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As promised, here’s a round up of my favourite funny/positive news stories from the year
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Starting with one of my favourite pieces of comms work - this masterpiece of a story told by @MyDoncaster https://twitter.com/mydoncaster/status/1247083713428631553
And when the city in Oregon responded to Doncaster to tell them they’d now named a park “Exploding Whale Memorial Park” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/us/exploding-whale-memorial-park.amp.html
Next is when someone’s boss turned themselves into a potato on a Teams meeting back in March
Next up: the video of the Italian priest who accidentally left Facebook filters on during a live streamed sermon https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/priest-streams-mass-during-coronavirus-lockdown-with-facebook-filters-on/
And then we have this amusing typo in a local paper headline, courtesy of @angrypiln
Next is when an aquarium in Tokyo asked for people to video call its eels so they didn’t forget about humans https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52500113
When a bull in South Lanarkshire cut the power of three local villages trying to scratch his bottom https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-52591605
More priest-related hilarity (though a different priest from above I believe) https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/olivianiland/priest-water-gun-meme-coronavirus
Adorable photos of penguins mesmerised by paintings in an empty art gallery https://www.insider.com/penguins-visit-art-museum-for-the-day-2020-5
The cover of the Daily Star in May
French student regretted leaving potatoes in her flat https://today.rtl.lu/life/people/a/1534725.html
When the Barcelona opera performed to an audience of thousands of pot plants https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/jun/22/barcelona-opera-reopens-with-performance-for-nearly-3000-potted-plants-video?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Some funny tweets and memes about the name the government chose for the 50% off food scheme https://thetab.com/uk/2020/07/09/eat-out-to-help-out-memes-165558
When care home residents recreated classic album covers during lockdown https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-53389217
Speaks for itself 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-53392371
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-53392371
And here’s Biscuit the Staff Morale Officer at @nationaltrust
Continuing with the pet theme... cat gathers swimming goggles for no reason whatsoever https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-53406111
And the headline here says it all https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/07/german-nudist-chases-wild-boar-that-stole-laptop-berlin-teufelssee?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Story from the local press in my city that ended up making *international news* and created a whole saga of giant chip features https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18412927.york-resident-amazed-large-chip-tea-time-lock/
Not a news story but I love this:
Each year in Italy, grazing animals are moved from high pastures down to the plains. Newborn lambs are unable to make this journey on their own. Instead, they ride a specially made saddle on the back of a donkey. (Photo not mine)
Each year in Italy, grazing animals are moved from high pastures down to the plains. Newborn lambs are unable to make this journey on their own. Instead, they ride a specially made saddle on the back of a donkey. (Photo not mine)
Obviously this thread would not be complete without the time the Trump campaign booked the wrong “Four Seasons” and Rudy held this unforgettable press conference https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/08/the-other-four-seasons-trump-team-holds-press-conference-at-suburban-garden-centre?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Purely including this for how funny the photo of the Zoom call is https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55261987
Returning to the animal theme, I enjoyed this story about a fox stealing over 100 shoes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53612856
The man who didn’t ask for all these rubber ducks https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18602116.amazon-still-sending-mysterious-rubber-ducks-man/
Another great thread from Doncaster Council. Don’t miss the description of Ethel https://twitter.com/mydoncaster/status/1293486416094277632
This hilarious advert from @YorkshireTea https://twitter.com/yorkshiretea/status/1302879911766626304
