What trial? During an ESPN report on...

What trial? During an ESPN report on the Raiders-Chargers football game, the camera focused on several bizarre-looking fans in the Los Angeles Coliseum, some in crazy outfits, others with painted faces. Observed sportscaster Chris Berman, “There’s the jury pool right there.”

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Rip Van Winkle, updated: Editorial cartoonist Walt Handlesman of the Times-Picayune in New Orleans drew a strip about a pedestrian named Larry who was knocked unconscious earlier this year when a construction worker accidentally dropped a dill pickle on his head from 22 stories above. Larry drifted in and out of sleep for months. “And, then one day,” the strip continued, “Larry suddenly awoke. . . . And spoke his first words in six months: ‘Have I missed anything?’ ”

The final frame revealed: “And with that, the first juror in the O.J. trial was seated. . . .”

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You can’t do that: Writer Nat Read, the guru of Glendale, last shared with us his survey of the cities of the world with that celebrated name (42). Now he’s back with a list of the activities that are regulated in Glendale, in case you’re ever in the neighborhood:

--You can’t take your cat for a walk along a public sidewalk (Ord. 21, 4011).

--You can’t hitch your horse to a tree (Ord. 21).

--You can’t sell Indian corn, cornstalks or other Halloween or Thanksgiving paraphernalia on or before Oct. 14. (Ord. 4783).

--You can’t keep two or more pigeons within 150 feet of a school (Ord. 3016, 3575, 4395, 4735).

--You can only keep manure on your premises for seven days (Ord. 2066).

--You cannot keep bees closer than 250 feet to a sanitarium (Ord. 2332, 4395).

Finally, Read concludes: “I heard of a woman who killed her husband with a bow and arrow so she wouldn’t wake the baby. If she’d done that in Glendale, she’d have broken the law. One cannot use a bow and arrow here (Ord. 596, 3465).”

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Off-key: The L.A. Philharmonic and Only in L.A. were apparently on different wavelengths when we discussed its offer to Dodger ticket-holders last week. The Philharmonic called Monday to clarify its offer: If you bring a ticket from a canceled baseball game to the Music Center box office, you will receive one free Philharmonic ticket--as long as you buy a second ticket.

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An expanding body of work? Mary and Bill Hawk of Arcadia came across a sign in Hollywood that indicates there may be plans to unveil a duplicate of Terry Allen’s Downtown L.A. sculpture, “Corporate Head.” (see photos)

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Let’s not give the shopper the wrong idea: Karen Lindell of Hacienda Heights saw a catalogue in which a baby modeled a “diaper day pack and shoulder bag . . . just $35 each.”

The small print at the bottom of the ad said: “Baby not included.”

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