THE next time you hear yourself muttering the words, "I'd kill for a doughnut", maybe don't say it with too much gusto when visiting the US state of Oregon.
A 40-year-old man, whose sweet cravings were evidently at fever pitch, recently robbed a Voodoo Doughnut store armed with an axe, making off with one box of the sweet treats.
Nobody was hurt in the disturbance, but when police were called to investigate the robbery, they were surprised to stumble across the man vigorously scoffing down several doughnuts from a rather large and luminous pink box.
We hope he enjoyed the indulgent feed, because we can confirm the Oregon County Jail does not have a Voodoo Doughnut store in its mess hall.
IT IS a tragedy to hear that the South Boston St Patrick's Day has been canned because of the risk of spreading COVID-19, but perhaps there is an upside from a health perspective?
Although not accounting for the total volume, Boston's celebration of all things Irish contributes greatly to the estimated 13 million pints of Guinness consumed worldwide during the celebratory day.
If you ask us, it needed the luck of the Irish to avoid that kind of punishment for everybody's collective livers.
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