Good week, Bad week
Animal liberation, Declarations of faith, and more
Good week for:
Animal liberation, after some 15,000 crocodiles escaped from a South African breeding farm during heavy rains and flooding. “There used to be only a few crocodiles in the Limpopo River,” said farm worker Zane Langman. “Now there are plenty.”
Declarations of faith, after a group of Florida women drove off an armed robber who burst in on their jewelry party by chanting “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.” The intruder, said homeowner Jacquie Hagler, “ran out the door as fast as he could go.”
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The rich and paranoid, after New York fashion designer Adam Harvey unveiled a new clothing line, Stealth Wear, which renders wearers invisible to unmanned drones’ infrared cameras. A drone-proof hoodie sells for $473, and a full burqa for $2,365.
Bad week for:
Trying to change the local culture, after New York City authorities began removing “Don’t Honk” street signs from across the city because they’re almost universally ignored.
Manboobs, after 35 male members of Germany’s elite Guard Battalion developed breasts on their left-hand sides. The cause: a drill that involves soldiers slamming rifles into their chests, thereby stimulating hormone production in their mammary glands.
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