Baffling local news stories

Pear
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Jesus appeared on my Peter Rabbit 50p coin
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Jesus-ap ... story.html
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madmusician
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http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/wa ... story.html

So a snake turned up in Waitrose Cheltenham. And a mad lady went to collect it, and it bit her in front of other customers, but she's not bothered as she's mice at home to feed it.
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There's one in the Metro today about a snake that had to be rescued by firemen from inside a gas fire.....
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Woman ignores cooking instructions on Tesco Edamame beans, complains about becoming ill as a result and gets an "insulting" £10 voucher. Goes on to complain that Tesco should add a warning to the packaging to clarify that they're unsafe to eat raw - won't somebody think of the children?! - even though they are sold ready to eat.

The most baffling thing about this is the decision to publish it.
bilky asko
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Considering food poisoning can take 48 hours to manifest, it could be anything she's eaten, drunk, or put in the mouth in the previous 2 days.
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Or, indeed, may not be food poisoning at all! There's a lot of norovirus out there at this time of year, and (without knowing any details of this specific case) is a far more common cause of gastrointestinal illness than foodborne pathogens.
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Was navigating to the ASDA website, when this related news story was thrown up by Google:
Family OUTRAGED at missing Christmas jumper order at Nuneaton Asda

The baffling part is how the Coventry Telegraph managed to get 800 WORDS out of nothing...
bilky asko
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scottishtv wrote:Was navigating to the ASDA website, when this related news story was thrown up by Google:
Family OUTRAGED at missing Christmas jumper order at Nuneaton Asda

The baffling part is how the Coventry Telegraph managed to get 800 WORDS out of nothing...
"Impatient, daft woman is impatient and daft"

That has to be one of the best articles in this thread.
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Its more baffling how he thought he could get away with it...

Stockport fraudster tries to pass off a banana as a watch - to policeman victim
Aldo Zanetti posted the fruit instead of a £3k Breitling, then tried to get compensation for its theft
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... s-12231497
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