Los Angeles is in such financial trouble city leaders are considering giving up maintenance of the sidewalks and charging residents who live near them for their upkeep. There are 4,600 miles of sidewalks in L.A.
- And Lindsey Lohan has tripped over each and every one of them.
- PERSONAL NOTE: Speaking of money problems, in an on-going effort to help Greece get through its financial crisis, I’m vowing to eat at every Coney Island I can find.
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Police in England’s Isle of Wight arrested a man who tried to break into a prison to free a family member -while dressed in a Snoopy costume. Brandishing a pistol, he tried to break down the jail’s door. Turns out the “weapon” turned out to be a water pistol and he was at the wrong prison.
- He’s in the doghouse now.
- He tried to escape in his World War I biplane, but was already on the no-fly list.
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Meanwhile in Lincoln, Nebraska police believe they’ve finally nabbed the “Toilet Paper Bandit”. The man robbed convenience store last month with toilet paper wrapped around his head to mask his identity. The cops found him by tracing an empty medicine bottle found near the scene of the crime.
- He made his one phone call to a “Mr. Whipple”.
- By the way, the empty medicine bottle was labeled “Imodium”.
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The Social Security Administration has released its list of the most popular baby names for 2009. The two top names, Jacob and Isabella, are both major characters in the teenage vampire saga, “Twilight”. Both names have been popular for years, but “Cullen” the main vampires named jumped an astounding 297 places in one year.
- Whatever happened to the good old “boy” names like Dick and Big Al? Yeah, right…
- Movies & TV have always influenced baby names. I can’t tell you how close Gail and I came to naming Jackie, “Darth Vader Purtan”. Yeah, right…
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If you want to live to be 100… don’t do anything in particular. Researchers at New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine studied 500 Jewish people between 95 and 112. They found no “environmental” factors that affected longevity. About 30% were obese, and another 30% had smoked until age 95. Basically, they say, long life is in your genes.
- And about 30% of the test group wears really BIG jeans.
- If this is true… this changes everything! Tonight, I’m having a cheeseburger and fries instead of fish sticks.
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An Australian documentary maker was forced to flee the country after convincing three young people to star in a new reality show in which they would auction off their virginity to the highest bidder. The Australian public was so upset, he’s moved the project to the U.S., to a county in Nevada where prostitution is legal.
- Am I crazy or does this sound just like “The Bachelor”?