Lord Jim
ROTFLMAO!!!
Funniest thing I've seen posted here since
Emails From An Asshole....
Laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my chair...
Re: The Westmoorland Gazzette.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:46 am
by Scooter
Awww, 'twould appear the management of the Gazette were not amused:
Westmorland Gazette Administration says...
9:26am Wed 14 Feb 07
"The comments facility on this story has been suspended because of misuse of the comments section."
Talk about idiots. As someone said, they probably got more hits on this story because of the comments than they have ever had. Why else would anyone have stumbled across the Westmoreland Gazette, unless he/she was looking for the international headquarters of Sheep Fuckers Anonymous.
Re: The Westmoorland Gazzette.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:47 am
by dales
Emails From An @sshole?
A quick search revealed this:
http://dontevenreply.com/index.php
LOL!
Re: The Westmoorland Gazzette.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:58 am
by Lord Jim
Talk about idiots. As someone said, they probably got more hits on this story because of the comments than they have ever had.
Scooter, there are a whole bunch of comments after that, so I suspect that post was a put-on.
Strop posted a link to that a while back...
It's absolutely
HYSTERICAL....
It's kind of a new-tech version of what Don Novello did years ago with
The Lazlo Letters...