Woman uses panties as face mask

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Supermarket shopping

As the mask debate rages, a woman shopping at a Pick n Pay supermarket in South Africa has come up with an inventive response. When she was confronted by a store employee for failing to wear a mask, she reached under her dress, removed her knickers and slipped them over her head to cover her mouth and nose.

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