Friday, December 24, 2021

LAPodcast 351: Jesus Christ and the Blessed Tangerine

Local Anaesthetic Podcast (LAPodcast) has been covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world including listener submitted contributions since 2012. 

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Stories this week include:

  • Bean-lover Captain Beany celebrates Christmas.
  • Jesus / Spiderman found inside tangerine.
  • Curtain falls on Croydon Cat Killer saga.
  • Town enraged by beloved jacket potato stall threatened with closure.
Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas! Keep safe!

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Monday, December 13, 2021

LAPodcast 350: Elite Airport Customer Service Experts

Local Anaesthetic Podcast (LAPodcast) has been covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world including listener submitted contributions since 2012. 

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Stories this week include:

  • Gloucestershire man 'slipped' and 'fell' on WWII mortar.
  • Woman breastfeeds hairless cat on domestic flight.
  • Mobility scooter driver causes traffic jam in chippy stand-off.
We learn about Alex's motoring skills...

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

LAPodcast 349: A Selection of Breakfast Cereal Mascots

Local Anaesthetic Podcast (LAPodcast) has been covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world including listener submitted contributions since 2012. 

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Stories this week include:

  • Investigative journalism hits new low in Exeter.
  • Big Bird unmasked as puppet of the state.
  • Hired tank crashes into war memorial during Remembrance Sunday.
  • Baffled resident spots moon-shaped UFO.
We launch our new feature 'Rob's Underground Movements'...

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Friday, November 12, 2021

LAPodcast 348: A Woman on the Cusp of Turning 60 With No Criminal Record

Local Anaesthetic Podcast (LAPodcast) has been covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world including listener submitted contributions since 2012. 

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Stories this week include:

  • President Joe Biden caught on camera by large naked Scottish man.
  • Fan collecting single chip from every Wetherspoons pub in UK.
  • Former socialite finds prison conditions challenging.
  • Bakery forced to close over illegal sprinkles.
We address the penguin in the room...

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Sunday, October 31, 2021

LAPodcast 347: Dickensian Waifs, Ill-Conceived Children's Entertainers and "Pseudo-Mythological Creatures"

Local Anaesthetic Podcast (LAPodcast) has been covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world including listener submitted contributions since 2012. 

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Stories this week include:

  • Latest YouGov survey finds 3% of Americans are attention-seeking liars.
  • Woman who breastfeeds boyfriend during foreplay states 'it's not weird'.
  • Driver stopped by police for hold instrument with both hands.
  • Draconian school dress code finally updated to allow for Satanists. 
We read some legally problematic fan fiction...

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Friday, October 15, 2021

LAPodcast 346: Attempted Distribution of a Psychedelic Mushroom

Local Anaesthetic Podcast (LAPodcast) has been covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world including listener submitted contributions since 2012. 

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Stories this week include:

  • Screenplay for 'Mutiny on the 14.19 to London Paddington' fails to secure backers.
  • Clown shortage in Northern Ireland no laughing matter
  • Family spends delightful break in the picturesque London Borough of Hillingdon.
  • Vigilante unleashes one man war against the grey peril.
Alex starts to lose the musical plot...

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Wednesday, October 06, 2021

LAPodcast 345: The Post-Brexit Wild West

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Stories this week include:

  • Journalist Phil McCann fails to heed own advice.
  • Police have plenty to go on after arresting toilet-tossing vandal in possession of second offending item.
  • Horse f*cker escapes prison for an hour.
  • Rumours of poison snakes at train station sparks litany of bad 'Snake on a Plane' memes.
The purple rod is still AWOL...

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Friday, September 17, 2021

LAPodcast 344: Excitedly Brandishing a Phallic Carrot

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Stories this week include:

  • The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster goes to a disco.
  • Scientists discover hotdogs unhealthy.
  • Child freed from pressure cooker hat.
  • Silent messianic figure appears to traffic in Swansea.
The purple rod goes missing...

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Friday, September 03, 2021

LAPodcast 343: Stupid Legislation and Fraudulent Government Tyranny

Local Anaesthetic Podcast (LAPodcast) has been covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world including listener submitted contributions since 2012. 

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Stories this week include:

  • Snail mail takes on new meaning.
  • Storming of Edinburgh Castle ends abruptly after outbreak of stupidity.
  • Woman misses out on luxurious free electricity after leaving Pontins in tears.
  • Norwich City Council appears to endorse illicit Japanese restaurant.
Alex threatens to record new album...

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Wednesday, September 01, 2021

LAPodcast: Patreon Announcement

Local Anaesthetic Podcast (otherwise known as LAPodcast) has been running since 2012, covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world, including listener submitted contributions.

For the first time we are offering listeners to chance to show their support and receive exclusive ‘LAPodcast: An Extra Jab’ bonus episodes via Patreon! Visit: https://www.patreon.com/lapodcastextra

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Friday, August 20, 2021

LA Podcast 342: Bigfoot in a Tutu

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Stories this week include:

  • Criminal takes calligraphy course after failed bank robbery.
  • Police stamp out nuisance calls from foot fetishist.
  • Mother gives daughter a birthday party to remember.
  • Man finds love at the traffic lights.
Bigfoot in a tutu, I know, I know, it's serious...

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Friday, August 06, 2021

LA Podcast 341: Near-Fatal Orgasm Ordeal

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Stories this week include:

  • Iceberg threatens to sink Titanic attraction.
  • London library shocked by outrage at new literacy-promoting character 'Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey'.
  • Elderly woman freed from rabbit hutch.
  • Man shoots fridge following feud with fictitious basement dwellers.
Alex's grubby publications make a return...

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Friday, July 09, 2021

Matt Hancock: W*nkerman (LA Podcast 340)

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Stories this week include:

  • Gigantic phallic-shaped cul-de-sac 'hilarious' say astronauts
  • Alarming levels of stupidity threatens new orchard
  • Clown fails to see funny side of shoe theft
  • Welsh Nude and Proud party secures surprising by-election win despite being fictitious
Alex's predictions begin to fail him...

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

LA Podcast 339: A Never-Ending Story of Dead Cat Madness

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Stories this week include:

  • Devious pseudo-'Sandwich Artist' fails to hide in roof with stolen deli meat.
  • Photographer exchanges vintage farming equipment for meth.
  • Another unsuspecting resident falls victim to the unscrupulous 'Goldfish Gang'
  • Local council reluctantly establishes alien abduction task force.
Supermarket trolley review, anyone?

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Friday, June 11, 2021

LA Podcast 338: One Long Biege Enterprise vs. the Yellow Winds of Capitalism

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Stories this week include:

  • The mullet is finally outlawed (in North Korea).
  • Urban vigilante 'Trumpman' apprehended mid-defecation.
  • Chinese zoo delightedly announce majority of escaped leopards recaptured.
  • Noah's Ark impounded by coastguard after being deemed unseaworthy.

We're through the looking glass here, people...

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

LA Podcast 337: A Ten Pound Log of Pre-Packaged Meat

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Stories this week include:

    • Hilarious Daesh-themed prank falls foul of the PC brigade
    • Meathead eats raw meat
    • Birthday fanatic unmasked by girlfriend union
    • Police investigate cyberterrorist attack by breakaway faction of the Women's Institution
    Alex tells his pirate anecdote again...

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    Wednesday, May 05, 2021

    LA Podcast 336: My Australian Sh*tbox Journey (by Bryan Robson)

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    Stories this week include:

      • NHS denies hiring medieval plague doctors as precautionary measure.
      • Former England manager indebted to Beatles duo for aiding escape from Australia.
      • Patrons of Kid Rock's bar left covered in faeces once again.
      • Daring 4mph narrow boat chase foiled by meddling police officer.

      We're back...

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      Thursday, April 08, 2021

      LA Podcast 335: Chocolate Rabbits with the Face of Benedict Cumberbatch

      The most trusted name in local news: Local Anaesthetic is a podcast exploring strange and funny local stories from across the UK (and occasionally the world...) including listener submitted contributions.

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      Stories this week include:

      • QAnon-promoting Scientologist lands Farage for new 'legitimate' business venture.
      • Police celebrating delectable drug haul crushed by shock discovery.
      • Fly-tipping of used sex dolls threatens to overwhelm local police force.
      • Body shop manager greases up former employee and aims for pennytration.
      "The arm of justice is something and something..."

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      Tuesday, March 23, 2021

      LA Podcast 334: Donkeys Being Painted to Look Like Zebras

      The most trusted name in local news: Local Anaesthetic is a podcast exploring strange and funny local stories from across the UK (and occasionally the world...) including listener submitted contributions.

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      Stories this week include:

      • Fast food chain denies cult workshop devoted to clown-faced deity.
      • Infamous Anus Society minibus spotted by shopper.
      • Man found naked in car park after fateful trip to buy wet wipes.
      • QAnon supporter treated to all expenses paid trip to the ol' 'Grey Bars Hotel'.
      Alex mourns the passing of Terry Nutkins...

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      Sunday, March 07, 2021

      LA Podcast 333: The Feasibility of the Spontaneous Combustion Theory of Defense

      The most trusted name in local news: Local Anaesthetic is a podcast exploring strange and funny local stories from across the UK (and occasionally the world...) including listener submitted contributions.

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      Stories this week include:

      • Lawyer's underwear catches fire during court appearance.
      • Borrower offered coronavirus jab following admin error.
      • Local idiot fakes own kidnapping to avoid work.
      • Giant telepathic alien mantis finally agrees to sits for dog food factory worker's portrait.
      We discuss the cost of a hand shandy for Steve Bannon...

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      Friday, February 12, 2021

      LA Podcast 332: A Small Misunderstanding Involving a Courgette

      The most trusted name in local news: Local Anaesthetic is a podcast exploring strange and funny local stories from across the UK (and occasionally the world...) including listener submitted contributions.

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      Stories this week include:

      • World's richest person unable to beat monkey at FIFA.
      • Asda steps up delivery game by purchasing second hand ambulances.
      • Tourist photographs Uranus in layby.
      • Texas showcases haunted doll emergency alert system.
      Alex gives himself a haircut...apparently.

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      Sunday, January 24, 2021

      LA Podcast 331: A Barbie Dream House and a Suitcase Full of Board Games

      The most trusted name in local news: Local Anaesthetic is a podcast exploring strange and funny local stories from across the UK (and occasionally the world...) including listener submitted contributions.

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      Stories this week include:

      • Suspicious potato launches full-scale police investigation.
      • Grandmother, 80, pleads with authorities to grant 35-year-old Egyptian lover leave to enter.
      • Passengers claim to have spotted the mysterious airport hermit.
      • Woman fined after failing to get husband microchipped.
      Alex has a 'topical' update...

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      Thursday, January 07, 2021

      LA Podcast 330: An Enormous Soviet-Style Mural of the Cookie Monster

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      Stories this week include:

      • Messianic sprout appears to humble housewife.
      • Derbyshire police urge general public to stop embracing stupidity.
      • Man pleads ignorance after sex doll wife tragically broken.
      • Jet ski Romeo rescued by HM Coastguard after taking girlfriend on romantic getaway.
      The end of the world is (possibly) nigh...

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