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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 18, 2001 A VERY POPULAR GIRL: Brandon Parks, 19, went on "The
Jerry Springer Show" to accuse his pregnant 15-year-old girlfriend
of having sex with other men. She, in turn, countered by announcing that
he had done the same thing with her older sister. But Brandon was either
unaware or didn't care that it is unlawful to have carnal knowledge of
anyone under the age of 17 in his home state of Illinois. So he was
somewhat surprised when police stormed into his trailer park home and
arrested him. FAMILY TIES: Though polygamy is banned in Thailand, Supat
Teeraphapsakulwong says he is happily married to seven women by whom he
has 22 children, and all of them have worked in his meatball factory,
just west of Bangkok. The family also lives in the three-story factory,
and each wife has her own bedroom. He stays with each of them in
turn. "My wives take ... turns to spend the night with me," he
said. YOU CAN GO; NO, REALLY, LEAVE: Though Michael Pardue's three
1972 murder convictions were overturned six years ago, he remained in an
Alabama prison because he escaped three times - in 1977, 1978 and
1987 - and got a life sentence for being a habitual escaper. The
authorities finally saw the irony of keeping a man in jail just for
trying to get out even though they agree he shouldn't have been
there in the first place. HOW MUCH THIS TIME!? Robert Geiyer of Findlay, Ohio, says two
men he met through "a friend of a friend" told him they knew
where a buried treasure could be found, but they needed money to
actually acquire it. They agreed to split the proceeds with him. So,
over the next three years, he gave them $107,798 for various purposes
including the purchase of land where the treasure was buried, a reassure
map, bail for a man in jail who knew where the treasure was, etc.,
etc. JUST MAKING A POINT: A basketball referee, officiating at a
game between 8-year-olds at an elementary school gym in Fayetteville,
Ga., got fed up with the verbal abuse coming from the coaches on the
sidelines. So, police say, the ref, a 46-year-old retiree, pulled out a
pocketknife and attacked. One coach required 17 stitches.
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