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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 23, 2000 HOT ENOUGH FOR YA? Hulya Kirklar, upset by marital
difficulties, went to the top of a cliff in Antalya, Turkey with the
intent of hurling herself to her death. But Turkey has been plagued by
111-degree temperatures, and, after police pleaded for three hours with
her not to jump, she fainted from the heat on the edge of the abyss.
They moved in and revived her. NO HEAVY LIFTING: There were not enough extras to fill out the
cast of Cincinnati's operatic production of ``Aida'' by Verdi, so Judge
Norbert Nadel, an opera lover, freed 21 prisoners jailed for drug and
alcohol offenses and ordered them into costume. THE OLD SWITCHEROO: When Tim Nakponkham was arrested for drug
possession in Bangkok, police discovered that she had been convicted of
a similar offense two years ago, and records indicated that she was
supposed to be in jail. It turns out that her 28-year-old adopted
daughter, Vasana, was serving the sentence instead ``to show her
gratitude'' to Mrs. Nakponkham. MAKING HIS OWN BARGAINS: Brahim Abdel-Vetah was caught by an
Arkansas store detective changing the pricing bar codes on $20 cans of
baby formula so that the cash register would read them out at $3.50.
They found more than 1,000 cans of formula in his van. AM I MAKING MYSELF CLEAR? WHAP! AM I? Haynes Dunford, an
84-year-old retiree who lives in Christiansburg, Va., told his postal
carrier, Sherri Morehead, to stop delivering what has become a steady
stream of junk mail to his home. When she said he should go to the post
office and fill out the proper forms, police said, he hit her on the
back with his cane.
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