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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 net neutrality, agreements.noncompete and tiktok. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was a nosey parker.

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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    'Seagull Boy', nine, wins European screeching competition BBC News – Caroline Lowbridge – 23rd April 2024

    'Seagull Boy', nine, wins European screeching competition

    A nine-year-old British boy has won a European championship with his uncanny impression of a seagull.

    He originally started doing seagull impressions after being nipped by one while he was eating a tuna sandwich.

    He wanted to become "Seagull Boy", like when Peter Parker became Spider-Man after being bitten by a spider.

    BBC News – Caroline Lowbridge – 23rd April 2024

    11 votes
    1. bitwaba
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      I'm glad we finally have some evidence confirming the EU was holding the UK back and they're finally able to achieve things only thought possible during the height of the empire.

      I'm glad we finally have some evidence confirming the EU was holding the UK back and they're finally able to achieve things only thought possible during the height of the empire.

      6 votes