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Retail shoplifting has been a frequent topic in the news, on social media, and inspires passionate discourse. But how real is the problem?
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‘Don’t applaud when the national anthem is sung’ didn’t quite take did it. (Though I believe the practice of singing it before sporting events is well after this comic, a practice that started in baseball during WW2)Report
Wonder what they would have thought at that time about stars and stripes motorcycle helmets or string bikinis?Report