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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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February 4, 2001 FROM NOW ON, BOTTLED MILK ONLY: An Illinois woman who
continued to breast-feed her son even though he was 5 years old, has
been reunited with the boy who had been removed from her home by
authorities last summer. The mother had claimed the boy, now 6, never
indicated he wanted to stop nursing. YOU DON'T SEE MANY OF THESE: You would think a phony $200 bill
featuring George W. Bush's picture would not pass muster with even the
most casual of cashiers. But a bold customer used one to pay for $2.12
worth of food at a Dairy Queen in Danville, Ky., and must have
been astonished that the bill was accepted and that he was given $198.88
change in real money. HOT ENOUGH FOR YA'? Maxim Shebelnichenko and another heavily
armed man went to rob a Cleveland business but headed for home when the
owner didn't show up, authorities said. He stopped on the way and got
out of his car to take off his bullet-proof vest, which was making him
very warm, when a policeman pulled over to investigate and became
suspicious because Shebelnichenko was sweating in the frigid night air. WE'LL BE SAFE HERE: A torrential downpour sent two dozen
people scampering into a hut in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province to
seek shelter from the rainstorm. KEEP YOUR PREDICTIONS TO YOURSELF: After a major earthquake
killed thousands of people in India, Ambalal Shantidas, an astrologer,
predicted that another quake would hit the same area eight days later.
His words caused victims to panic, so police arrested him for spreading
rumors, which is against the law in India.
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