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Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news

Posted by mycketforvirrad
Tags: ask.discussion, recurring.weekly, offbeat fridays, offbeat

Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like enshittification, jack dorsey and helldivers.2. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was observant.

But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched offbeat stories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!

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    mycketforvirrad
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    Pillock, plonker and tosspot among British insults 'at risk of dying out' Sky News – 9th May 2024

    Pillock, plonker and tosspot among British insults 'at risk of dying out'

    Prat, plonker and pillock are among British insults in danger of dying out within a generation, according to a survey.

    The poll asked 2,000 people which insults they recognised and found some had never heard of put-downs such as tosspot and toerag.

    Sky News – 9th May 2024

    5 votes
    1. ChingShih
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      Huh. I've heard pillock, prat, plonker, and tosspot in movies and assumed they were Britishisms still in use somewhere. Guess we need to bring these back ourselves!

      Huh. I've heard pillock, prat, plonker, and tosspot in movies and assumed they were Britishisms still in use somewhere. Guess we need to bring these back ourselves!

      2 votes
  2. ChingShih
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    Citroen Sells a Freak Two-Headed Van, But It Actually Makes Sense - Because they're bolting two van cabins back-to-back and selling them to custom chassis builders (like for an ambulance or an...

    Citroen Sells a Freak Two-Headed Van, But It Actually Makes Sense - Because they're bolting two van cabins back-to-back and selling them to custom chassis builders (like for an ambulance or an RV), so they're not wasting time or money on building out a chassis that's going to be ripped off anyway. Other manufacturers apparently do this, too. Quirky.

    5 votes
  3. ChingShih
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    Okay, so this is from last week, but who can one-up the emotional support alligator? Loved it. Anyway ... Star Wars’ Mark Hamill hails ‘Joe-B-Wan Kenobi’ after White House meeting - Worth clicking...

    Okay, so this is from last week, but who can one-up the emotional support alligator? Loved it. Anyway ...

    Star Wars’ Mark Hamill hails ‘Joe-B-Wan Kenobi’ after White House meeting - Worth clicking just for the picture of Hamill wearing Biden-like aviator sunglasses.

    3 votes