Weird BUT true

If you’re going to court to face a shoplifting charge, you want to look your best.

Darlene Mullen, of Perth, Scotland, stopped en route to shoplift from another store, cops said.

Mullen, 20, was caught on camera brazenly asking staffers at the courthouse to help her remove a security tag on her newest coat.

A student in Lincolnshire, England, brought his books to class in a microwave — and got himself in hot water.

Jacob Ford, 17, said the stunt was a protest against a new policy banning book bags — because they had hit smaller kids when older ones made quick turns that set the bags swinging.

He was suspended for two days.

It’s never too early to teach a little kid how to be a mensch.

A British “etiquette coach’’ thinks any child over 5 should voluntarily give up his or her seat to adults on trains and buses.

William Hanson’s comments set off a tweet war among parents.

One wrote, “I’m aghast about how few younguns nowadays’’ offer seats to elders. Another disagreed, tweeting, “In crowded public transport children are more likely to be hurt by a crowd. That’s why they have to sit.’’

An employee of a pizzeria in Battle Creek, Mich., delivered a pie 200 miles away.

Dalton Shaffer, 18, got a call from Julie and Rich Morgan of Indianapolis, Ind., saying they never ate pizza as good since moving out of town.

They had planned to make a trip to Michigan but had to cancel because Rich had been diagnosed with cancer and couldn’t travel.

Shaffer said, “A lot of people have told me how inspiring the story is and that makes it all worth it.’’

Some 4,807 people gathered in Romania to form a human outline showing the borders of their country. They broke the Guinness World Record of 3,466 people who spread out in the shape of Myanmar.