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The 10-foot-tall arti- ficial Christmas tree that the town coun- cil installed in the Grims- by town center in England left locals underwhelmed, Grimsby Live reported — to the point that the council had the expensive decora- tion removed.
Townsfolk Insulted By Pricey Holiday Decoration
stalled on Nov. 25. The fake tree will be reinstalled for a Christmas market.
cut through several layers of drywall and structural tile to free him.
viral on TikTok, convenience store chain Kum & Go made the Scheele Meal real. It in- cluded a Red Bull and a pizza sandwich, “which is just two pieces of pizza smashed face- to-face,” Scheele said.
Snarky comments in- cluded one from a resident who said he had a bigger tree in his house, and an- other called it “an insult to Grimsby.”
Firefighters in Syracuse, New York, were called to the Landmark Theatre on Nov. 5 after a person was heard calling for help inside the building, Fox News re- ported.
Rock On
The promotion ran for about a week, with Kum & Go donating $2 of every $5 meal to the charity No Kid Hungry.
The council responded that the tree cost more than 1,000 pounds but said it had been installed too early, and the traditional live tree from a nearby farm would be in-
An unidentified 39-year- old man was stuck behind a wall in the theater bath- room, completely naked, and was believed to have been there for two to three days. It was unclear how he managed to get behind the wall, but firefighters had to
Missouri man Kyle Scheele, with the help of friends, made a cardboard cutout of himself “jamming out with a pizza guitar” and advertising something called the “Kyle Scheele Meal.”
That Stings
In Aswan, Egypt, recent inclement weather — in- cluding “vicious rain, dust storms and snow” — has forced hordes of scorpions from their usual hiding plac- es and into many homes and onto numerous streets.
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He then placed the cutout in a local gas station and wait- ed to see how long his prank would last.
In other Weird reports:
Syracuse Deputy fire chief John Kane said the victim appeared to be unin- jured and would probably be treated for dehydration.
Naked And Trapped
But after the fake ad went
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