I lived in York for a long time. One of the highlights of life in the Manhattan of the North was the daily billboards for the Yorkshire Evening Press:
BABY JESUS STOLEN FROM YORK SHOP
KIT-KAT SPARKS RIOT
And a friend swears he once saw:
MAN STUCK IN LIFT RECOVERS, PICTURES
I did some work for the Press in the end and was told what I’d always suspected: the headlines were a competition to see who could get the most ridiculous one on the street. Coal Supper, the team behind Thank Goodness You’re Here, would win that competition every single week.
Contents
Thank Goodness You’re Here
Interstitials: BlueSky user Sage‘s brilliant goose art call.
Playout: My Superstitious Brain by 888Sentz