What is the most boring news story of 2001?

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Surely it is the "Greek plane-spotters" saga.

― Tom, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Tom get off the interweb and do your report or NO XMAS DINNER for you.

― Emma, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Thankyou Emma. I think I am starting to lose my mind.

― Tom, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

According to an article in this morning's Metro, falling asleep at the wheel makes you more likely to be involved in a fatal automobile accident. Apparently this is because when you're asleep you're less likely to brake.

A Pulitzer Prize awaits....

― Trevor, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Prince Edward and his wife are *thought to be* considering giving up work and concentrating on Royal duties.

I think the plane-spotters story has its merits. Soon the secret police will be turning up at Crewe station on Bank Holidays and rounding up the train spotters (especially the ones with video cameras).

― Tim, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Plane spotter story is of interest to me since I know 3 or 4 of the guys involved due to my hobby of *plane spotting*. That means I have scanner, notebook, binoculars (3 pairs), books of numbers, anorak, silly hat, beer belly (although the latter needs a little more work).

I don't think I would be daft enough to take all that to Greece & use it, though. Its scary enough doing it in France & Germany.

― David, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm going to take up plane spotter spotting and see how the fuckers like that. If you hang around looking at planes and trains you are a spotter, but if you do the same with people you're a stalker? It's fucked up.

― N., Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nick: lucky for you that (at least some of) the plane spotters will soon be wearing numbers! Boom Boom! Apologies for unpleasant joke about put-upon plane spotters jailed for harmlessly looking at planes! Glad Mooro wasn't among them!

― Tim, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think its because the Greek have lost their marbles....

Plane spotters story becomes much more interesting when you consider it as part of the Greek governements conspiracy to get the Elgin Marbles returned. Problem was Brit Government did not play ball, thinking planespotters not equal in value to bits of ancient rock.

― Pete, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The "Elton John not making any more records" story got an amazing aount of coverage.

― Graham, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Surely that is a cause for great celebration and therefore worthy of mucho press fuss?

― RickyT, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The big B.L.Hunt. For me, it ranks right up there with the OJ. 'nuff said!

― Gale Deslongchamps, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Although not strictly news Heat had a line on their cover a couple of months ago: "Posh Spice waits at airport"

― Anna, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Shit Anna - what happened??

― N., Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Plane came.

― Pete, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

By implication, any news stories more than about 24 hours ago will have been so boring no-one will remember them.

Private Eye do a good piss-take of this kind of thing - "Yesterday, a quite famous woman was reported to not have had sex with a slightly more famous man."

― Mark C, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Nick Dastoor voted second funniest IL* poster shock"

― Mark C, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Suit filed, hat may follow

Headline of the year - and no it wasnt from The Onion

― stevem, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have often attempted trainspotter spotting when on boring cross country journeys, the west coast line seems to have more than the east coast, although York on a sunday afternoon often has a decent crowd, with their little video cameras on tripods in addition to the standard anorak and notebook...

― carsmilesteve, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No one noticed Tom slyly referencing a Dido song up there, eh?

― David Raposa, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sometime this week someone's home will be burgled and Christmas presents will be stolen from under the tree, same as every year.

― Nancy Drew, Friday, 14 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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