Needle in Gas Pump (AL) – Attempted Abduction in Mall Toilet (Tulsa, OK) – Posters on Dreaming (Sheffield, UK)

http://www.gulfcoastnewstoday.com/stories/forensic-needle-reported-taped-to-pump-at-stapleton-gas-station,88400

Gulf Coast News Today [AL]

23 January 2020

Forensic needle found taped to pump at Stapleton gas station

STAPLETON, Alabama — Loxley Police are looking for someone they say taped a forensic needle to a pump at a gas station in Stapleton. […]

https://www.fox10tv.com/news/urban-legend-turned-reality-man-stabbed-with-needle-at-stapleton/article_b75cc016-3ef9-11ea-b3a9-7787436f78c4.html

WALA [Mobile, AL]

24 January 2020

Urban legend turned reality? Man stabbed with needle at Stapleton gas pump

It’s a case that will have you thinking twice before you reach for the gas pump. Loxley Police said a man was pricked by a hypodermic needle that someone taped to the handle at a Stapleton convenience store. The victim has yet to meet with investigators and police said they have no suspects. […]

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https://ktul.com/news/local/tulsa-police-addresses-false-viral-post

KTUL-TV [Tulsa, OK]

22 January 2020

Tulsa police say they see no truth behind viral post about teen's abduction at mall

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Tulsa police say they see no truth behind a scary social media post that’s going viral. The story went like this: A mother stops some people – likely human traffickers – from drugging and abducting her 13-year-old daughter at the bathroom at Woodland Hills Mall. Police say they haven’t gotten any credible reports that this situation actually took place, and there’s no surveillance video showing something like this happening. […]

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https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/uk/would-you-know-if-you-were-dreaming-mysterious-posters-appear-in-sheffield/

Evening Express [UK]

30 January 2020

‘Would you know if you were dreaming?’: Mysterious posters appear in Sheffield

by Press Association

Mysterious posters asking people if they would know if they were dreaming have been popping up over Sheffield. The poster, which bears the crest of Sheffield City Council, asks: “Would you know if you were dreaming right now?” It goes on to list advice about how to tell whether or not the reader is dreaming. The council has distanced itself from the posters, which appear to be a street art project. […]

Cheese Grater Used on Calluses (cartoon) – Needles in Bus Seats (Hong Kong) – Needles in Food (New Zealand)

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2152956/who-planting-needles-hong-kong-bus-seats

South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]

28 June 2018

Needles sticking out of Hong Kong bus seats injure two passengers

Police were investigating on Thursday after three needles were found sticking out of seats on separate buses in Hong Kong, injuring two female passengers in their 20s. […]

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153534/yet-another-needle-found-sticking-out-hong

South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]

3 July 2018

Yet another needle found sticking out of Hong Kong bus seat

The strange spate of needles sticking out of Hong Kong bus seats continued on Tuesday, when the sixth such needle in less than a week was found on a KMB bus. […]

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153912/man-arrested-over-needles-sticking-out-hong

South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]

5 July 2018

Angry rider with grudge about buses not stopping for him arrested in Hong Kong over needles sticking out of seats

An angry 30-year-old bus rider unhappy with the service has been arrested in Hong Kong over the recent strange spate of needles sticking out of bus seats that injured three passengers. The jobless man told police officers that buses often drove past stops he was waiting at, meaning he failed to catch a ride. […] Since last week, there have been 10 cases of needles being planted in seats on KMB double-decker buses. Six sewing needles, three acupuncture needles and a pin were believed to have been planted in seats. At least three passengers were injured. […]

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3033920/hong-kong-man-who-planted-sewing-needles-bus-seats

South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]

21 October 2019

Hong Kong man who planted sewing needles in bus seats sent by court for mental assessment

A Hong Kong man who admitted to planting needles in bus seats to hurt passengers because he claimed the drivers were skipping stops has been sent for a mental evaluation. District judge Frankie Yiu Fun-che on Monday ordered psychiatric and psychological assessments and a background report on Mok Cham-sum, 32, after the unemployed man pleaded guilty to the bizarre crime that injured three passengers and triggered a series of copycat incidents. […]

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https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/number-needles-found-in-food-following-strawberry-contamination-scare-revealed

TVNZ [New Zealand]

21 October 2019

Number of needles found in food following strawberry contamination scare revealed

Needles have been inserted into food on six occasions in New Zealand shops following the highly publicised strawberry scandal in Australia. On another 67 occasions, between September and June, needles or pins were inserted into fruit or other food items either "accidentally or deliberately after sale", according to the Ministry for Primary Industries' annual report. "Some were hoax or copycat incidents, or involved children who admitted inserting needles or pins into fruit as a 'joke' or to avoid eating the fruit," the annual report reads. […]

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https://www.gocomics.com/deflocked/2019/10/16

Jeff Corriveau, Deflocked, 16 October 2019. Cheese grater used to remove calluses. 

Stolen Snakes (San Jose) – Trump’s Use of “Sir” – Needle in Grape (Australia)

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/thieves-steal-bag-of-snakes-from-reptile-breeder-in-san-jose/

KRON-TV [San Francisco]

7 October 2019

Thieves steal bag of snakes from reptile breeder in San Jose

SAN JOSE (KRON) — San Jose police are on the look out for thieves who stole from a reptile breeder on Saturday. [Brian Gunday] says he just finished a presentation at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library and was packing up in the parking lot when thieves stole one of his duffel bags. He says they were probably unaware of what was inside the heavy bag until they opened it up and found a bag full of snakes. The breeder says four snakes and a lizard were inside that bag. […]

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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/10/8/20904391/trump-military-ammunition-lie-explained

Vox

8 October 2019

Trump’s tall tale about the military being out of ammunition shows how his lies evolve

[…] “When I took over our military, we did not have ammunition,” Trump said. “I was told by a top general, maybe the top of them all, ‘Sir, I’m sorry sir, we don’t have ammunition.’ I said, I will never let that happen to another president.” […] Of course, a full fact-check isn’t needed to see Trump’s comment as the absurdity that it is. But it is interesting to trace how Trump has embellished this particular tall tale since he first told it on September 16. […]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/sir-trump-telltale-word-false/index.html

CNN

17 July 2019

'Sir' alert: This one word is a telltale sign Trump is being dishonest

Analysis by Daniel Dale

[…] I've fact-checked every word Trump has uttered since his inauguration. I can tell you that if this President relays an anecdote in which he has someone referring to him as "sir," then some major component of the anecdote is very likely to be wrong. Lots of people do call Trump "sir," of course. But the word seems to pop into his head more frequently when he is inventing or exaggerating a conversation than when he is faithfully relaying one. A "sir" is a flashing red light that he is speaking from his imagination rather than his memory. […]

[Update 12 Dec. 2019]

https://www.rev.com/blog/donald-trump-hershey-pennsylvania-rally-transcript-december-10-2019

Donald Trump Hershey, Pennsylvania Rally Transcript – December 10, 2019

[…] I have so many people that come up to me, “Thank you, sir. My wife is so in love with me because I went up 79% in the 401(k). She thinks I’m a genius. She always thought I was a total stiff, a dumb, stupid dope. Now she thinks I’m a financial genius, sir. And all I did was buy some stock. I have stock in a 401(k), and you made me into a genius, sir. She loves me so much more than she ever did.” Shows you the power of money, right? Isn’t that terrible? […]

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https://7news.com.au/news/melbourne-news/coles-store-pulls-grapes-from-shelves-after-girls-needle-scare-c-495492

7News [Australia]

9 October 2019

Coles store pulls grapes from shelves after girl's needle scare

A Coles supermarket in Victoria has pulled grapes from its shelves after a needle scare involving a schoolgirl. Nine-year-old Talia Gunn got a fright and a health scare on Tuesday night when she bit into the needle, which was in a bunch of grapes. It's the second case in just three days, with both being investigated by police. […]