Hangers-on
The Independent reports on the case of a British man accused of stealing more than 40,000 coat hangers from hotels. Wacky court transcript, reading rather like something from Monty Python; I'm a little skeptical as to its veracity, but it's very entertaining.
Judge: Shut up, witness.
Chrysler: Willingly, m'lud. It is a pleasure to be told to shut up by you. For you, I would...
And so on.
Part 2 of the transcript is less entertaining, but still mildly amusing. Seems there are businessmen who spend so much of their time in hotels that they decorate their home bedrooms like hotel rooms to feel more at home. . . .