The Democrats--party of the ‘80s!Humorist Will Rogers...

The Democrats--party of the ‘80s!Humorist Will Rogers once declared that he didn’t belong to an organized political party--he was a Democrat. That quip is still timely.

Just a few weeks ago, the Democratic National Committee sent a computerized letter to George Deukmejian, asking him to fill out a poll “to show Bob Dole and the rest of the GOP that a solid majority backs the President.”

Deukmejian forwarded the letter to us, along with this comment: “It appears that the Democratic Party must be in big trouble. They apparently don’t know that I am a Republican and that I haven’t been the governor for the past 3 1/2 years.”

Oh, yes. The letter was addressed to “George Deukmejian, Governor of California,” in the state Capitol. Deukmejian is now an attorney in private practice in Los Angeles.

Makes you wonder whether the same letter was sent to a Ronald Reagan in the White House.

From the Three Tenors to the Four Moptops: “Watching Pavarotti on stage at Dodger Stadium,” writes Chris Harcourt, “I looked up at the Mitsubishi video screen and realized that I was looking at Luciano in the sky with Diamond(vision).”

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Our spell-check mechanism is still sizzling: Several readers have helpfully translated the ‘40s comedy song that begins, “Mairzy doats and dozee doats. . . .” into English. The tongue-in-cheek lyrics are actually the scrambled words, “Mares eat oats and does eat oats. . . .”

Still, no report on “Flat-Foot Foogie with a floy-floy.”

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Giving an arm and a leg: When we printed Avenues magazine’s list of the average number of parking cops on duty around the state, we noted that the figures ran from 350 for L.A. to two for Bakersfield.

But Jack O’Hara of Bellflower was most intrigued with the number given for San Luis Obispo: 2 1/2.

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Do Bigfoots eat oats?Stan Sieger of Pasadena is obviously familiar with Only in L.A.’s cast of characters.

He noticed our item on a sighting by Jon Erik Beckjord of a “scruffy, long-haired” man holding a sign that said: “The American Distress Card--Don’t Be Homeless Without It.”

Sieger says: “I would have asked for photographic proof. On the other hand, isn’t this the same Beckjord who claims to have photographic proof of a ‘scruffy, long-haired’ Bigfoot?’ ”

Well, it is true that Beckjord is curator of Malibu’s UFO, Bigfoot & Nessie Museum.

But, as we recall, he claims that Bigfoot has a smooth coat--and has too much pride to panhandle.

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Dave Reichert of West L.A. sent along a brochure titled “Panorama City--It’s a wonderful life. . . . Welcome to God’s country.” Unfortunately, it isn’t advertising the San Fernando Valley suburb. This Panorama City is located in the state of Washington. That’s Bigfoot country. Or, at least, used to be.