From local news to international politics, absolutely nothing makes sense any more. Maybe it never will. I’m calling off the search for meaning
o what’s your theory about the Magdeburg sandwich thrower? Just in case you haven’t yet encountered this mystery for the ages, a phantom chucker of tinfoil-wrapped sausage, cheese and salami has been, well … not terrorising, but perhaps intriguing or mildly irritating residents along the B184 in the Saxony-Anhalt region of Germany.
A picture in the newspaper of local football club manager Holger Becker down on one knee, holding out some crumpled foil in which a worthy-looking brown crust is visible, as if proposing to the viewer with it, is a sublime addition to the canon ofThe search for meaning has been powerful and poignant. The sandwiches – some bitten, some untouched – are thrown only on weekdays before 6am.
told a newspaper that the sandwich fly-tipping could be the result of a “missed moment” for candour in a relationship, which has resulted in a need for ongoing duplicity. Perhaps, the theory goes, the thrower doesn’t like breakfastbut mistakenly gave their partner the impression they do, and having left it too late to tell the truth has hit on this solution? This stuff happens.
But is “why” the right question? Searching for meaning and constructing a narrative around events is what makes us human, sure, but it’s part Fortean Times, part-Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! out there right now. In the last week, I’ve read about a Florida man trying to cross the Atlantic
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