Monday Overnight Open Thread - March 31, 2025 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Happy Monday to you all. Ready to say goodbye to March? Got your April Fool's Day jokes and pranks all ready to go? No fools here yet. The ONT is the place where the smart people say go find another fool!

Mondays Can Be Crappy

Police Catch India’s Infamous ‘Poop and Run’ Thief

Police in New Delhi have finally been able to capture an elusive thief who would always poop his pants when in danger to keep people away as he made his escape.

Do you know how good actors can cry on command? Well, apparently some people have the same level of control of their bowels, allowing them to defecate at any moment. Deepak, a 27-year-old phone thief from Delhi, India, was one such person, and he used his unusual gift to avoid law enforcement whenever they got close to catching him. According to a Delhi police spokesperson, Deepak evaded arrest multiple time by pooping his pants to create a stench so foul that police were repulsed giving the thief enough time to make a run for it. The dirty trick was so effective that police even named it ‘poop and run’. Deepak’s poop-fueled reign of terror finally came to an end when policemen equipped with masks and gloves apprehended him.

“Teams gave him a chase and pinned him down,” a police officer proudly told News 18. “As expected, Deepak deployed his infamous ’filth plan’ but the officers, equipped with gloves and masks, thwarted his last-ditch effort and took him into custody.”

Deepak was spotted by a police patrol near Eidgah Park, and. knowing his ‘poop and run’ technique, they prepared accordingly to make sure they could endure the stench of his poop.

To paraphrase the great Carl Spackler - In order to conquer your foe, you have to learn to think like your foe.

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Speaking of crappy

Woman Lives in Workplace Toilet to Save Money on Rent

A young Chinese woman went viral on social media after showing off her unusual home – a 6-square-foot toilet at her workplace for which she pays just 50 yuan ($7).

Everyone tries to save money on rent, but how many of us would be willing to sleep in an actual toilet to do it? One young woman from Hunan, China, recently shocked the world after posting photos of her unconventional living quarters – a small, unused toilet located inside the furniture factory where she works. The 19-year-old woman explained that she comes from a poor family and couldn’t afford to pay upwards of 800 yuan ($110) for a proper home, so she asked her boss if she could live there instead. Her post went viral, but most people commented that she was only sharing photos and videos to attract attention because no one could live in such conditions. However, the woman’s boss took to social media to confirm that she was indeed sleeping in a 6-square-foot toilet at his factory.

“She insisted on paying me an extra 50 yuan for water and electricity every month, but I didn’t want to take her money,” the woman’s boss said, adding that the wholesale furniture factory was located in a remote industrial park that didn’t leave her many options for affordable rent.

The woman said that her boss tried helping her find more normal accommodations close to the factory, but the rent was between 800 ($110) and 1,000 yuan ($140). She currently earns a monthly salary of under 3,000 yuan ($415), and she is trying to save as much money as possible for a down payment on a home, so she didn’t think it was worth it. He even offered to let her live in an office at the factory, but she decided that the unused toilet offered more privacy.

In the words of Ace Ventura - "Do NOT go in there!"

You know what's NOT crappy?

Breaking news here on the ONT!

The date for the 2025 NoVa MoMe has been chosen! The annual gathering of Hordelings at a sooper seekrit location in the DMV (DC-MD-VA) area will take place on Saturday, June 21. More details to come soon from Bluebell and/or Weasel, and sign-ups are not yet active. But now at least you know when the NoVa MoMe will take place and you can plan accordingly.

Come on out and spend the first day of summer with your gray box friends. If you've never been to a MoMe, please strongly consider doing so! NoVa in June, Pacific Northwest in May, Texas in October. Or build your own! Veteran MoMe folks - please join me in encouraging as wide of attendance as possible at this and all MoMes!

Geography Nerd Content

Previous "geo-nerd" segments here on the ONT have been well received. So how about some more?!?

Check out these Only State… Geography Facts

Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel.

Connecticut is the only state in the United States where counties have no independent government and are merely geographical regions on a map. Legislation passed in 1959 and 1961 removed the duties and functions of the state’s eight counties.

Delaware is the only state without any National Park System units such as a national park, or national monument.

Iowa is the only state whose east and west borders are entirely formed by water (the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers).

Kansas is the only state to have researchers scientifically prove that it’s “flatter than a pancake”. In a 2003 study by geographers at Texas State University and Arizona State University, a topographical analysis found that the flatness of the state is indeed greater in some areas than that of a pancake.

Maine is the only U.S. state with a one-syllable name.

Tennessee is the only state that is bordered by eight other states, more than any other in the country.

Read about every state at the link.

On the subject of states, this guy discusses why some borders are the way they are.

History Nerd Content

Although it wasn't signed into law until 3 days later, on this day in 1948, the US Congress passed the Marshall Plan to rebuild war-torn Europe after World War II.

In a June 5, 1947, speech to the graduating class at Harvard University, Secretary of State George C. Marshall issued a call for a comprehensive program to rebuild Europe. Fanned by the fear of Communist expansion and the rapid deterioration of European economies in the winter of 1946–1947, Congress passed the Economic Cooperation Act in March 1948 and approved funding that would eventually rise to over $12 billion for the rebuilding of Western Europe.

What say you, history nerds? Pros and cons of the Marshall Plan now that we have the benefit of 20/20 hindsight?

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

1949:RCA Victor introduced the 45rpm single record, which had been in development since 1940. The 7-inch disc was designed to compete with the Long Playing record introduced by Columbia a year earlier. Both formats offered better fidelity and longer playing time than the 78rpm record that was currently in use. Advertisements for new record players boasted that with 45rpm records, the listener could hear up to ten records with speedy, silent, hardly noticeable changes.

Born on this date in 1958: Paul Ferguson, drummer from the British post-punk group Killing Joke

Weekly commenter stats for week of 3-30-2025

Top 10 commenters:
1 [413 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman' [58.66 posts/day]
2 [368 comments] 'Bulg'
3 [343 comments] 'andycanuck (/tzYP)'
4 [326 comments] 'Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ '
5 [308 comments] 'whig'
6 [305 comments] 'Blonde Morticia'
7 [286 comments] 'Grump928(C)'
8 [270 comments] '...'
9 [255 comments] 'Ciampino - send pizza'
10 [240 comments] 'Sebastian Melmoth'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [242 names] 'Ciampino - send pizza' [34.37 unique names/day]
2 [140 names] 'the ISS'
3 [105 names] 'Penguin Pete'
4 [61 names] 'Duncanthrax'
5 [54 names] 'I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper'
6 [51 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
7 [44 names] 'Miklos does not know the Sekrit password'
8 [43 names] 'Bailiff, whack their peepees'
9 [38 names] 'Oops'
10 [37 names] 'Mike Reno, Fat Now Too'

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