The comment sections are always good value on these.
Kit Kat
Nervous parents were gifted a sweet treat to "break the ice" on their children's first day at primary school.
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Bin behind a fence
THE satirical tale of a bin fenced off for improvement works has become the centrepiece of a campaign to raise awareness about mental health.
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Roadworks in the school holidays
RESIDENTS fear they are going to be “boxed in” due to roadworks taking place on most of the main roads around them.
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People who park in parent and child spaces
A FRUSTRATED father has been mocking parents who park in family spaces … for having invisible children.
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The elephant that fell over (it wasn’t vandalism, it blew over in the wind)
Simon Harris felt so annoyed and upset when he heard heartless yobs had damaged Lollie, in Leigh Library Gardens, on Sunday.
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Simon puts Emma’s art in a box
A dad has come up with an ingenious way to deal with his pre-school daughter’s endless artwork ... by saving it in a box labelled "for…
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Crab on a train
TEENAGERS carried out a long-distance rescue mission to transport a crab 40 miles from a fishmongers to release it into Southend’s sea and back to…
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Hairy chest GFM grifting
A FATHER hopes two raise £2,000 to fund two young footballers' Special Olympics dream by having his chest and back waxed live on Facebook.
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Simon in Speedos
Not all heroes wear capes… some wear Speedos.
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There’s loads more where he’s just tin rattling. A couple of years ago he just piggybacked on the back of the John Lewis Christmas ad and did a GFM for the same charity, for no apparent reason.
A CHARITABLE Southend dad has set up a fundraiser for the charity behind the John Lewis Christmas advert for 2022.
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