Yes, good ol' CNY winters. For the first time in my life they are actually forecasting it will be in the 60's this weekend...in December. Never thought I'd see the day.
Kids today will also never have to deal with that ever annoying busy signal. Knowing they're there but you can't get through at that moment, then repeatedly calling back hoping to catch them.
It was Mad TV, and no you're not the only one. The large man and woman holding hands, walking under a freeway bridge next to a fence of barbed wire. I automatically sang it in my head when I read your post.
They do exist, it's just that the negative always gains the spotlight over the positive in the news so that's what you usually hear about. The cop himself said in the interview that the other officers have also done things like this before but it wasn't something they gloated about.