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Somebody, somewhere is waiting in
vain for a delivery of hash brownies.
They have not been lost in the post
exactly — they were unwittingly eaten
by the postmen.
When a box of “marijuana edibles”
was left uncollected with no return
address at a south London depot, it
appears the temptation was too great
for some postal workers.
Royal Mail is investigating claims
that postal workers consumed so many
of the undelivered hash brownies that
they had to be picked up “one by one”
because they were too high to carry out
their normal duties.
Footage posted on Twitter showed a
postman in a confused and disorientat-
ed state after he allegedly ate four
brownies laced with marijuana. The
video shows colleagues coming to his
aid and relieving the postman of his
trolley as he tries — very slowly — to
continue his shift.
He is later pictured slumped in a
chair at the depot while two unident-
ified col-
Unclaimed hash
brownies have
postmen falling
down on the job
leagues are heard discussing how many
brownies he ate.
When a woman tells the postman,
“you had two of them”, he corrects her.
“I had four,” he says amid stifled
laughter.
The person recording the footage in-
cluded a close-up image of a green and
orange box saying “edibles by Pablo
Chocobar”, a play on the late Colombi-
an drug cartel leader Pablo Escobar.
The caption said that “almost all” the
postal workers in the depot “accidental-
ly ate hash brownies and I had to pick
them up one by one cause they were so
high. We had a delivery of them with no
return address and the house was
empty and they were in our office for a
month so we opened them and they got
given out. They were eaten between
5.30/7.30am.”
The caption continues: “One guy
said he was walking to a door and
thought he was walking forever.”
They added: “Say a prayer for [this
postman] right now, hopefully he is
asleep or he is singing with unicorns.”
Hash brownies are normal brownies
infused with marijuana. Users often re-
port the effects being far
stronger and longer-lasting
than that produced by
smoking cannabis, thought
to be because of differences
in the way the drug is
metabolised.
Royal Mail confirmed that
it was investigating the inci-
dent and the source of the
one-minute long video.
An official told The Times:
“Royal Mail expects the high-
est standards of behaviour
from our people at all times.
We are taking this matter very
seriously.
“We have commenced an
investigation which will
determine whether any further
action, including disciplinary
action, might be taken.
“We are also reminding all
staff at the delivery office of the
correct procedures for dealing
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B
eing fifth in
line to the
throne
does not
stop one
from playing rugby
like a “kamikaze”,
the Duchess of
Cambridge has
revealed (Charlotte
Wace writes).
Prince Louis, three,
has already begun
playing and has a
distinctive style, his
mother said as she
took over Prince
Harry’s rugby
patronages.
She was officially
named patron of the
Rugby Football Union
and the Rugby
Football League.
Kate, 40, showed
her enthusiasm for
the new role as she
turned up in an
England tracksuit at
Twickenham to meet
players and coaches.
Tom Hube, chairman
of the RFU, asked if
she was ready for
some training. She
replied: “Absolutely,
I’ve got my kit on.”
The duchess managed
to score a try.
She revealed that
George, eight, plays
rugby and netball
alongside both girls
and boys at his school.
“Now there is a
move towards co-ed
sport, so it’s not just
girls playing netball,
but other sports like
rugby, which is great,”
she explained.
Louis, aged three,
also appeared to be a
fan of rugby.
“They’re all
enjoying it, Louis is
kamikaze, we’re
worrying about when
he gets older, he’ll be
in the middle of
everything,” she said.
She was presented
with England kits for
George, Louis and
Charlotte, aged six.Kate’s a
safe pair
of hands
for rugby
MAX MUMBYThe Duchess of Cambridge was put through her paces on a visit to Twickenham yesterdayremove his music from the platform,
and other performers, including Joni
Mitchell, followed suit. His former
bandmates from Crosby, Stills and
Nash have vowed to remove “the music
we made together” from Spotify.
“We agree with Neil that there is dan-
gerous disinformation being aired on
Spotify’s Joe Rogan podcast,” David
Crosby, 80, Stephen Stills, 77, and Gra-
ham Nash, 80, said in a statement.
In the 1970s the group Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young was riven with bitter
rivalries despite their great success.
Joe Rogan is no fool but he’s still
dangerous, James Marriott, page 26They may collaborate to tackle threats
to the British way of life but it seems the
country’s top spy agencies disagree on a
new adversary: smug players of Wordle.
This week the web-based word game
created by a British software engineer
was bought for at least $1 million after
gaining huge popularity in only a few
months. But for some, including Brit-
ain’s spymaster, its success has led to an
irritating phenomenon.
Richard Moore, codename C, said on
Twitter yesterday: “Thinking of un-
following those who post their Wordle
results... ”
Its sister agency, GCHQ, crafted a
clever retort and tweeted a picture of
Crosby, Stills and Nash back
Young in anger at Spotify
Will Pavia New YorkThe podcaster Joe Rogan has reunited
the musicians Crosby, Stills and Nash in
support of their former bandmate Neil
Young in his stand against the stream-
ing service Spotify, which broadcasts
Rogan’s podcast.
Young accused Spotify of “becoming
the home of life-threatening Covid
misinformation” after Rogan’s show
featured a scientist suggesting that
vaccines were unsafe and people were
being “hypnotised” into following the
guidance of public health experts.
Young, 76, demanded that SpotifySpy agencies butt heads in war of Wordle
George Sandeman would not show up in their online feed.
The light-hearted exchange between
spy agencies amused Twitter users,
with the UK’s ambassador to Sweden
calling GCHQ’s response “genius”.
Wordle challenges players to guess a
five-letter word within six tries. One
new word is released every 24 hours,
forcing the online community to play at
the same time.
Players can post their result on social
media detailing whether they guessed
the word correctly and how many tries
it took.
The game was created by John Ward-
le, who was born in Wales but now lives
in New York. It was bought this week for
a seven-figure sum by the owner of The
New York Times.
coloured boxes formatted to mimic a
Wordle player’s score, that read “Sorry”.
The TV presenter Anneka Rice re-
sponded in support of Moore and said:
“Oh God I agree. What’s going on
here!” Another Twitter user said they
had achieved peace by muting every-
one who posted their scores, so theyGCHQ tweeted a word of apology to
the head of MI6 after his Wordle gripe