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October 6, 2002

I FAIL TO SEE THE IRONY: A 77-year-old man, who has a particular problem with people who talk on cell phones while driving, spotted one such motorist on the highway in Stratford, Conn., and showed his disapproval by purposely running her off the road.
"It's dangerous," he explained to police who arrested him.

GIVE ME NUDITY OR GIVE ME DEATH: Skinny dipping at the Harriman Reservoir in Vermont has been banned because public nudity had gotten out of hand. Since it became acceptable on "The Ledges" of the reservoir, local residents have spotted nude sailors, nude canoeists and nude jet-skiers.
In response, voters passed an anti-nudity ordinance by seven votes, but a proposal to repeal it will be considered next month.     

NICE CAR, BONEHEAD: Immediately after robbing a credit union in Bremerton, Wash., of $15,000, a man drove to a nearby town and used all of the cash to buy a restored show car - a purple 1964 Buick Riviera.     
That night, the police went to the local weekly classic car show to see if he would be stupid enough to show up. He was.

THIS VIOLATES THE SPIRIT OF THE PLAN: A driver who was transporting Colgate University students on a late-night shuttle bus as part of a program to keep the kids from driving drunk was arrested for drunk driving. He was fired.

NEVER MIND, I THINK I FOUND IT: A woman in Seattle reported her car stolen and then took the bus downtown to her job. She got off the bus in time to see her car heading right for her with police cruisers in hot pursuit. 
It sped past and crashed into some parked cars.

Mike Pingree writes another Looking Glass column in the Boston Sunday Herald. You can read it by clicking here:
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