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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 30, 2000 I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK: Fausto Rugginenti, an auto
mechanic at a garage in Brescia, Italy, told his boss he need to take an
hour off, and then went to a nearby bank and tried to rob it. GETTING HIS MESSAGE ACROSS: When Douglas Couvertier put his
name on the ballot as a candidate for the Town Council of Southwest
Ranches, Fla., he failed to realize that he would have to resign his job
as battalion fire chief if he won, three years short of his pension.
County employees are not allowed to hold elected office. YOUR JUSTICE SYSTEM AT ITS BEST: Four teenage boys stole a car
in Denmark eight years ago, and took it for a joyride at speeds of up to
105 mph, which ended when it flew into a ditch where it rolled over a
few times. HONEST, IT'S RIGHT UNDER THE DINOSAUR TRACKS: Peter Schardan,
a Michigan bank robber about to be locked up, agreed to show the
authorities where he buried some of his loot, in exchange for which they
would let him out of jail in 6 years, a year and a half early. He took
them to a remote area and said: ``Gentlemen, that is your spot.'' They
dug and dug but found nothing. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lloyd Meyer said
the agents "quickly determined that the last time that soil had
been moved was by a glacier.'' WE'VE HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE: A man shot a woman to death as
she watched television in her home in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and he was
taken into custody soon after. The suspect, age 46, admitted that he did
it, but said he had a good reason: the woman was a witch doctor who had
recently killed his daughter using black magic.
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