TOP 5 weird, funny and sizzling world news of current week
Thief leaves thank-you note after car break-in
An Australian senior said he was amazed to receive a thank-you note from a homeless thief who stole a blanket from his car and returned it neatly folded. Bert Palin, 82, from
the Sydney area, told NT News he didn't realize his car had been broken until he got home from visiting relatives and found the note in his trunk.The note read, "Hi, I borrowed your blanket for a little while because I was cold and didn't have anywhere to go. I hope you accept my apology for taking your stuff without asking."Kind regards, Blankt (sic) thief :)"PS The blanket is really itchy."
the Sydney area, told NT News he didn't realize his car had been broken until he got home from visiting relatives and found the note in his trunk.The note read, "Hi, I borrowed your blanket for a little while because I was cold and didn't have anywhere to go. I hope you accept my apology for taking your stuff without asking."Kind regards, Blankt (sic) thief :)"PS The blanket is really itchy."
Palin told the newspaper his car wasn't damaged and he accepts the thief's apology."It was obviously a male or female of some education to have written it the way they did and to break into my car then say, 'Thank you' and 'PS your blanket was itchy'...it was breathtaking," he said."I washed the blanket after that because I was concerned about it being itchy.""I've been passing the note around and people are amazed ... (my grandson) couldn't stop laughing."
WORLD'S POLITEST THIEF LEAVES A HEART-WARMING NOTE AFTER RETURNING STOLEN BLANKET— The NT News (@TheNTNews) March 9, 2015
Freed from prison, man robs same NJ store 14 years later
A man faces a return to prison for robbing the same New Jersey shoe store - and the same clerk - that he held up 14 years earlier, authorities said. Christopher Miller, 41, pleaded guilty to robbing the shoe store in Toms River in March 2014, one day after his release from prison where he had been sent for robbing the same store in 1999, Ocean County, New Jersey prosecutors said. In the more recent robbery, a clerk who had worked at the store during the first robbery recognized Miller as the same culprit, prosecutors said.
The clerk had been notified of Miller's release on parole, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office. "She looks up and there he is," Della Fave said. Police said the bandit demanded money and cell phones from employees, forced them into a back room and fled with $389 cash. Miller pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree robbery in Ocean County Superior Court and faces the possibility of 10 to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on May 15, prosecutors said.
Widow selling her home...and hand in marriage: Ad
An Indonesian widow has advertised her home for sale online, only there's an important condition — that the buyer marry her. The ad for the home in Yogyakarta, Java, was posted on the real estate website Rumahdijual.com.Reports in Indonesia say many people thought it was a joke, but the owner, Wina Lina, told newspapers she's serious, according to Coconuts.com.The ad, translated by the site, reads: "Offer of the century!!! Buy the house and you may marry the owner (terms & conditions apply). Only for serious buyers and without negotiation. “The 40-year-old said her real estate agent suggested she include the marriage offer in the ad after she mentioned her romantic troubles following the death of her husband 15 years ago, MetroTV reports."My goal is that this house be sold. But if I meet another partner, it is important that he be single, whether a bachelor or a widower, responsible and mature," Lina told Kompas.com."Every night I pray and ask God to give me a good husband, and that the house be sold. I cannot bear this burden alone," she said. The house is listed for 999 million rupiah, which is $96,000.
Why Topless nun billboard ahead of pope visit
NAPLES, Italy, March 11 (UPI) -- An Italian company said no blasphemy was intended by erecting a Naples billboard featuring a topless model dressed as a nun ahead of a planned papal visit. Clothing company Rosso di Sera came under fire from Naples natives when it erected a billboard recently featuring a topless model wearing a nun's habit and holding a rosary. The model's breasts are covered by her arms. Some have accused the company of blasphemy ahead of a planned March 21 visit to Naples by Pope Francis. The company released a statement saying the billboard had been planned long before the pope's visit was announced.
"We recognize that we have made a strong marketing choice but there was no intent to blaspheme," the statement said. "Trivializing the act of prayer was not the intention in any way." The statement said the company "strongly regrets being accused of things extremely far from our values and our culture."
Why Politician poses nude for campaign poster
PORTUGALETE, Spain, March 10 (UPI) -- A candidate for local office in Spain's Basque region is campaigning by baring her body on a poster reading, "Politicians have left us stark naked." Yolanda Couceiro Morin, a town hall candidate in the town of Portugalete, released a campaign poster featuring her nude body covered only by her own hands and the slogan, "Politicians have left us stark naked." Morin, a member of the right-wing Partido por la Libertad - Manos Limpias, or "Party for Freedom - Clean Hands," told Spanish daily 20 minutos she hopes the "eye catching" ad will convince Portugalete voters to "focus on the problems of their neighbors." Morin's poster appears to take inspiration from a 2006 poster for centrist party Ciudadanos, which depicted party founder Albert Rivera striking a similar pose in the buff.
