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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 cornell, dbrand and the sift. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was interested.

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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    Pow! Man in Batman costume chases down suspected Norwich handbag thief The Guardian – Matthew Weaver – 25th September 2026

    Pow! Man in Batman costume chases down suspected Norwich handbag thief

    A scene from the fictional comic metropolis of Gotham City played out for real in Norwich last weekend when a man dressed as Batman chased a suspected thief and recovered a woman’s stolen handbag.

    Sonni Mason, 25, was attending a friend’s fancy dress party on Saturday night in a Batman costume when he witnessed a handbag being snatched after a row in a queue for a nightclub in the city.

    Mason was joined in the chase by others dressed as comic book characters including Mister Fantastic from the Fantastic Four, and Poison Ivy, another character from the Batman franchise.

    The Guardian – Matthew Weaver – 25th September 2026