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I t’s not unheard of for a library to receive a late book return in the mail,
Long Overdue Library Book Finally Returned
WHO-13 reported. That’s because if one reads the first letter of each line vertically, the phrase “F--- OFF” can be found. Owens’ daughter said not only was the message in- tentional, but her dad would have loved it: “It was a term of endearment. If he said that to you, it meant he liked you. If he didn’t like you, he didn’t talk to you.”
and turned her away from it.” No word on when Hoop’s next fishing outing will be, but it’ll be hard to top his first.
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but the package the Tooting Library in London received from Canada recently won’t be forgotten anytime soon. CBC News reported that the package contained a copy of the book A Confederate General From Big Sur by Richard Brautigan, a book that had last been checked out in 1974 — making it ap- proximately 48 years and 107 days overdue.
another fish or perhaps a tur- tle, Kaser instead found a foam ball, part of a fish and ... a rather large sex toy.
A statement from the board of trustees that oversees the cemetery says community members are organizing a legal response and “will not stop until the headstone is removed.”
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“When it came out, Jon, my wife and I started laughing,” Kaser recalled in a Facebook post. “My wife immediately covered my daughter’s eyes
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Efforts to track down and thank the borrower were suc- cessful, and Tony Spence, 72, a retired judge living in Brit- ish Columbia, will be spared the late fees — not only the $7,618.10 that would be charged if the fines weren’t capped, but also the $10.50 maximum fine.
It’s Best To Leave The Bison Be
ILLUSTRATION BY MARK GALACGAC
What A Catch!
When Richard Kaser of Shelbyville, Indiana, took his friend Jon Hoop out fishing in the Ohio River on June 5, the hope was that Hoop would catch his first blue catfish, Fox 59 News reported. And Hoop succeeded with the first fish he hauled in, though the fish’s stomach seemed un- usually lumpy. Expecting to discover upon cutting it open that the catfish had swallowed
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“We’re pleased to have the book back in a condi- tion good enough to return to the shelves, if we wanted, and under the circumstances we’ re waiving the fines,” a statement from the library said. “We thank Mr. Spence for returning it and hope he enjoyed it.”
“Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park are wild and can be dangerous when ap- proached,” the NPS reminded visitors.
The message on Steven Paul Owens’ tombstone at the Warren-Powers Ceme- tery in Polk County, Iowa, reflects the sentiments of the family the 59-year-old left behind when he died in Sep- tember of 2021, but the mes- sage within the message has the community in an uproar,
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a puncture wound and other injuries.
brother, father, papa, uncle, friend, & cousin.”
Dubious Tombstone
“Forever in our hearts un- til we meet again, cherished memories, known as our son,
In other Weird happenings:
Danger Ignored
After an unnamed 25-year- old woman from Gove City, Ohio, approached a bison on May 30 at Black Sand Ba- sin in Yellowstone National Park, the National Park Ser- vice wasted no sympathy in its news release about the resulting incident: “Conse- quently, the bison gored the woman and tossed her 10 feet into the air.”
People.com reported that she was transported to a nearby medical center with
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