SIDELINES...

DRUNK TANK

A Russian man stole a tank from a motorsport training ground before driving it through a forest and into Apatity, a town just below the Arctic Circle. Struggling to do a three-point turn in a narrow street, he rammed the vehicle into a supermarket window, also crushing a parked car. He then climbed through the shop’s broken window and stole a bottle of wine. Witnesses said the man appeared to be drunk. Independent, 11 Jan 2018.

UNORTHODOX SLOG

A cricketer blasted eight sixes during a Twenty20 match at Pembroke Cricket Club in Dublin, one of which sailed out of the ground and landed in the car park where it smashed into his own car. Kevin O’Brien, wellknown for his destructive batting, hit 82 off 37 balls to guide Leinster Lightning to a 24-run win over North-West Warriors. Guardian, 28 Aug 2020.

COLONEL LICKED

The famous Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan “finger-lickin’ good” has been suspended because of the coronavirus epidemic. A KFC official said the 64-year-old catchphrase “doesn’t feel quite right.” [CNN] 20 Aug 2020.

NAZI GRAVE OPENED

The unmarked grave of top Nazi Reinhard Heidrich was opened last year, but Germans are mystified as nothing was disturbed or removed. Those responsible must have had inside knowledge, since the grave, in Berlin’s Invalids’ Cemetery, bears no indication that it is the last resting place of Heydrich, who chaired the January 1942 Wannsee Conference where the Holocaust was planned. He was assassinated by Czechoslovak commandoes later that year. D.Mail, 17 Dec 2019.