Friday, December 23, 2022

LAPodcast 377: A Rowdy Cramped Pub with No Obvious Exit

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:

  • Town council admits that woman on mobility scooter pulling sad dog was not suitable replacement for Santa Claus in annual Christmas Fayre.
  • Pub forced to close after suspicious items found in free Queen's funeral buffet.
  • Stolen beloved taxidermy animal held to ransom.
  • Fat bear beats another fat bear to Fat Bear Week 2022 title.
Wishing all our listeners a very merry Christmas and a prosperous 2023!

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Friday, December 09, 2022

LAPodcast 376: Tired and Tatty with a Rough and Ready Feel

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:

  • Man with Twix addiction decides to persist with habit.
  • Study finds music of Cliff Richard hazardous to health.
  • Royal Navy engineer restores hearing by removing decomposing cotton bud.
  • Iain Duncan Smith forcibly given lovely new hat.
Rob takes a citizenship test live on the podcast...

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Friday, November 25, 2022

LAPodcast 375: Episodus Horribilis

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:

  • Association of Allied Gimps calls for calm after reports of regional infighting.
  • Missing canal boat man found on canal boat.
  • Man gets skipping role stuck in penis after freak accident.
  • Kent locals forced to burn effigy of Liz Truss after 'wicker man' attempts thwarted by police.
We may yet another exciting annoucement...

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Friday, November 11, 2022

LAPodcast 374: An Odd Mix of Thoughtfulness and Classlessness

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:

  • Woman takes frustration out on unsuspecting bear.
  • Freddy Krueger mistaken for house plant.
  • Smoking dog faeces key to long life says 'world's dirtiest man'.
  • Alien super soldier writes book.
We chow down on some delicious hot fudge...

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Friday, October 28, 2022

LAPodcast 373: Physical Actions for an Advantageous Scenario or to Cause Damage

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:

  • Nick Clegg nominated for prestigious 'Corporate Shill of the Year' award.
  • Vintage 'gentleman's magazine' collection goes for record-breaking two-figure sum at auction.
  • Weird family buy hearse.
  • Neighbour abused by hot tub-owning local councillor.
Lettuce get into this...

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Friday, October 14, 2022

LAPodcast 372: Many More Darker Conversation Topics

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:

  • Failed rapper dumps Ukrainian refugee girlfriend after four months.
  • Vegan meat company executive quenches blood-lust in car park.
  • Dog sees opportunity to sh*t in owner's mouth.
  • Students taken to transphobic church instead of careers fair.
Rob goes back to his roots...

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Friday, September 30, 2022

LAPodcast 371: False Mistreatment Allegations

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Stories this week include:

  • Man with gnome fetish erects blockade.
  • Missing hedgehog found tapped to lamppost.
  • Stripper hired by retirement home to entertain residents
  • Delicious rats head found in bag of frozen veg.
Anyone fancy a ham shanker?

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Friday, September 16, 2022

LAPodcast 370: Frivolous Fish for Fountains

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Stories this week include:

  • Giant toilet brush sculpture erected in rural Scotland.
  • Bored officials decide to categorise seagull covered in curry as exotic bird.
  • Japanese man forgets password to virtual wife.
  • Psychic attempts to find 'mystery man' behind billboard after spirit guide 'takes number down wrong'.
We take an unexpected diversion into the rush-hour crush column...

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Friday, September 02, 2022

LAPodcast 369: Horse Manure Smeared on a Wooden Wall

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Stories this week include:

  • Yorkshire woman electrocuted after hoovering grass.
  • Groom picks horse as best man.
  • Teddy bear arrested by police.
  • Beloved 'Gimp Man of Essex' returns to raise money for charity.
We discover the wacky world of the Bygone Wheelers...

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Friday, August 19, 2022

LAPodcast 368: Some Sort of Beige or Brown Meat

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:

  • Chess robot revealed to be sore loser.
  • Vinyl record collector hits jackpot at car boot.
  • CERN scientists refuse to deny 'portal to hell' rumours.
  • Inevitable collaboration between Greggs and Primark comes to fruition.
We discuss the role of a Godparent...

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Friday, August 05, 2022

LAPodcast 367: An Older Shaman-Type Lady Sat Watching University Challenge

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:

  • Local pastor discovers the alternative uses of a Henry hoover.
  • Woman befriends potato.
  • Man lauded by hospital staff for using correct rectal-insertion method.
  • Alan Cummings' beloved chimp found alive and well.
Local news you can trust since approximately 1638...

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Friday, July 22, 2022

LAPodcast 366: The Logistical Challenges of a Fortnightly Bin Collection to the Polish/Ukrainian Border

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:

  • Gimp Man saves sleepy Somerset village from mundanity.
  • Former Captain Scarlet voiceover artist finds compensation claim in Greggs sausage roll.
  • Impostor dressed as Disney cast member kidnaps droid.
  • Missing ex-employee accused of embezzlement 'absolutely fine' says former employer and Chile's largest cold cuts producer.
We incorrectly make a correction regarding the episode number...

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Sunday, July 10, 2022

LAPodcast - An Extra Jab 20: Classification of Approaches to Technological Resurrection

Covering weird, strange and funny local news stories from around the world since 2012.

Welcome to the twentieth episode of LA Podcast: An Extra Jab!

Stories this week include:

  • Brian Harvey blames potato for accident.
  • Man loses over 200 chickens to thieves.
  • Monkey snatches seagull from sky and eats it.
  • Mystery as woman wakes to find six massive boulders in garden.
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Friday, July 08, 2022

LAPodcast 365: A Random Rubble Wall with a Cock and Hen Finish

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:

  • Nuisance neighbour has drill and handmade signs confiscated.
  • Accused shoplifter offers to show security guard his penis to prove his innocence
  • Locals mourn the loss of Huw Davies and his memorial plaque.
  • Tesco employee denies aiding and abetting notorious seagull.
We do a quiz!

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Friday, June 24, 2022

LAPodcast 364: The Depths of Delusion and Wrongness in the Heart of Man

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:

  • Jesus contemplates second coming to correct failed Georgia gubernatorial race candidate on several historical inaccuracies.
  • President Biden ratifies right to engage grizzly bears in hand-to-hand combat.
  • Man who spent life savings on becoming dog put up for adoption by wife.
  • Sergeant Major soils lederhosen at Oktoberfest.
We take a peek through the Overton Window...

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Friday, June 10, 2022

LAPodcast 363: An Undercurrent of Homoeroticism

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:

  • Rishi Sunak unable to raise benefits payments as DWP typewriter runs out of ink.
  • Kettering crematorium withdraws wedding venue option after service mix-up.
  • Failed sniffer dog finally earns his keep.
  • Irish barista hospitalised by brewing storm.
We announce the latest addition to the LA Podcast team...

Please note: We would like to apologise for the quality of Rob's audio which sounds like he's recording from a different room. Those responsible have been severally reprimanded.

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Friday, May 27, 2022

LAPodcast 362: A Now Defunct Chimpanzee-Breeding Facility

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:

  • Batsh*t crazy woman marries cat. 
  • One Show faces criticism after running lighthearted feature on nuclear apocalypse. 
  • British public capitalises on opportunity to defaecate in areas of outstanding natural beauty again.
  • Alan Cumming offers reward for locating chimpanzee co-star. 
Nightjar makes a surprising return to the podcast...

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Friday, May 13, 2022

LAPodcast 361: A Series of Vandal Attacks Including a Bizarre Shrine to David Jason

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:

  • Bus passengers fine with four-year-old buying slushie at 3am.
  • 'Beloved' swan beheaded and dumped in sea.
  • Missing cat found on Scottish oil rig.
  • Guests admit that vomiting induced by marijuana-laced food was highlight of wedding.
Shannon Matthews: The Musical, anyone...?

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Friday, April 29, 2022

LAPodcast 360: A Victim of Paranormal Activity

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:

  • German man first to receive ninety-second Covid-19 vaccine booster.
  • Cheating boyfriend concocts story about ghost texting girlfriend after accidentally messaging the wrong woman.
  • Woman who eats Percy Pigs in the nude retires aged 30.
  • Owner of world's largest potato suddenly finds discovery less a-peeling.
"As you walk along through life, these s**tty sandwiches, someone tucks them in your lunch box..."

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Friday, April 15, 2022

LAPodcast 359: Aided and Abetted by Useful Idiots

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:

  • Lake District chip shop owner kindly offers to insert sausages up customers' back passages free of charge. 
  • Man baptised in flooded underpass.
  • Mum fails to find man whose name is tattooed on arse. 
  • Customer has delightful picnic with crow in retail car park
    We witness the birth of Circadian Rhythms...

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    Friday, April 01, 2022

    LAPodcast 358: So-Called Educated Dogs From Across Germany

    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:

    • Miserable old woman's fanboying of Vladimir Putin to continue until at least the year 5079.
    • Florida man blames speeding ticket on the threat of nuclear apocalypse.
    • National Welsh show cave bans all Putin sympathisers and oligarchs from attraction.
    • Civil Aviation Authority denies reports of sausage suspended from UFO.
    Rob gives another astonishing POG update...

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    Friday, March 18, 2022

    LAPodcast 357: Dead Cows and Pieces of Dolphin

    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:

    • Ukraine still safer than Birmingham says complete moron.
    • Homeowner files completely legit insurance claim after shed fire.
    • Burglar stages cheesy protest.
    • Pensioner rescues headless sex doll.
    Rob finally completes his POG collection...

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    Friday, March 04, 2022

    LAPodcast 356: A New Level of Pedantry Following a Spate of Faulty Baptisms

    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:

    • Duck heard using fowl language during mating ritual.
    • Man attempts to prune rose bush with length of cured meat.
    • Bin spotter insists hobby not 'weird'.
    • Woman wins 'golden' potato in uninspired crisp competition.
    We mourn the loss of the humble landfill...

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    Friday, February 18, 2022

    LAPodcast 355: The Practical Uses of a Flamethrower

    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:

    • The People's Republic of China's Lord of the Rings definitive edition sees Frodo finally punished for this crimes.
    • Sinister clown painting appears in family's back garden.
    • Busybody accused of defecating into bin bags at beautiful spot.
    • Security company opts to double down on lazy stereotypes.
    Why not find out what would happen if your hometown was hit by a nuclear warhead: https://outrider.org/nuclear-weapons/interactive/bomb-blast

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    Friday, February 04, 2022

    LAPodcast 354: The Lying B*stard and the Three B*llends

    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:

    • All meat diet leads to nipple clamps and growling in the bedroom claims polygamous sex doll frantic.
    • RSPCA openly ridicule man who discovered 'snake' in sofa.
    • Reveller hooks up with handrail on night out.
    • Woman commits to routinely sh*tting herself during runs to achieve personal best.
    Alex plays a tribute to Meat Loaf. RIP.

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    Friday, January 21, 2022

    LAPodcast 353: A Bronze Goose Statue Alongside the Ancient Mariner and Yankee Jack

    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:

    • Naïve customer shocked as infamous holiday camp stay turns into horror show.
    • Woman stabs cousin over borrowed sex toy.
    • Mysterious disappearance leaves town in mourning.
    We issue a public service announcement...

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    Friday, January 07, 2022

    LAPodcast 352: Unfairly Trolled by a Very Very Small Minority of People That Have a Grievance

    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:

    • Sessional attraction brings all the misery of Christmas.
    • Father claims Indian restaurant ruined Christmas dinner.
    • Man throws faeces at step-father before smashing Audi TT with spanner.
    We discuss the lovechild of a phasianidae (thanks, Google) magnate...

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