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Want more? Mike Pingree also writes a separate Looking Glass column for the Boston Herald. Past Columns (The Archives)
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July 2, 2000 BUT HONEY, I CAN EXPLAIN: In an effort to get men to stop
going to strip clubs in Wellford, S.C., (no doubt, a losing battle) the
Carolina Family Alliance is currently photographing the patrons' license
plates. Alliance members will use the plate numbers to contact the men
by phone or mail, and urge them to seek professional help. `I WAS FIRST,' `NO, I WAS FIRST': Two men were waiting at the end of a long line at the checkout counter at a grocery store in Westport, Conn., when another cashier opened up another line. The two men moved to the newly opened register but had a difference of opinion as to who should be first. A wrestling match ensued. Store employees intervened. Both men took off, but one of them came back to get his food and was arrested for disorderly conduct. SO, WHO NEEDS A WIFE? Business is so bad for prostitutes in Romania that, in addition to providing sexual services, they will do a customer's housekeeping at no extra charge. One source who knows told the National newspaper, "Men are happy because many of them live alone and the girls help them get rid of the three things which torment their lives: sex, cleaning and cooking." DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT? Four teenagers who worked at a
Wendy's fast-food restaurant in West Chester, Ohio, had a thriving
side-business: selling marijuana through the drive-through window along
with the chow, police say. Undercover detectives made several
drive-through drug purchases before arresting them. YOU DON'T SCARE ME, TRAIN BOY! A 45-year-old man embarked on a
night of heavy drinking and was wandering down by the railroad tracks
with his wife when a Wisconsin Central Ltd. freight train came barreling
through. The engineer saw him and repeatedly blasted the horn to warn
him away. He responded by making an obscene gesture while lurching
toward the train, but his wife grabbed him to save him from being hit,
and the train only grazed him.
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