It's August and that means it's quiet on the gossip and news front as everyone's chilling out on holiday sipping on pina coladas.
But here's a sweet little story I thought you might like, about a man from Wales who decided to fess up about an unpaid restaurant bill for a £10 curry. Only problem was it took him more than a decade to come clean.
The man confessed to police in Swansea that he had walked out of a restaurant without paying 13 years ago and included three £20 notes in his confession letter asking officers to pass them on.
While he remembered the location of the restaurant he couldn't remember its name but police officers came to the rescue and managed to track down the Seaview Tandoori.
However, the proprietor had since moved away and police spent nearly five months trying to track him down. They put out an appeal to find the owner of the restaurant, which had been demolished a number of years ago to make way for flats.
When they finally managed to find Samsul Bari he said he was happy but slightly bewildered about the late payment. "I really appreciate his honesty," he told the BBC.
"But I was quite surprised because 13 years is quite long time ago for someone to realise they have made a mistake and done the wrong thing."
Well, better late than never.
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Oh for goodness sake. I know the story is charming and I'm NOT seeing it in the right light when I say this, but how bloody annoying that police are wasting time on something like this when they so studiously ignore requests to follow up some local shits breaking into our car (smashing a window) even when they are provided with very clear CCTV images of the crime from local camera owner. No doubt this was more interesting to them than actually dealing with their normal workload!