Sunday Overnight Open Thread - March 30, 2025 [Doof]

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Woman Poisons Coworker’s Drinks for Months Out of Pure Malice

A 56-year-old Polish woman was arrested and charged with systematically adding toxic substances to a coworker’s drinks simply because she disliked them.

It’s unclear when the unnamed cleaning woman started poisoning her colleague, but the 51-year-old victim started feeling seriously under the weather a few months ago. At first, she thought her stomach pain was caused by stress and working too much, but as her symptoms worsened, the woman, whose name has not been revealed for privacy reasons, went to the hospital for a checkup. Doctors there told her that she showed signs of internal injuries similar to those caused by toxic substances and asked if she had been ingesting something that she wasn’t supposed to. She hadn’t, but the question reminded her of the weird taste she had felt when drinking her morning cup of tea at work.

The 51-year-old victim worked at an office building in Warsaw with a number of other women employed by the same cleaning company. She had had some arguments with them over the years, but never imagined some of them would go as far as to try to poison her. Nevertheless, she went to a local police station to report her suspicions, but she was told that nothing could be done based solely on her hunches and that she needed to provide some solid evidence.

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Warsaw police have yet to reveal the reason behind the systematic poisoning, but according to sources quoted by Polish media, the two older women simply did not like the victim, who apparently had a slightly higher position at the company they worked for, and wanted to get rid of her somehow. “The women simply did not like each other,” the anonymous informant told Onet Warsaw.

The woman caught on camera poisoning her coworker’s drinks risks spending up to 20 years behind bars, while her older colleague faces 3 years in prison for failing to alert the authorities about the crime.

Read the whole thing. And keep your head on a swivel at work!

'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's time to turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Can a pantsuit be good? Yes, it can be very good.

Melania is wearing Ralph Lauren, its stretch Camel Hair and its fabulous. You can take something masculine and make it look utterly feminine with the right cut and tailoring. Melania’s suit fits from her shoulders down, there is no “hitching up” from bad shoulder pads, the pants have a subtle flair and fall exactly where they should on the leg. The shoes are, of course, on point. Manolo Blahnik fans, here is your moment in her suede BB point toe neutral pump. The blazer is Polo Ralph Lauren Jena stretch Camel Hair, from 2021. The vest is Polo Ralph Lauren Jaiden stretch Camel Hair, from 2021. The pants are Polo Ralph Lauren Seth stretch Camel Hair, from 2021.

Can pantsuits be bad? They can be horrid. This is not good from the Queen of the pantsuit herself– and I don’t mean because of differences in body styles, either. You don’t need to be a model to have a pantsuit fit well. I am not sure who this suit is by, but the shoulder pads are not tailored, hence the weird bunching. The jacket is too wide at the waist, doing the opposite of camouflaging a problem area. The pants are too long for the cut, which I believe is supposed to be a skinny leg, or maybe a straight leg that doesn’t fit well. While you can wear a black shoe with anything, sometimes you should ask if there couldn’t be a better option. This was a missed opportunity for a pop of color.

Before I am accused of transferring my dislike of Hillary herself onto her clothes, here is an example of where Kamala got the pantsuit right -almost. This is a bright pink suit by Sergio Hudson with a dramatic flared leg that is exactly the right length for this cut. The jacket, while not fitted as you might expect against such a wide leg, is pulled in at the waist so it doesn’t come across as boxy. The look could have benefited from a blouse that wasn’t fighting for boldness against the pink of the suit. Since that was the choice, adding a metallic shoe really was a lot.

Does the pantsuit have a history? Of course it does even back to the 40’s. This isn’t a designer piece, but it is cute!

Yves Saint Laurent had iconic pantsuits in the 70’s. This is how pleated pants are done!

When done correctly, pantsuits are feminine and powerful all at the same time. If doubt remains, just look at Melania’s official portrait to dispose of it once and for all.

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Thanks, Piper!

DJ Doof - This Day in History Version
(from thisdayinmusic.com)

2020: American soul singer Bill Withers died from heart complications aged 81. His hits include 'Just The Two Of Us', 'Lovely Day' and 'Use Me'. On 'Lovely Day', he set the record for the longest sustained note on a US chart hit, holding a high E for 18 seconds. His ballad 'Ain't No Sunshine', earned him his first Grammy award.

Born on this date in 1990: Thomas Rhett, American country music singer, the son of singer-songwriter Rhett Akins. His third single, 'It Goes Like This' topped the Country Airplay chart and also peaked at No.2 on the Hot Country Songs. His 2015 single 'Die a Happy Man' topped the country charts for 16 weeks.

1987: Prince released his ninth studio album Sign o' the Times which produced three top-ten hit singles, 'If I Was Your Girlfriend', 'U Got the Look', (with Sheena Easton) and the title track 'Sign o' the Times. In 1989, Time Out magazine ranked it as the greatest album of all time.

Also celebrating a birthday today is Stanley Kirk Burrell, who was born in 1962.
Name doesn't ring a bell? Perhaps because you know him by his stage name. Wanna take a guess? C'mon - take a swing at it. See if you can hit the nail on the head before getting the answer here.

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