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December 22, 2002     

JUST A LITTLE LOVERS' QUARREL: A Virginia woman's fiance was always so sweet, leaving a flower and a poem on her pillow every time he stayed with her. So it came as a complete suprise when he tried to kill her with a samurai sword.     
Police say he nearly severed her right hand, and cut off two fingers and the thumb of her right hand. She says she still loves him.     

OH, GOD! OH, YESSSSSS! A sex club in Berlin was forced to close after neighbors complained that they were kept awake by the shrieks of pleasure emanating from the premises. Violations of noise regulations were cited.     

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THERE, OFFICER: When airport customs officials opened the suitcase of a man arriving from Thailand, a bird of paradise emerged and flew all over the terminal.     
They also found other birds and some exotic flowers in his luggage, but then came the most stunning discovery of all: a pair of pygmy monkeys in his pants.     
He was arrested for smuggling.     

BUT WE WERE JUST CURIOUS: Seven men who made calls to a gay sex phone line were threatened with public exposure by two individuals who got their names by hacking into a computer. The extortionists ordered the hapless victims to pay money to keep it quiet, which they did, some as much as $2,000.     
Arrests resulted.     

WE COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER, EITHER: A man pulled up to a toll booth in Spydeberg, Norway, only to find a note from the lone toll taker that he had to urgently answer nature's call and would be back "in 5-10 minutes."     
The man waited a lot longer than that as traffic backed up behind him, horns blowing. Finally, impatience prevailed and everyone just drove through.

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