MANN OVERBOARD: Last week, two elderly men managed to slip away from their nursing home in northern Germany. Their mission: To attend the nearby Wacken Open Air, a killer world-renowned heavy metal festival that annually draws over 75,000 headbangers of – they can now rightfully advertise – “All ages.”
Clashdaily.com headlined a story on the breakout, “Not Dead Yet: 2 Old Dudes Sneak Out of Nursing Home … For a Heavy Metal Festival.”
The two 80-something metalites got into the fest without drawing so much as a second glance.
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