Taking a stab: No political campaign is...
Taking a stab: No political campaign is complete without a few Hollywood types, so it should come as no surprise that the local “poster boy” of the H. Ross Perot drive is an actor. He’s Bill Cable, whose photo in a pro-Perot T-shirt appears in media mailings. Who’s Cable? He’s in a love-making scene at the beginning of the politically incorrect thriller, “Basic Instinct,” which culminates with him being ice-picked to death. And the candidates think they have it rough.
The pits: UCLA’s orators, arguing that the avocado is a vegetable because it’s used in salads and in guacamole, triumphed over USC in a mock debate at the USC Law Center Tuesday. The Trojans claimed it was a fruit.
“The evidence leaves no question,” said Doug Llewelyn, the debate judge, who is better known as the overly serious reporter/emcee on the TV show, “People’s Court.”
USC was surprised over the home-court loss.
“You also see oranges and raisins in salad,” pointed out Daily Trojan city editor Sean Polay. “And apples too. So we’re not sure how that logic flows.”
Luckily for USC, there is room for an appeal. After all, who cares what Llewelyn thinks? What does Judge Wapner say?
Taxing the eyes: Dean Trier of L.A. sent along an IRS poster that said: “Having trouble with small print? IRS now has 1040, 1040A and instructions available in LARGE print.”
And where was the phone number that one must dial to acquire the publications?
The IRS listed it in the small print.
Proof that you can light City Hall: The Charles Lindbergh Beacon, last seen atop City Hall in 1941, will be rededicated and relit today at a ceremony at LAX.
Project Restore, a private organization that is rejuvenating City Hall, found the light in a storehouse. It was originally lit on April 26, 1928, by President Calvin Coolidge, who activated it by pressing a telegraph key in the White House during opening-night ceremonies for City Hall. (Silent Cal didn’t want to come out in person and have to make a speech.)
The beacon will remain at LAX for several weeks before being returned to City Hall. The airport is a fitting locale, said Project Restore President Georgia Rosenberry, because “the beacon is a welcoming symbol for visitors to the city. Besides, when Charles Lindbergh saw it (atop City Hall), he said, ‘What is that up there? That belongs in an airport.’ ”
Wishful thinking: In an apparent psychological ploy, out-of-town hockey teams that visit the Forum to play the Kings are stationed next to an ad for BUM Equipment.
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A study in the Book of American City Rankings found L.A. to be the 73rd windiest city in the nation. Corpus Christi, Tex., ranked No. 1. Chicago was a poor 22nd.