Steering diners away from a life of...
Steering diners away from a life of crime: When Ray Mullio outlawed smoking at his Long Beach restaurant, he realized one immediate cost saving: a decrease in theft. “The last year we lost 1,200 ashtrays,” said Mullio, owner of the Original Park Pantry. “They were nice ones, too, porcelain and kind of small. They’d fit right in your pocket.”
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Have your first-grade teacher call my first-grade teacher: The defendant in an assault case in Santa Monica mentioned that one of her children performs in television commercials. “Mine does too,” said her court-appointed attorney as they chatted in the hall. Before you knew it, they were exchanging information about agents, casting directors, etc. “Maybe our kids will meet sometime,” the attorney said.
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Capable of stealing second, third or home: Some local law firms’ softball teams, as compiled by California Lawyer magazine:
* L.A. Flaws (Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison).
* Harmless Error (L.A. public defender).
* Class Action (Murchison & Cumming).
* The Paper Chasers (Bishop, Barry, Howe, Haney & Rider).
* Debtor Alive (Murphy, Weir & Butler).
* Base Crimes (Tarkington, O’Connor & O’Neill).
We hope these firms will follow the wishes of the State Bar of California regarding lawyer jokes and adopt some more sober names.
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You thought Jurassic Park was dangerous: Keith Simpson of Santa Monica found this notice in a local newsletter for a golf course that jittery hackers should probably avoid. At least during the Aug. 2 event.
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And he probably had to fork out 25 cents for parking: Al Hix of Hollywood reports that on a KNX radio broadcast of a 1949 “Burns & Allen” show, George buys a ticket for a USC-Notre Dame football game from a scalper--for the outrageous price of $10.
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More L.A. flaws: “I say: Quit wasting taxpayers’ money constructing things we don’t need,” growled Suzanne Doran of Hollywood, who contributed today’s photo. Doran asserted that she knows of no Strom “west of South Carolina.”
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Attn.: Parachute donors: Driving down Sepulveda Boulevard, Norm Sklarewitz of West Hollywood found himself behind a van displaying a bumper sticker for organ transplants on the left side and a bumper sticker for a sky-diving school on the right side.
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Perhaps this should be read to the tune of “Love and Marriage”--a pediatrics professor at USC is named Frank R. Sinatra.
