A new bill introduced in Florida this week would make it illegal for dogs to stick their heads out of car window.

- Great. Now… Whose gonna tell the dogs??

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Heinz is trying to track down a man who claims he survived for nearly a month at sea in the Caribbean on nothing but ketchup, garlic powder and seasoning cubes. They say they want to buy the man, 47 year old Elvis Francois, a new boat but - even going door to door - have been unable to track him down.

- Apparently, Elvis has left the Building.

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Rapper 50 Cent has reached a settlement with a Florida Plastic Surgeon over claims he had penis enlargement surgery. The female surgeon posted a pic of herself and the rapper on Instagram implying that she’d performed the surgery on him… which he vehemently DENIES despite the settlement.

- I think if any Rapper would have gone for that type of surgery it would have been the late, “Biggie Smalls”.

- You know, it takes a lot of nerve to stand up and admit you had you picture taken with a Penis Enhancement Surgeon.

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Rihanna’s dad reportedly found out that she was pregnant while watching her perform during the Super Bowl halftime show.

- He's hoping she'll hold her “Gender Reveal Party” at the Indy 500 because he’s planning on watching that too.

This reminds me of (another!) personal story… Some years ago I Emceed an event at a Sports Banquet at Cobo Hall that featured race car driver Mauri Rose. Mauri won 3 Indy 500 Races in the 1940’s.

Now when I was a kid, my Dad told me a number of times that HE had WON the Indy 500 THREE times.

I looked it up, and back in those days, the driver and his mechanic rode in the car together - like you’ve seen in the old movies. So I started thinking maybe he didn’t actually win as the DRIVER but won as MAURI’s MECHANIC!!! And here was my opportunity to confirm my Dad’s story after all these years!!

So before the Banquet, I went up to Mauri, and told him the story my Dad had told me. He looked at me and said… “What was your Dad’s name?”. I said “Paul or Joe Purtan… Either one, He used both names”. He smiled and said, “Never heard of him”.

I guess my Dad just forgot the “Mechanic” part of the story.

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Police in Hollywood got a call on Sunday from a man threatening to blow the famous Hollywood sign to smithereens with pipe bombs -- unless - that is - he was paid a WHOPPING $10,000. The only problem was… the man called his demand to the cops in Hollywood, FLORIDA.

- This sounds like the plot of a Dr. Evil/Dumb & Dumber Bromantic Comedy.

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Liam Neeson says a recent appearance on “The View” where Joy Behar admitted that she has a thing for him and want’s “Her ashes sprinkled over him” made him uncomforfortable.

- Talk about a fate worse than death.

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Thursday!

-Dick