12 votes

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 socialism, videos and gender affirming care. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was obsessive.

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!

6 comments

  1. [2]
    aetherious
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    Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden - BBC News

    Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden - BBC News

    Mr Helberg was only alerted to the commotion by his panicked neighbour who had watched the ship as it headed straight for shore, in Byneset, near Trondheim.

    "Five metres further south and it would have entered the bedroom," he added to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. "I didn't hear anything."

    12 votes
  2. [3]
    mycketforvirrad
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    Melania Trump statue goes missing in Slovenia BBC News – Guy De Launey – 17th May 2025

    Melania Trump statue goes missing in Slovenia

    Now, four months after the erstwhile Melanija Knavs resumed residence at Washington's most famous address, her larger-than-life-size avatar has apparently made an undignified exit from her Slovenian hometown, Sevnica.

    All that remains of the massive bronze statue are the feet – and the two-metre-tall tree stump they were standing on.

    BBC News – Guy De Launey – 17th May 2025

    7 votes
    1. [2]
      williams_482
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      Straight out of Ozymandias.

      Straight out of Ozymandias.

      2 votes
      1. Promonk
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        "Look on my Plastic Surgery, Ye Mighty, and despair!"

        "Look on my Plastic Surgery, Ye Mighty, and despair!"

        2 votes