LA Expats to Annex Golden Gardens

After much speculation, it turns out rumors swirling since Seattle’s early May heatwave are true: The city’s Los Angeles expatriates have officially annexed Golden Gardens. The group’s agent released a statement today saying that while...

Woman Takes Perverse Pleasure in Being Rained On

One woman exposed herself in public today as someone who takes perverse pleasure in being rained on, according to several witnesses who just moved to Seattle.   “She was just outside with no umbrella at...

Local Mom Guns It in I-5 Fast Lane with Extra 5 MPH

While driving onto the broad girth of Interstate 5 above South Lake Union this morning, an unidentified working mother merged unexpectedly into the fast lane and — for reasons still under investigation — gunned...

Seattle Aquarium Touch Tide Pool Begs For Mercy

This May brings the 42nd anniversary of the Seattle Aquarium on Pier 59 and, with it, touch tide pool dwellers begging for sweet mercy. Residents of the “Life on the Edge” community expect events for the anniversary...

Highway 99 Disappointed It Never Got to 100

In an exclusive tell-all interview, Washington State Route 99 confessed to an overwhelming sense of self-defeat for never making it to 100. "For decades, I've been serving the West Coast with adequate access...

#TBT: The Needling’s Top 5 March Headlines

If you didn't read our top 5 articles from last month, where were you? Trapped on some confederate ranch in Moses Lake? Getting airlifted to Port Angeles? Man, get on it already. 1."The South...

Tragedy Strikes Local Who Went to Paris That One Time

Following the burning of Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday, local wanderluster Bethany Pierce took to social media to voice the personal tragedy she’s now experiencing right here in the Pacific Northwest. The magnitude of her...

Aurora Sex Workers Introduce “Good to Blow!” Pass for Easy Billing

In an effort to streamline the payment process, sex workers on Aurora Avenue have collaborated with Washington State Dept of Transportation (WSDOT) to bring customers the “Good to Blow!” pass.  With a pre-paid account and a...

The Needling Moving to Print Only

After much deliberation, the publisher of The Needling reports that the only way to save Seattle’s Only Real Fake News is moving the publication to print only. “We can’t afford the digital-only landscape —...

Local Man Dies at Axe-Throwing Bar, Obviously

The Seattle Police Department has confirmed a man with a pre-partied posse of his boys died at Capitol Hill axe-throwing bar Blade & Timber Friday night, as expected. The hottest new spot on...