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muriel_volestrangler

(101,297 posts)
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 06:26 AM Feb 2020

Coronavirus: Armed robbers steal hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong

Toilet rolls are currently in short supply in Hong Kong due to shortages caused by panic-buying during the coronavirus outbreak.

Knife wielding men robbed a delivery man outside a supermarket in the Mong Kok district, police said.

Police have arrested two men and recovered some of the stolen loo rolls, local media reports
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An Apple Daily report said that 600 toilet paper rolls, valued at around HKD1,695 ($218; £167), had been stolen.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51527043
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Coronavirus: Armed robbers steal hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Feb 2020 OP
They probably left a paper trail. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2020 #1
Good one! democratisphere Feb 2020 #2
Ha! llmart Feb 2020 #3
Oblivious Idiot. democratisphere Feb 2020 #4
Well, he is a one-man freakshow. llmart Feb 2020 #5

llmart

(15,536 posts)
3. Ha!
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 08:41 AM
Feb 2020

That video will remain in our country's archives for eternity to show what an absolute doofus we once had in the White House and more importantly, how no one around him cared enough to tell him about it.

And we thought Gerald Ford tripping down the steps of Air Force One was a big deal.

llmart

(15,536 posts)
5. Well, he is a one-man freakshow.
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 08:56 AM
Feb 2020

They probably have to get their laughs somehow because there's not much to laugh about these days.

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