Panic hoarding being evidently insufficient, folks have taken to stealing toilet paper rolls from public restrooms. So dire is the situation that some locations have taken to chaining rolls to stall walls.
As we’ve learnt from the case of the 64-year-old man who was arrested and fined 200,000 yen ($1,762.82) for stealing a 30-yen roll of toilet paper from a public stall, taking something that doesn’t belong to you is indeed a crime in this country.
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A black woman is facing hate crime charges in Oregon for allegedly attacking a mom at a bus stop while saying that she hated “white people,” court documents show.
Nimo Jire Kalinle, 42, on Jan. 19 began punching Janae Jordan in the face after getting off a bus at a stop in North Portland, where the victim had been waiting with her husband and young daughter, according to court documents obtained by The Oregonian.
“It’s because you’re white and I hate white people,” Kalinle told Jordan when the woman asked why she was attacking her, a probable cause affidavit shows.
This is pretty unusual, as everyone knows that only melanin-deficient people commit what are now termed "hate crimes".
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CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. — Hundreds of people have descended on a cemetery here to pay respects to Kobe Bryant, but the owner says they are going to the wrong gravesite. Flowers left for Bryant and his daughter Gianna are being cleared out on a daily basis at the Pacific View Memorial Park because the private plot belongs to another family, a media relations specialist for the cemetery told USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday.
In other news:
HELL, MI - Happy couples have the chance to go to Hell and tie the knot for free. The tiny town of Hell, Michigan seeks 29 couples from anywhere in Michigan and around the country to take the leap on leap day.
Hell is located about 20 miles northwest of Ann Arbor. On Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 2:29 p.m., Reverend Vonn will marry 29 couples for free in a mass ceremony outside the chapel. Reverend Vonn says the ceremony is almost full, but there’s still room for a few more lovebirds looking to go to Hell and get married.
Each couple will receive a marriage license with Hell, Michigan on it which says “married in Hell.”
And after a few years, many will likely discover that truer words were never written.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A car drove into the Aspen Dental on Atlantic Boulevard just west of Kernan Boulevard on Monday morning. The Kia not only ran through the lobby but through an interior wall and partially into a second room.
Built Kia tough!
Drive-through dentistry - a concept whose time has evidently come.
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Moving along to something entirely different, I ran across this today:
Armed robbers in Hong Kong made off with hundreds of toilet rolls worth more than HKD1,000 ($130; £98). Toilet rolls are currently in short supply in Hong Kong due to shortages caused by panic-buying during the coronavirus outbreak.
Really - they have armed robbers stealing toilet paper? You have to admit that's a pretty crappy thing to do. What's the plan? Sell it on the black market for two dollars a sheet?
"A delivery man was threatened by three knife-wielding men who took toilet paper worth more than HK$1,000 ($130)," a police spokesman said.
Sears must not deliver catalogs to Hong Kong - they were kind of a fixture in my old aunt Avalee's outhouse back in Alpha, Illinois.
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A Saguenay couple got quite the shock this weekend when they found a live frog inside a green pepper they purchased at a local grocery store. Nicole Gagnon and Gérald Blackburn reported their discovery to their grocery store and the province's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ). Gagnon and Blackburn have put the little amphibian and the pepper in a container. Ministry officials will come and collect them to try to figure out where the pepper — and the frog — originated.
How it got into the pepper remains at present a mystery, as the pepper itself was undamaged.
Perhaps the pepper simply grew around the frog, but in any case, neither of them are talking.
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Ever notice that Brit women always wear hats pinned to the right-side of their heads? They always do it; it's a bizarre affectation that I completely fail to comprehend.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a lower court’s ruling allowing Kentucky jailers to take booking fees and daily charges from inmates and keep the money even if the person is found not guilty. The issue is likely headed to the state Supreme Court now.
Insufficient funds? No problem: just go rob a bank so you can pay off the jailers for your stay.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: There was a bit of good news today – the Library’s phone system is working again, while other county departments may still be experiencing phone issues. HERE ARE ALTERNATE CONTACT NUMBERS for the County Departments:
Tillamook County Health Department is open, although there was no access to electronic medical records. The county statement assured that personal health information was protected. If patients cannot get through on regular phone numbers, please call:
● 503-812-3916 for medical and behavioral health clinic scheduling
● 503-812-3774 for dental clinic scheduling and services
● 503-354-4257 for WIC, public health and environmental health
Department of Community Development is open Mon. to Fri. from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please visit the office for planning and other department services. Please call:
● 503-812-8543 for building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical inspections
● 503-812-2431 for sanitation
Who the heck hits Tillamook County, of all places?
One week after an Oregon county was hit by a cyberattack, the Tillamook County computers remain unplugged while a cybersecurity firm tries to negotiate with criminals who deployed the ransomware, a county official said Wednesday, January 29th.
It’s not clear if a ransom demand has been made, but McCraw said the county needs an encryption key to access all the data that the criminals encrypted. A study determined that it would take 12 years to decrypt all the data without the key.
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Well, this hasn't occurred in 909 years.
There hasn't been an eight-digit palindrome like this one since 11-11-1111, 909 years ago, professor and palindrome fan Aziz Inan told The Washington Post.
All righty then. It seems doubtful that you'll live to see the next such day, so enjoy it while you can.
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