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UK woman reveals neighbour’s selfish parking act

A British woman has gone viral after sharing the “selfish” efforts her neighbour’s go to in order to keep a parking spot on the road outside their home.

Tasha Bonner revealed her “pathetic neighbours” have devised a plan to ensure they never lose a specific parking space outside their house.

A bemused Tasha claims the father and son next door make sure one of their cars is always parked on the street outside their home, swapping over when one needs to leave, despite having off-street parking for two vehicles in their driveway.

She recorded the scheme in action, showing the moment the two cars change guard ensuring they “won’t allow anyone to park in their space”.

After the woman captured and shared the evidence of her neighbor’s parking plan TikTok, it has prompted a flurry of support from other people with equally as frustrating experiences.

“Here we go again… brown car is ready to dash into the space,” she wrote over the video, which has now racked up 1.5 million views.

The video then shows a blue car driving away, immediately followed by another vehicle pulling into the space it had left behind.

The short clip was captioned with an array of hashtags, including “neighbourwars”, “pathetichhumans” and “neighboursfromhell”.

Social media users were quick to respond to the infuriating clip, with some claiming their “rage” would be through the roof.

“This must be causing him such stress to be that worried about a space,” one wrote.

“My rage issues would put everyone’s life in danger cos I’d straight reverse into them,” another added.

While one said: “Why are people so petty about parking spaces? If it’s that important, move to a house with a bigger drive.”

Others shared their own frustrating experiences with neighbors and parking spots.

“My neighbor does the same… her son lives at the top of our estate but he parks in her driveway so then she has an excuse to park on the road,” one woman wrote.

“My neighbors leave their drive empty and park either side of my drive with two cars and a work truck, and ring each other to keep the spaces when they leave!!” another said.

But there were some who didn’t see what the issue was, stating the neighbors weren’t blocking the driveway.

“I don’t get what’s wrong? Looks like they just want to park in front of their house?” one stated.

“He’s made room for his drive? Nothing wrong with that,” someone else mused.

However Tasha said the dedication to keeping the spot was “the biggest stress of his life”.

“The son wouldn’t be able to leave if he wasn’t there to move the brown car,” she explained in a comment.

She previously documented the car act in action in a separate video, describing the neighbor as a “sad old man”.

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Kmart’s bestseller $20 knit mules return to stores after selling out

After selling out across the country last year, Kmart has brought back a very popular item.

The budget retailer caused a frenzy over its $20 “Casual Knit Square Toe Mules” when shoppers began raving about how “comfy” the affordable heels were.

One influencer even shared a TikTok video telling people they “need to go buy a pair right now” – predicting the shoes would “quickly sell out”.

Her warning was right and the heels became a fast favourite, with stock disappearing from Kmart shelves in October.

But now shoppers have spotted the item is once again available, with Kmart Australia revealing “more stock has just dropped into stores”.

“Customers have been loving our casual knit square toe mule that is incredible value, priced at $20,” a spokesperson told news.com.au.

“It’s the perfect addition to any outfit. The mule comes in a variety of colors including black, charcoal and natural, and the super-comfy slip on style can be styled up or down an outfit.”

TikTok user Olivia Burrows alerted shoppers to the fact the slide-on-shoes had returned in a recent video titled “premium Kmart haul”.

Putting together a black knit skirt and red blouse with the chunky heels, one social media user was quick to point out: “OMG the mules are back.”

Last year, fashion blogger @curvysam told followers they “need to go buy a pair right now” in a TikTok video that has been viewed almost 40,000 times.

Another affordable fashion influencer @kmartfever said she “can’t get enough of these mules” as they “seriously make every single outfit look better”.

The styling blogger purchased them in both black and the natural colour, which she said “go with everything”.

Shoppers quickly gave the mules the tick of approval, with many saying they had already purchased multiple colors and were “obsessed”.

“Just had to buy all colors,” one customer joked.

“Who is the buyer for Kmart? They deserve an award for saving us all,” another agreed.

“Already have two pairs! They are so good,” one person wrote.

“I’ve got them and they’re amazing,” another commented. “They don’t make that cheap sound when you walk… they’re silent.”

For winter 2022, the mules now also come in khaki green colour.

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Sun & Sea: Operatic artwork is ‘strange thing I’ve ever seen’

It’s meant to astonish those who are lucky enough to witness it, yet what’s going on in this picture is creeping some people out.

Bikini-clad women lie sprawled on beach towels as they sun themselves, while men dressed in shorts relax and children build sandcastles.

But there’s a twist; these people are not at the beach. Instead, they’re inside a building, and there are fully dressed spectators watching from above and scrutinizing their every move.

The picture has some social media users puzzled, with comments that it looks like a scene from a bizarre prison movie.

“You’ve got people packed in, and some people watching them like they’re at the beach but they’re not at the beach, they’re in a building with sand in it,” one social media commenter said.

“Without a doubt this has to be the strangest footage I’ve seen in my whole life … It’s pretty crazy, pretty wild, pretty out there.”

Another commented it could be like a “prison for the super rich”, while a third said it looks like a “prison floor”.

It turns out that it’s actually the artwork/opera Sun&Seawhich has traveled to different art galleries around the world, each time looking a little different.

The “beachgoers” are opera singers, and they sing as nature around them crumbles.

Many who have seen the display have raved about it, calling it “extraordinary”.

“There is less a feeling of doom than an elegy of beautiful sadness,” one audience member wrote.

In 2019, the opera won the coveted Golden Lion at the 2019 Venice Biennale, while representing Lithuania.

At the time, Guardian reported that visitors looked down at the display from a minstrel’s gallery inside an old naval warehouse in the Venice Arsenale.

More recently, the piece was featured at Iceland’s Reykjavik Art Museum in June this year for the city’s arts festival, featuring black sand from the volcanic country’s coastline.

Sun&Sea project curator Lucia Pietroiusti has an intriguing description of the display. “Imagine a beach. The burning sun, sunscreen and bright bathing suits and sweaty palms and legs,” she said.

“Tired limbs sprawled lazily across a mosaic of towels. Imagine the occasional squeal of children, laughter, the sound of an ice cream van in the distance.

“The musical rhythm of waves on the surf, a soothing sound. The crinkling of plastic bags whirling in the air, their silent floating, jellyfish-like, below the waterline. The rumble of a volcano, or of an airplane, or a speedboat.

“Then a chorus of songs – everyday songs, songs of worry and of boredom, songs of almost nothing. And below them, the slow creaking of an exhausted Earth, a gasp.”

The performance loops continuously, for four hours each day and the audience can come and go as they please.

Upcoming tour locations include Helsinki, Barcelona and Lisbon.

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Categories
Entertainment

Sun & Sea: Operatic artwork is ‘strange thing I’ve ever seen’

It’s meant to astonish those who are lucky enough to witness it, yet what’s going on in this picture is creeping some people out.

Bikini-clad women lie sprawled on beach towels as they sun themselves, while men dressed in shorts relax and children build sandcastles.

But there’s a twist; these people are not at the beach. Instead, they’re inside a building, and there are fully dressed spectators watching from above and scrutinizing their every move.

The picture has some social media users puzzled, with comments that it looks like a scene from a bizarre prison movie.

“You’ve got people packed in, and some people watching them like they’re at the beach but they’re not at the beach, they’re in a building with sand in it,” one social media commenter said.

“Without a doubt this has to be the strangest footage I’ve seen in my whole life … It’s pretty crazy, pretty wild, pretty out there.”

Another commented it could be like a “prison for the super rich”, while a third said it looks like a “prison floor”.

It turns out that it’s actually the artwork/opera Sun&Seawhich has traveled to different art galleries around the world, each time looking a little different.

The “beachgoers” are opera singers, and they sing as nature around them crumbles.

Many who have seen the display have raved about it, calling it “extraordinary”.

“There is less a feeling of doom than an elegy of beautiful sadness,” one audience member wrote.

In 2019, the opera won the coveted Golden Lion at the 2019 Venice Biennale, while representing Lithuania.

At the time, Guardian reported that visitors looked down at the display from a minstrel’s gallery inside an old naval warehouse in the Venice Arsenale.

More recently, the piece was featured at Iceland’s Reykjavik Art Museum in June this year for the city’s arts festival, featuring black sand from the volcanic country’s coastline.

Sun&Sea project curator Lucia Pietroiusti has an intriguing description of the display. “Imagine a beach. The burning sun, sunscreen and bright bathing suits and sweaty palms and legs,” she said.

“Tired limbs sprawled lazily across a mosaic of towels. Imagine the occasional squeal of children, laughter, the sound of an ice cream van in the distance.

“The musical rhythm of waves on the surf, a soothing sound. The crinkling of plastic bags whirling in the air, their silent floating, jellyfish-like, below the waterline. The rumble of a volcano, or of an airplane, or a speedboat.

“Then a chorus of songs – everyday songs, songs of worry and of boredom, songs of almost nothing. And below them, the slow creaking of an exhausted Earth, a gasp.”

The performance loops continuously, for four hours each day and the audience can come and go as they please.

Upcoming tour locations include Helsinki, Barcelona and Lisbon.

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