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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 new years, life hacks and pebble. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was desperate to know.

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!

5 comments

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    pseudolobster
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    China’s first corgi police dog loses bonus over 'workplace misconduct' Euronews — Oman Al Yahyai — 27 January 2025

    China’s first corgi police dog loses bonus over 'workplace misconduct'

    China’s first-ever corgi police dog, Fu Zai, has become an internet sensation for both his achievements and his recent run of trouble at work.

    The small but determined canine officer lost his year-end bonus for sleeping on the job and urinating in his food bowl, sparking widespread amusement and sympathy on Chinese social media.

    Euronews — Oman Al Yahyai — 27 January 2025

    8 votes
    1. jredd23
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      It's indeed a dog's life.

      It's indeed a dog's life.

      2 votes
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    mycketforvirrad
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    Good grief! Everyone wants a tattoo of Wallace and Gromit villain Feathers McGraw Euronews – Amber Louise Bryce – 27th January 2025

    Good grief! Everyone wants a tattoo of Wallace and Gromit villain Feathers McGraw

    UK tattoo parlours have seen a huge demand for Wallace and Gromit's arch-nemesis following the release of the Oscar-nominated film 'Vengeance Most Fowl.'

    Forget Freddy Kruger’s rusty talons or Darth Vader’s dark aura - few cinematic villains have captured the true essence of evil quite like a bowling-pin shaped penguin wearing a red rubber glove to disguise himself as a chicken.

    Euronews – Amber Louise Bryce – 27th January 2025

    5 votes
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      jredd23
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      It's odd how fads come and go. The one I find funny is the Chinese Symbols tattoo. I don't speak, read, let alone write the language so it could be the most f'up tattoo word and I'll be like,...

      It's odd how fads come and go. The one I find funny is the Chinese Symbols tattoo. I don't speak, read, let alone write the language so it could be the most f'up tattoo word and I'll be like, cool! Reminds me of this!

      3 votes
      1. chocobean
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        Japanese shirts were all the rage in late 90s HK....we were wearing all sorts of nonsense :/ But then again there were a LOT of bad English from Japan, as captured by ye Olde Engrish.com (way back...

        Japanese shirts were all the rage in late 90s HK....we were wearing all sorts of nonsense :/

        But then again there were a LOT of bad English from Japan, as captured by ye Olde Engrish.com (way back archive)

        1 vote