# Good News of the Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 20, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711 "2013-08-20T14:34:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![luvrbcs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@luvrbcs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvrbcs)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711/1 "2013-08-20T14:34:04Z")

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I would like to start something that is good news for once. There still is a lot of good out there and it is refreshing to hear it. Hopefully this will get as big as some of the other xxx of the Day threads.

[http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/08/13/2729231/911-call-led-to-dispatcher-lending.html](http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/08/13/2729231/911-call-led-to-dispatcher-lending.html)

"The bride-to-be was packing her car near her Kent home for her wedding, went back inside for another load and came out to find her wedding dress had been stolen.

That was Sunday morning.

The wedding was scheduled for Sunday evening."  
Guess what happens next? Something extraordinary, to say the least.

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711/2 "2013-08-20T17:06:27Z")

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Thankfully, the groom never mentioned his jock strap for the honeymoon rock climbing trip was also stolen from the car…

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711/3 "2013-08-20T17:17:08Z")

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Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![luvrbcs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@luvrbcs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvrbcs)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711/4 "2013-08-20T19:27:42Z")

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> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#):
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> Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.

Thanks, wasn’t sure where to start.

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711/5 "2013-08-20T19:35:42Z")

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What kind of jackass steals a wedding dress?

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**Author:** ![luvrbcs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@luvrbcs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvrbcs)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711/6 "2013-08-21T15:28:40Z")

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[http://www.king5.com/news/local/Elderly-woman-pays-for-shopping-spree-for-kids-220288861.html](http://www.king5.com/news/local/Elderly-woman-pays-for-shopping-spree-for-kids-220288861.html)

More than 90 low-income students from White Center will be able to shop for back-to-school clothes because of the generosity of a Seattle woman.

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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-of-the-day/666711/7 "2013-08-21T19:22:40Z")

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The thread id for this thread is 699969.

This amuses me. 😃