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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 tariffs, electoral college and elder scrolls.oblivion. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was researching.

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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    Paddington Bear given UK passport by Home Office Euronews – David Mouriquand – 22nd October 2024

    Paddington Bear given UK passport by Home Office

    Paddington gets his official travel documents... But the bear-y nice gesture from the Home Office is not to everyone's liking.

    Silva told the Radio Times: “We wrote to the Home Office, asking if we could get a replica, and they actually issued Paddington with an official passport – there’s only one.”

    William Yarwood, media campaign manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance told the tabloid that taxpayers “will be bewildered that a fictional bear received a passport.”

    “While Home Office mandarins might find this amusing, ordinary Brits who are suffering under the department’s inability to control immigration or bring down crime won’t. Civil servants need to be snapped back into reality.”

    Euronews – David Mouriquand – 22nd October 2024

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