DailyDits

If you, or a member of your family, has served in the UK armed forces, then you are probably familiar with the MOD crest. 

The crest represents the navy, army and air force and is cherished by the wider armed forces community and its many, many supporters. 

But when a veteran was spotted on a train wearing a facemask with the emblem of the armed forces on it, someone decided to take it upon themself to label the mask as “racist” and “offensive”.

Shocked, the veteran pointed out to the member of the public that the emblem on the mask represents the UK armed forces.

But the professional moaner was not impressed and so complained to the guard on the train. 

The veteran then had to explain to the guard that the emblem represents the armed forces and that ‘race’ has got nothing to do with the design – after all, the UK armed forces proudly has men and women serving who come from all backgrounds. 

In a post on social media, the veteran said:

“Just had someone kicking off at me and then the conductor on the train that my face mask is racist and offensive.

“I explained to the conductor about the design, and he’s okay with it. 

“he told the little snot to clam down or he will have to put them off at the next station.”

Thankfully, the guard on the train sided with common sense and told the professional moaner who had complained about the veteran to ‘wind his neck in’ – so to speak. 

Has the world gone crazy? Are veterans now not allowed to be proud of their service!? 

Let us know what you think in the comments below

A brand new £200k Lamborghini has been written off less than 20 minutes after the owner had driven it away from the showroom. 

The sports car had come to a stop on the M1 motorway, apparently due to a ‘mechanical failure’. 

As it sat stationary on lane 3 of the busy motorway, it was hit from behind by a motorist who was driving a van. 

PC Richard Whiteley, a Roads Policing Officer from West Yorkshire Police, tweeted images of the sports car with the caption: 

“It’s only a car! But on this occasion a 20-minute old brand new Lamborghini that stopped due to mechanical failure in lane three them hit from behind by an innocent motorist.”

Imagine being the insurance company of the van that hit the Lambo and having to now potentially face the prospect of a £200k repair bill…ouch. 

Thankfully, nobody was seriously injured in the collision. 

You only have to run a social media page to know just how militant the grammar police are when it comes to typos and missing punctuation. 

But where was the grammar police when a council made up a parking sign that caused motorists to lose hundreds of pounds owing to penalty notices!? 

The parking sign should have read: “No parking. Enforcement in operation”. But owing to a missing full-stop, the sign read: ‘No Parking Enforcement In Operation’

Despite the error made by the local council, motorists were still fined hundreds of pounds for parking somewhere where, owing to the mistake on the sign, they thought that they could park.

Shropshire councillor for Ludlow North, Andy Boddington, told the Shropshire Star: 

“There was considerable confusion over the Covid-19 signs which banned parking on the square. 

“The signs read ‘No parking enforcement in operation’. They should have read ‘No parking. Enforcement in operation’.

“For want of a stop, a message was lost, and parking fines were issued.”

Councillor Boddington also told the paper: 

“I would encourage anybody who’s got parking tickets to challenge it. 

We believe that four people were fined and they will have to challenge these individually.”

Do you think that the motorists will be let off? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Image credit: Andy Boddington

A motorist has been fined in Northern Ireland after police spotted a vehicle being driven with two sunblinds fixed to the front windscreens. 

Sunblinds have become a popular addition to most cars, but the majority of drivers understand that they are supposed to be fitted to the inside of side windows, rather than on the inside of a windscreen! 

So you can only imagine how dumbfounded officers were when they saw a driver and a passenger (front seat) hidden behind two black-mesh sunblinds. 

Both sunblinds had cat faces on them, so it probably looked even dafter as two smiling cat faces peered out from behind the windscreen. 

NI Road Policing and Safety said:

“Road Policing officers from Maydown nearly had kittens when they saw this car while on patrol in the NW. 

“We know the sun has been shining, but this is not the answer! 

“This driver was given a Fixed Penalty Notice, and thankfully the sun blinds were removed!”

It was only a week-or-two ago that we shared a story about a Lincolnshire police buggy that got stuck in the sand. 

But, for some reason, ‘fate’ seems to have taken a disliking to the buggy in question because now it has been claimed by the sea! 

Today, the DailyMail shared a story about how the Lincolnshire Police ‘all-terrain vehicle’ ended up being swept out into the north sea after it was marooned on the beach. 

Apparently, officers had been using the buggy to patrol the beaches of the Lincolnshire Coast over the Bank Holiday weekend. 

But after the buggy-crew left their vehicle to go and speak to some members of the public, one of them had overlooked the tide times as the north sea slowly laid claim to its treasure. 

Initially, the officers had come back to find that the buggy was stuck in the sand. But the north sea could not wait for them to recover it, so she took the buggy for herself. 

Inspector Matt Bennison said: 

‘Yesterday afternoon one of our off-road vehicles became stuck in the sand at Ingoldmells beach.

‘The vehicle had been patrolling our beaches following a large number of reports that people had travelled from outside of the county for a walk on the beach.

‘Unfortunately, the vehicle couldn’t be recovered, it was taken into the sea by the tide, and we are now working to recover the vehicle.’

If you know what the cake fine should be, then let us know in the comments below!