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November 12, 2000

SOMETIME 'FULL DISCLOSURE' GOES TOO FAR: Lorrie Williams, a woman running for a parliament seat in Vancouver, British Columbia, posed nude for a calendar to raise money for a women's crisis center. She is 60 years old. She is shown driving a red convertible and wearing only sunglasses and a smile. 
Her political opponents, all men, were highly amused.

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, PARDNER! Jim Tiller noticed someone breaking into his son's home next door to him in remote Alice, Texas, and called the sheriff, but the man fled into the desert. So, Tiller, 74, an old cowboy, saddled up one of his horses and set out after him. He found the guy hiding in heavy brush about a mile away and brought him back. 
"I told him, 'This is my best horse, you can't outrun him,'" Tiller said. "He walked in front of me with his arms up.''

HOW MUCH FOR A CAMBODIAN OIL JOB? Massage therapist Cheryl Morris named her Nevada business A-1 Stress Busters so that she would be listed first in the Yellow Pages. She was, but not in the ``Massage-Clinical & Therapeutic'' section. She was listed with the brothels, which are legal in Nevada. She is very angry. 
The erroneous listing has resulted in business offers which she is not inclined to accept.

OH I SEE THE PROBLEM: The only thing wrong with the Ford Expedition sport utility vehicle a Chicago couple bought from the Hertz Rent-a-Car company was that the windows wouldn't go all the way down. 
So they took it to the shop, and the mechanic found 50 pounds of marijuana stashed inside the doors.

TRIPPED UP BY THE RULES OF THE ROAD: A woman stole a pickup truck belonging to the Springfield, Mass., Police Department and drove it past a cop car, forgetting to turn on her headlights. She flashed him a peace sign. Thinking the driver was legit, the cop radioed the truck about the lights, and, when he got no response, pulled her over. 
She was then arrested.

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