– I guess they woke him up: Was I the only person who, upon seeing this picture of the new Taiwanese army uniform (left), immediately thought “Bring out the gimp”? (h/t Shannon)
– “Trick or treat” is supposed to be a rhetorical question: An unnamed woman in North Dakota announced plans to distribute fat- shaming instead of candy to certain neighborhood kids.
A Fargo, N.D., woman says she will give trick-or-treaters that she deems ‘moderately obese’ a letter instead of candy this Halloween.
“I just want to send a message to the parents of kids that are really overweight… I think it’s just really irresponsible of parents to send them out looking for free candy just ’cause all the other kids are doing it,” the woman said in a morning radio interview with Y-24. She wouldn’t identify herself.
I wonder how many kids approached her house in “egg delivery person” or “toilet paper quality control tester” costumes…
Nicole Knepper offered some good legal analysis at the blog Moms Who Drink and Swear:
The first amendment here in the good old morbidly obese USA guarantees us the right to free speech, to a degree. This letter falls into the category of protected but asinine free speech.
– Not as Cute as Bunnies, I Bet: The manager of a Portland, Oregon apartment building is complaining that pests are foraging greens from his property. Not rabbits or other traditional pests, mind you, but rather local sous chefs, as Eater reports (h/t Leila):
According to Connolly, despite posting several “No Trespassing” signs, he’s found evidence that chefs are on his property, including beard nets and a discarded recipe for “PDX pork belly.” (Seriously.) There’s also apparently a distinguished scent left behind by local cooks: “Sometimes smells like brisket.” (Seriously. This is all apparently very serious.)