Look! It's me in the Local PaperMost local papers will print any old rubbish. Far, far too many years ago I got into the Windsor, Slough and Eton Express after winning a fancy-dressed-bicycle competition. What they neglected to mention was that I was the only entrant.
What sad stuff have you been in your local rag for doing? Scan stuff in and show us if you can.
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chthonic, Thu 10 Feb 2005, 10:15)
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Britain's Ugliest ChildI once had reporters come to my house from both the Woking Review and the Woking Informer (I think a few nationals as well, but my mum wouldn't let me look at the Sun because she was afraid I might freak out if I saw some tits). I was 7 years old. My brother had just won a newspaper essay competition run by the Happy Eater chain of restaurants, and the whole family attended this food tasting session. I was losing my milk teeth at the time and I was hanging around the back of the group with a big grin on my face (probably due to the free food). Somebody there spotted my ugly, gap toothed face, and invited me into "Britain's Broadest Smile" competition. I reached the final, hence all the publicity shots in the local rags. I remember the day very well - somebody got out a tape measure and measured my smile, but unfortunately my adult teeth had grown by that time, and all the charm had just seeped away. They made some fatuous statement about it being "not just about width, but about grin-ability" whatever the hell that is. Some little girl with pig-tails won in the end. The slag. 25 years on, and don't think I'll ever forget my 15 minutes though...
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ZoomZoom, Thu 17 Feb 2005, 7:02,
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