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January 27, 2002

FLUSH! ARGHHHH! A woman went to the bathroom on a Scandinavian Airlines flight from Norway to the United States and pushed the wrong button when she was done, activating a high-pressure vacuum system designed to clean the toilet.
The suction sealed her to the toilet making it impossible for her get up. She had to sit there for several hours until the plane landed and technicians could be brought in to help her. She is suing.

WHAT'S SO FUNNY!? A young man left a party in Adrian, Mich., briefly to take a ride on a motorcycle. While he was gone, another guest urinated in the guy's drink. He returned and finished his drink noticing that people were laughing for some reason. The urinator was arrested.

PAY NO ATTENTION, SIR: A man stole so many heavy tools from a house being built in Anchorage, Alaska, that his truck got stuck in the muddy driveway. He got a passer-by to try to help push him out, but the effort was to no avail. 
The episode caught the attention of a suspicious neighbor who called the cops.

A BIT OF BAD FORM, OLD BEAN: A referee officiating at a soccer game in southern England between Earls Colne Reserves and Wimpole 2000 took pity on the Wimpole team which was losing 18-1. The ball landed in front of him, and, on an impulse, he kicked it into the other team's net, scoring a goal. 
The referee was sanctioned for bringing the game into disrepute.

ALL IN GOOD FUN: A 20-year-old student at the University of Toledo took a nap on a sofa at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house, and someone took the opportunity to Super Glue a receipt from the student bookstore to his head as he slept. 
The prankster inadvertently glued the guy's left eye shut. It had to  be opened by a surgeon.

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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