An excerpt from a social media post by the Polk County Sheriff’s office in Florida, of a recent arrest:
[The suspect] was found to be in possession of marijuana and a drug called methylprednisolone which requires a prescription and auto-correct just to be able to spell it correctly.
To quote from a SoraNews24 report:
The service is called OK Obaachan, and for a fee of 3,300 yen to cover transportation and a 3,300 yen per hour rate, you can have your very own grandma. They currently have a roster of about 100 ladies aged 60 to 94 and with a range of abilities from housework, interpersonal skills, historical knowledge, and life experience.
According to the OK Obaachan website, they have been getting a lot of requests for an incredibly wide range of uses, such as teaching how to cook, mediating family disputes, writing things with nice penmanship, and babysitting. They are often also called upon to act as pillars of emotional support and have been requested by men planning to come out as gay to their parents to be present when it happens. A report by ANN News also interviewed some satisfied clients who used rental grandmothers to be present when breaking up with boyfriends or to help with research for reports that deal with changes in Japanese society over the years.
A Facebook post by a local police department in Pennsylvania:
RONALD MCDONALD IS MISSING!
Yesterday, a few unidentified suspects waltzed into McDonald’s and walked out with RONALD McDONALD himself.
We’re not clowning around. This was a full-blown McNapping.
Ronald was last seen smiling, as usual, unaware of the betrayal. Witnesses say he didn’t even put up a fight.
To the suspects:
We get it — times are tough, and therapy is expensive. But kidnapping a plastic icon of joy? That’s a McFelony.
To the public:
If you see Ronald out in the wild — maybe at a party, passenger seat of a car, or sitting awkwardly in someone’s yard — please call us at 570-669-9111.
In all seriousness, we are looking to identify these individuals. Please contact the Nesquehoning Police Department if you have any information. Thank you.
The actor waxes eloquent in a new spot for Adidas Superstar and even gets to say his favourite word.
A 7 minute mockumentary, best explained in the words of one of the co-founders of New Zealand’s Doc Edge documentary festival:
We challenged Saatchi & Saatchi NZ to come up with a disruptive idea for this year’s festival and to make documentaries sexy… and they did just that. Sapiosexy in fact.
From Canada: a new campaign for sleep brand Casper shows what raw, restful slumber looks like.
To quote from one tribute, “always embodying various degrees of laconic.”
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
- ‘That woman deserves her revenge’
Burger King UK finds a clever way to troll McDonald’s over its Big Arch burger.
An excerpt from a New York Post profile piece of Suzanne Reisman, leader of the Garbage & Rats in NYC walking tour.
Clad in fuzzy, faux rat ears like a bizarro Mouseketeer, the varmint savant takes guests through some of the city’s most rat-infested sites while spilling retch-worthy facts on the critters’ habits, à la a sanitation history lesson meets an urban wildlife safari.
“Rats love to go up to the poop!” she enthused to entranced rodent tourists during a recent tour as she discussed the delicacy of canine excrement.
“They’ll kick through it, find the undigested kibble,” she explained to the curious crowd. “I mean, dog poop is disgusting, but anyway, I do not ever pass by dog poop anymore without thinking, ‘Oh, it’s a rat snack.’”
The piece also quoted a “rat tourist” from Boston who attended a tour:
We saw live rats. We saw a pancake [squashed flat] rat. We saw a guy throwing up in a gutter. It was a very New York experience overall that my kids don’t get to always see in the Massachusetts suburbs.
From France: a new spot for auto repair network Motrio finds unexpected inspiration in classic Westerns.
To quote from a Sky News report:
Politicians have called for a Scotland-wide seagull summit to be held amid warnings someone could be killed.
Former Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross told the nation's parliament during a debate on the issue that people risk losing their lives over the "growing problem" of "nuisance" gulls.
Scots are being left "scared, attacked and traumatised", fellow Tory Rachael Hamilton said as she called for a nationwide summit.
Ms Hamilton said "aggressive" seagulls had attacked seven children in one month last year in Eyemouth, leaving one girl "with gashes to her scalp and blood running down her face".
Agriculture minister Jim Fairlie had already promised to hold a seagull summit in the north of Scotland, but Ms Hamilton, who represents the south of Scotland, said a summit for the whole nation is necessary.
For a long time, investment was only for pros. Now, everyone can ride the investment bull...
From Switzerland: bull references and visuals are at the centre of a new campaign for online financial services group Swissquote.
A social media post on American singer and 1960s teen idol Bobby Sherman, soon after the news of his passing was reported:
Sad to read that #BobbySherman has passed away. He was my 1st TV star boyfriend & I still loved him even though he had the nerve to get married to someone other than me. I was 13...but he could have waited.☺️ Sounds like he was a good guy. Condolences to his family & fans. #RIP..more
As an aside, his first wife divorced him to marry his TV bro David Soul. For the record, I would have never left him for David Soul.
An excerpt from another amusing social media post by the Polk County Sheriff’s office (PCSO) in Florida, of a recent arrest:
The PCSO night shift was just underway, and nobody ever knows what the night holds for them. Especially when there’s a full moon. IYKYK.
Deputy Ford was on patrol in Lakeland near Ariana Street and Plateau Avenue.
That’s when he saw Doug… a man on the go. Or rather, a man who really had to go.
Doug was on the road, watering the weeds without a watering can. His pants were half-down. Unless you’re more of an optimist, then his pants were half-up.
Doug saw Deputy Ford, and Deputy Ford saw more of Doug than he cared to see.
PS: Alongside the report, there’s a comic book style illustration of the crime scene that’s worth checking out
From Australia: a campaign for furniture brand Koala.
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The incident aside, it is the little details of what happened, as well as the manner in which it was reported by the Polk County Sheriff’s office (PCSO) in Florida, that make it very noteworthy:
The following story is kind of like a Polk County version of “Goldilocks and the 3 Bears,” but since there aren’t too many bears in Polk County, we’re just going to work around that in our own way. So, bear with us.
Our story begins at a residence bearing north of the city of Davenport.
The homeowner wasn’t going to be around for a while, so he asked his neighbor to bear the responsibility of watching over the house. That neighbor did a fantastic job too.
One night, the neighbor saw lights going on and off within the house, so he called the homeowner, who in turn contacted the PCSO.
Do you think the deputies found someone inside the house? Well, does a bear sit in the woods?
Deputies went to the residence and found Joe inside, cooking, and he had just finished filling the tub for a bath. We assume the bath temperature was not too hot, nor too cold, but juuuuust right.
Joe identified himself, and admitted that not only did he not have permission to be there, he also had no idea who owned the house.
Joe told deputies that he had gotten in a fight with his wife, and he didn’t want to go home, so he chose to burgle someone else’s home instead. It’s one of those things where you just have to grin and bear it.
There… we made it through the story and you barely even noticed the lack of bears.
A playful campaign from Sipsmith, the Official Gin Sponsor of Wimbledon.
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