The Big Apple: “A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing hand sanitiser. He won’t need it now”

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Entry from April 24, 2020

“A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing hand sanitiser. He won’t need it now”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in panic buying of hand sanitizer. A joke was posted on Reddit—DarkJokeCentral on April 26, 2020:

“A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing hand sanitiser. He won’t need it now.”

That is, Saudi Arabia will chop off a hand for stealing (ironically, stealing hand sanitizer).

Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.

Twitter
Jon
@giftedrascal
Who has been caught stealing in Saudi Arabia? Put your hand up.
10:08 AM · Jan 23, 2015·Twitter for Android

Reddit—DarkJokeCentral
Posted by u/Rav4xle April 26, 2020
A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing hand sanitiser.
He won’t need it now.

Twitter
Danny Bamping
@MrCrazee
A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing hand sanitiser. He won’t need it now. #SundayThoughts #Covid_19
3:23 AM · Apr 26, 2020·Twitter Web App

Twitter
Tinker5397
@tinker5397
A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing hand sanitiser. He won’t need it now.
4:21 AM · Apr 26, 2020·Twitter for Android

Facebook
Carl Whitney
April 26, 2020
A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing hand sanitiser. He won’t need it now.

Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing hand sanitiser. He won’t need it now.
6:00 PM · Apr 26, 2020·Twitter Web App

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Joeoldman April 26, 2020
A man in Saudi Arabia has been caught stealing hand sanitiser.
He won’t need it now

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Friday, April 24, 2020 • Permalink