I read the News of the Weird each week. This week, we have the following:
Ms. Pan Alying, a school teacher in China’s Shandong province, had her purse snatched in January (containing her mobile phone, bank cards, and cash) and decided to try pleading with the thief by sending text messages to her stolen phone. According to Xinhua news agency, she patiently sent 21 sympathetic notes to the man, with no answer, but the day after the last one, she found a package at her door containing her purse and all its contents intact, with a note, “I’m sorry. . . . I’ll correct my ways and be an upright person.” [Reuters, 1-22-07]
Happy endings are good. I don’t imagine this would happen very often in London.