A whole decade later and this all-time great Guardian story has been going viral – again!
It’s not the first time we’ve featured this story – as if you needed reminding – and it won’t be the last.
But it’s a decade – almost – since this tale first appeared in the Guardian and it’s been going viral all over again. So what the hell …
whenever I come across this in my phone again I completely lose the run of myself pic.twitter.com/L28sYSN7EU
— Sorcha Ní Nia (@Luiseach) March 21, 2024
And just in case you want a longer read …
‘A man has been fined for pretending to be a ghost and other rowdy behaviour in a cemetery.
‘Anthony Stallard pleaded guilty at Portsmouth magistrates court to using threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause distress.
‘The court heard that the 24-year-old had been out drinking with friends when they went to Kingston cemetery in Portsmouth, where they started to play football.
A Hampshire police spokesman said that witnesses complained to police about Stallard’s rowdy behaviour and his pretending to be a ghost.
“The witnesses reported the group engaging in rowdy behaviour and one of them throwing their arms in the air and saying ‘woooooo’,” he said.’
Wooooo to you too.
Why am I just hearing about this??
Here’s the one that makes me lose it every time: pic.twitter.com/8hMgHPC0l7— Erica Buist (@ericabuist) March 21, 2024
The “and saying wooooo” part did me.
— Luke (@MrLukeJohnston) March 21, 2024
I’m guessing the spokesman was a Police Inspectre
— john rohan (@johnrohan70) March 22, 2024
That woooooo is a sub-editor's dream
— bloodyexhausted (@bloodyexhausted) March 22, 2024