Hank the Tank (photo from New York Times, Feb 21, 2022)
This is the name given to the 500 pound bear that has broken into more than two dozen homes in California, devouring available food and making quite a mess in the process. [Hank the Tank, a 500-pound bear, ransacks a California community | The Star] Hank’s food forays have obviously been quite successful since his weight is double that of an average black bear in the American west. Authorities have been unable to catch Hank and are now contemplating euthanasia. Interestingly, local residents are opposed to such a step, claiming that Hank is gentle and sweet (at 500 pounds, he better be) and far more interested in food than any people who may be in a house he invades.
Cold Comfort
A Mayor in Ohio made the news recently be opposing ice fishing because it would mean ice huts and they, in turn, would lead to prostitution.[ Ohio Mayor Says Ice Fishing Leads To Prostitution | HuffPost Latest News] I think he was on pretty thin ice with this assertion and he has since resigned. One serious constraint on the sexual activity he foresaw was evident from a recent incident at the Winter Olympics when a cross-county skier suffered a frozen penis. [Remi Lindholm: Cross-country skier suffers frozen penis at Beijing 2022 - CNN] Such a condition would presumably leave a male hard pressed to participate in sexual activity and would clearly provide cold comfort to any providing their services for a fee.