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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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September 26, 2004 BURPING CONTESTS? HEY, COULD BE WORSE: An Italian tourism
official was fired last summer for calling German tourists a bunch of
arrogant beer guzzlers, remarks which caused Germany's leader to cancel
his vacation in Italy. CREEEAK! HEY, WHAT WAS THAT!? Two men tried to steal a stove that was sitting out on the unsafe, third-story porch of a Chicago tenement. The porch collapsed and all came tumbling down. The thieves survived, with serious injuries. CASH TO THE FUTURE: The elders on Montpelier, Ind., are setting up a $10,000 trust for their little town. They will deposit the money with the Blackford County Community Foundation, which will pay 10 percent per year. The money cannot be withdrawn for 100 years, at which time the fund will be worth $100 million. HERE'S MY BADGE, LET'S SEE YOURS: A man impersonating a police officer in Clarkstown, N.Y., pulled over a motorist who turned out to be a state trooper. It took the trooper about ten seconds to realize the guy was a phony and arrest him. CONGRATULATIONS, HERE'S YOUR TICKET: A state patrol pilot was flying over Wabasha, Minnesota, clocking speeders on Highway 61 when, to his amazement, he caught two motorcyclists racing along at unbelievable speeds. The loser was going more than 100 mph. The winner: 205.
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