Flotsam & Jetsam: Sopping wet pup and a brazen alligator
By Jim Carter
The unforeseen consequences of the Suez Canal blockage by the giant cargo ship Ever Given are continuing to ripple throughout the world. Garden supplies stores in Britain, for example, are experiencing a shortage of gnomes. Ian Byrne, a manager at Highfield Garden World in Westminster, Gloucestershire, recently told The Guardian that gnomes of any type – plastic, stone or concrete – are in short supply as a result of the Ever Given mishap. (When disaster strikes …)
Sign of the times: Thieves continue to expand their target list, which now includes Legos. French police recently caught a gang stealing complete sets from a store in Paris; they had been fencing them in Poland. And a guy in Oregon was arrested and charged with stealing $7,500 worth of Lego sets – the sets are apparently particularly attractive to collectors. Experts report that there’s even a black market now taking shape. (Tell the ki