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October 29, 2000

WHO YOU CALLING LAZY? A columnist for several alternative newspapers in Canada says that people who live in the nation's Arctic region are extremely easy when it comes to sex. Josey Vogels, whose column is called ``My Messy Bedroom,'' wrote that people there don't even bother with dating or other social conventions. If you are in a bar and want sex, all you do is tap a perfect stranger on the shoulder and ask, she says. Vogels quoted a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reporter as saying, "If you can't get laid in Inuvik, you're just lazy.''

SURE, WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE GAME, BUT HOW? Three men had a pretty good World Series scam going at Shea Stadium last week. They approached ticketless fans outside, and, for $100, got them in using fake press credentials. They would escort the fan inside, take the passes back, go outside and do it again. 
It all fell apart when they approached two undercover policemen standing with two representatives of Major League baseball.

STOP KIDDING AROUND, WHERE'S BILLY? A couple took a cab from the Chicago airport to their suburban home, took their luggage out of the trunk, paid the driver, a man named Ashard Aziz, and sent him on his way, forgetting their three-year-old son who was sleeping soundly in the back seat of the taxi. Each thought the other had the boy. They soon realized the error and went into a great panic. Police at the airport found the cab, which had returned there, and reunited parents and son. 
Aziz got a ticket for failing to check the contents of the cab, but outraged fellow cabbies campaigned in his behalf, and he doesn't have to pay.

YOU OK TO DRIVE? A man bailed his drunk friend out of a New Jersey jail where he was being held for driving under the influence. Police said the guy made the mistake of letting the drunk drive them both home. A short time later, the drunk had a tragic auto accident which killed himself and a man in the vehicle he crashed into. 
The man who bailed him out has been charged with manslaughter, vehicular homicide and aggravated assault by auto.

WHOSE HOUSE? Two young man stole a chain saw, sander and toolbox out of a homeowner's garage in Albuquerque, N.M., not realizing that they were robbing the chief of police. His wife, who was in the house at the time, called 911, and the duo was soon arrested. 
When Detective John Griego told them they had hit the police chief's home, they thought he was kidding.

Mike Pingree writes another Looking Glass column in the Boston Sunday Herald. You can read it by clicking here:
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