And finally… thief returns itchy blanket and just because you did it doesn’t mean your guilty

A homeless man who broke into a car to steal a blanket returned it with a note explaining it was too itchy.

Bert Palin, 82, of New South Wales in Australia, found the note in his car while visiting family.

The note stated: “Hi, I borrowed your blanket for a little while because I was cold and didn’t have anywhere to go.

I hope you accept my apology for taking your stuff without asking.

Kind regards,

Blankt theif

P.S. The blank is really itchy.”

Mr Palin said: “I saw the blanket that we normally toss in after using for picnics, folded neatly with a note.

Finding the whole thing “breathtaking”, he said: “It was obviously a male or female of some education to have written it the way they did and to break into my car then say ‘thank you’ and ‘PS your blanket was itchy’ – it was breathtaking.”

He added: “I washed the blanket after that because I was concerned about it being itchy.”

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