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June 10, 2001

WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE ...: Ken Heley found an abandoned Canada goose on his North Dakota farm, and he and his wife, Donna, took him in and nursed him back to health. A year later, the bird, who they had named "Bubbles," met a female goose on the farm. They hung out for a few days, and then flew off together. 
The Henleys said they were sad to see him go, but they understand.

BUT ITS BEEN A PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU: Deborah Ann Croft, a 32-year-old British woman who moved to the United States a few years ago, has discovered that entrepreneurship can bring success in America - for a while. She turned to the Internet, where she described herself "a great conversationalist who enjoys ... the company of fine gentlemen." This would have been fine if the description hadn't been accompanied by pictures of her engaged in various sex acts. Police arrested her for luring men to motels in Middletown, Pa., where they would engage in these acts for money. 
She later posted a note on her websites which said, "Due to circumstances beyond my control I will be no longer working."

OK, COWBOY, LET'S GO: Fritz Herring, age 73, donned his cowboy suit, complete with phony six-gun, and went to the County Government Center in Minnesota to deliver a singing birthday telegram to a country-western fan who worked there. A real deputy sheriff spotted the weapon as the old cowhand was about to get on the elevator, and rushed him down to the pokey. Herring said later that, despite his explanations, "They kept asking questions about my mental health; if I'd ever been in an insane asylum." 
They finally let him go.

THE PLOT THICKENS: When a 16-year-old boy was arrested for gunning down his parents, his brother and his sister in their Colville, Wash., home, he said he did it because he got mad at his father who had yelled at him for not gathering firewood. 
But court documents reveal that the lad actually committed the murders because his 18-year-old sister, Jolene, found videotapes he had taken of her while she was in the shower, and he knew he was in trouble.

ALL IN THE LINE OF DUTY: While on a business trip in northern Wisconsin in the wintertime, William Larsen got heavily intoxicated in a bar and then passed out in a mobile home with the door wide open. He suffered frostbite so severe that his fingers and thumbs had to be amputated, so he sued for worker's compensation claiming the episode was work-related. 
Amazingly, the Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed with him by a 4-3 vote and ordered him paid.

Mike Pingree writes another Looking Glass column in the Boston Sunday Herald. You can read it by clicking here:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists.html

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