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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #650 on: 14 November, 2018, 10:05:09 am »
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #651 on: 14 November, 2018, 10:05:33 am »
BONG... Old man sits on bench with grandchildren BONG...
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #652 on: 14 November, 2018, 10:42:02 am »
BONG... Woman opens Coca-Cola can BONG...

I guess it takes someone special to not know it was empty before opening it.
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #653 on: 14 November, 2018, 10:53:19 am »
Maybe she thought it was
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #654 on: 31 December, 2018, 06:02:54 pm »
Some people on the planet begin their day before the UK. Apparently it's already New Year. Yawn, yawn,yawn...
VELOMANCER

Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #655 on: 31 December, 2018, 06:58:14 pm »
Some people on the planet begin their day before the UK. Apparently it's already New Year. Yawn, yawn,yawn...
as of 18:30 more than 50% of the earths population had moved into 2019. Troo fax
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #656 on: 01 January, 2019, 09:09:27 am »
Some people on the planet begin their day before the UK. Apparently it's already New Year. Yawn, yawn,yawn...
as of 18:30 more than 50% of the earths population had moved into 2019. Troo fax

There's an xkcd for that...
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #657 on: 01 January, 2019, 02:30:17 pm »
People swim outdoors on winter Bank Holidays.

[FAR too many instances for any URL]

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #658 on: 01 January, 2019, 04:27:24 pm »
Bong bong  bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #659 on: 01 January, 2019, 07:03:33 pm »
Some people on the planet begin their day before the UK. Apparently it's already New Year. Yawn, yawn,yawn...

Now I must admit I do find that one slightly irksome! I think it's because the reports always make it sounds like the Kiwis (et al) have won some sort of race  :facepalm:

On the other hand:

People swim outdoors on winter Bank Holidays.

[FAR too many instances for any URL]
Now, I find coverage of winter swims quite entertaining - a worthy appearance in the "And finally ... " slots. Events don't need to surprise me to interest (or entertain me) :)

Where would you draw the line; not reporting elections where the strong favourite won?? :)
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hellymedic

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #660 on: 01 January, 2019, 07:38:24 pm »
Dips in the sea and Serpentine happen EVERY year, as do A Level results.
Elections are a bit more unusual, even if predictable.

The sun rises every day.
The sun will rise on the summer solstice.
This event at Stonehenge will be 'news' again.

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #661 on: 02 January, 2019, 09:17:57 am »
If it's a slow news day, then I for one would appreciate a really good sunrise photo. :)

Just as I'm happy to see beautiful wildlife photos in a newspaper - they are NOTHING TO DO WITH NEWS, but they please me.

Perhaps the distinction is that they are fairly new photos - just as the pictures of icy swims should be from this year's dip!
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #664 on: 18 January, 2019, 01:53:34 pm »
I've got a huge bottle of soy sauce (1.5l IIRC).

Gonna drink it tonight and report back tomorrow... *
















*May contain traces of lie
VELOMANCER

Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #665 on: 18 January, 2019, 05:50:51 pm »
BONG... A place calling itself a massage parlour was actually a brothel... BONG

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/butterflys-weston-brothel-madam-jailed-2444224
Including the classic line:
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...the policemen made their excuses and left.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #666 on: 18 January, 2019, 06:23:34 pm »
I've got a huge bottle of soy sauce (1.5l IIRC).

Gonna drink it tonight and report back tomorrow... *


I'll give you better odds of getting drunk than with Miller Genuine Draft.

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #667 on: 20 January, 2019, 12:27:03 pm »
BONG...

One of two people playing tennis lost to the other one.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/46937398

BONG.

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #668 on: 20 January, 2019, 01:34:35 pm »
Are you interested in tennis, Graeme? Or indeed other sport?
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #669 on: 20 January, 2019, 01:41:30 pm »
That one's an example of a story that's escaped from the sport section, hence qualifying for Not News status in the most boring way possible.  It's currently in 5th place on the BBC news home page between Prince Philip not wearing a seatbelt and a funeral for unknown Holocaust victims.

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #670 on: 20 January, 2019, 01:47:00 pm »
Well Prince Philip not wearing a seatbelt is a proper Not News story!  Why wasn't I told about it in this thread?!?
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #671 on: 20 January, 2019, 01:49:19 pm »
Never mind that, what about the occasions when Prince Philip was not not wearing a seatbelt!
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #672 on: 20 January, 2019, 01:51:23 pm »
Never mind that, what about the occasions when Prince Philip was not not wearing a seatbelt!
A clear opportunity for some stats and some info-graphics. Perhaps in the monday editions when the proper journalists are back on duty? We can but hope!
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #673 on: 20 January, 2019, 01:52:21 pm »
Never mind that, what about the occasions when Prince Philip was not not wearing a seatbelt!

I like to imagine those involved the Queen hooning around in a Landrover to practice for entertaining the Saudis.

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #674 on: 20 January, 2019, 01:55:44 pm »
I think this needs a venn diagram to show, amongst other things, those instances when the Queen was not wearing a seatbelt and Prince Philip was not not wearing a seatbelt.
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