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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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November 26, 2000 WELL, NOW YOU KNOW, DUDE: William Houttekier bought an abandoned home in Toledo, Ohio, at a sheriff's auction, and, when he went to look over the premises, found something unusual on the living room floor near the front door: the dead body of the previous owner. Apparently, Eugene Bearringer passed on in the house about two years earlier. When told of the grisly discovery, Dean Nowakowski, 33, who lives two houses away, said, "I always wondered what happened to that dude." SPORTSMANSHIP ABOVE ALL: After the Springfield, Pa., Cougars lost a football game for the league title to the South Philadelphia Seminoles, the 11- and 12-year-old players refused to shake hands with the winners. As if to underline the children's displeasure, the parents and coaches started throwing punches sparking a brawl that was shown on the news for two nights running. The league commissioner canceled the all-star game as a result. JUST THINK OF IT, A LIFE WITHOUT BREWSKIS: Luveina Blakley of Bridgeport, Conn., says she found a AA battery in the can of beer she was drinking three years ago. She is suing Anheuser-Busch Inc. claiming she has lost her taste for Budweiser. BECAUSE DADDY DOESN'T LOVE ME: A young man in Springfield, Mass., got locked up on a cocaine trafficking charge, and asked his father to bail him out. The father refused. So the son contracted his father's death, hiring a hitman who, unfortunately for him, turned out to be an undercover cop. The son was sentenced to 8 years in jail. ALL THIS FOR A LOUSY SMOKE? A Japanese passenger on a flight from Tokyo to Seattle got drunk and went into the bathroom for a smoke, which is forbidden on all airlines. He locked himself in and continued to puff away, despite pleas by crew members who had been alerted by the smoke alarm. Finally, the pilot turned the plane around and returned to Narita Airport, where authorities gave the man a stern reprimand. He apologized and promised never to do it again.
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