[David9694]

A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don’t quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes. 

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[David9694]

Wiltshire drivers ignore

Wiltshire drivers ignore advice amidst flood chaos

https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/24892767.wiltshires-drivers-ignore-advice-amidst-flood-chaos/

[David9694]

Irate speeder berated speed

Irate speeder berated speed camera officer and called him a ‘Rolf Harris’

He wound in court to face a charge of perverting the course of justice

His defence barrister Ramsay Quaife said Cooke was a man of good character who could have been prosecuted for speeding at the time but wasn’t.

Judge Linford sentenced Cooke to a 10-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months. He also said that had Cooke been prosecuted for speeding, a totting ban would have put extraordinary hardship on him and did not disqualify him as a result.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/irate-speeder-berated-speed-camera-9909359

[brooksby]

Rendel Harris wrote:

Some vandal added one of those to the Dunbar Wharf board’s sign in Limehouse that perfectly reasonably prohibits cyclists from riding over the three yards or so of land they own between Narrow Street and the Thames Path. Disgraceful, ashamed of myself…

So you have to dismount for those three metres or else the world will end?  Someone at the Dunbar Wharf Freehold Company clearly didn’t get given a bike when they were a child…

[Hirsute]

This came up on bluesky

This came up on bluesky

[Hirsute]

From world bollards

From world bollards

“Just drive around it. Honestly, it’s much cheaper.”

[Rendel Harris]

Some vandal added one of

Some vandal added one of those to the Dunbar Wharf board’s sign in Limehouse that perfectly reasonably prohibits cyclists from riding over the three yards or so of land they own between Narrow Street and the Thames Path. Disgraceful, ashamed of myself…

[David9694]

Drivers and their bumper

Drivers and their bumper stickers.  

That oh so witty phrasing gets old as soon as the glue has cured – but this one lasts forever!

[David9694]

I guess the works to change

I guess the works to change  back Clevedon sea front is committed now, guys?

Council tax rise but cut ‘so discriminatory’ it could be illegal axed

North Somerset Council has dropped the plan to save £1.5m through cutting the support – and council tax won’t rise by 15% which had been a possible option either

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/council-tax-rise-cut-so-9902517?int_source=nba

[ktache]

https://www.theguardian.com

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/29/chester-woman-stand-trial-accused-displaying-threatening-bumper-sticker

[David9694]

I’m marten you down for that

I’m marten you down for that one.

[Hirsute]

I think this post is mdae up

I think this post is mdae up in response to the police post !

“In the recent snow i was running late for work & didn’t have time to defrost the car, so I stuck my head out the window like Ace Ventura. Two mins into my journey, blue lights flashing behind me. Charged with dangerous driving & car seized. Couldn’t tell work so rang in sick.”

[mdavidford]

chrisonabike wrote:

chrisonabike wrote:

They can just ratel them out all day.

We never tayra of it.

[chrisonabike]

SaveTheWail wrote:

SaveTheWail wrote:

Ferrets well-deserved.

David9694 wrote:

You all get a badger of honour for so many animalia-literate puns. 

They can just ratel them out all day.

[David9694]

“Leave it. You don’t know who

“Leave it. You don’t know who they or what they’re capable of”

Van driver rammed Mercedes 3 times after being beaten up in A500 road rage attack

He caused £10k damage to the Mercedes

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/van-driver-rammed-mercedes-3-9887746

“From the evidence he (Mercedes driver) gave you a damn good hiding. He punched and kicked you while on the floor. He went well beyond what was reasonable and left you with injuries which still plague you to this day.

“What you did next beggars belief. You got back in your van and deliberately reversed at speed three times into the vehicle owned by an innocent woman. She has had to repair the car that you damaged. You then drove off.”

[SaveTheWail]

Ferrets well-deserved.

Ferrets well-deserved.

David9694 wrote:

You all get a badger of honour for so many animalia-literate puns. 

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