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Tense Fences
Barry and Hellynne
Lee, both in their 70s,
were charged with
assault in June 2018.
The Welsh couple’s
crime? Spraying their
neighbour, Harold Bur-
rows, with a garden
hose over their shared
fence. The neighbours
had been squabbling
for years, but things
escalated one day while
the Lees hosed down
their driveway. When
Burrows confronted the
Lees about yard waste
the stream was pushing
onto his lot, they turned
up the drama—and
turned their hose on
him. Burrows, who
recorded his surprise
shower, later presented
the footage as evidence
to a judge. The court
imposed a two-year
restraining order, and
the Lees have decided
to look for a new placeto live. Hopefully,
with some time
and space, the debacle
will just be water under
the fence!Finders Keepers
What would you do
if you stumbled upon
a bag of money on the
street? That’s what’s
happened at least
13 times in the last
six years to citizens
in Blackhall Colliery,
England. Someone was
leaving bags of £2,000
in cash around town.
Most remarkably, hon-
est citizens kept turning
in the bounty. After two
weeks, if the money
wasn’t claimed, the
person who found the
money got to keep it. In
January, police learned
that a pair of good
Samaritans were leav-
ing the mystery cash.
The duo, who wanted
to remain anonymous,were doing so as a way
to “give back” to vulner-
able people in the com-
munity. So, for all of the
13 citizens who became
£2,000 richer, honesty
really did pay off.Most Boring Show Ever
If you’re visiting
Fukuoka, Japan, on a
budget, there’s a hotel
that has you covered:
you can stay for a paltry
100 yen a night (about
$1.20 Canadian). The
catch? Visitors must
agree to let the hotel
live-stream their stay
on its YouTube chan-
nel. So far, more than
half a million viewers
have tuned in to watch
strangers sip tea, read
and, once, watch a
guest attempt to play
Twister by himself.
(Don’t worry, the bath-
room is private!)BY Megan Murphyrd.ca 55WORLD WIDE WEIRD