The coming infestation:No, we don’t mean the...
The coming infestation:
No, we don’t mean the onset of the killer bees. This is another invasion, one related to the Republican Party’s decision to hold its 1996 nominating convention in San Diego. The politicos and the media have booked every room and hall in that city next summer, leaving no room for another event--the State Bar exam. So, the San Diego-area test has been transferred to L.A. Yup--1,200 would-be lawyers heading this way from the south. On second thought, maybe we’re being too nasty, comparing the law students to killer bees. We apologize to the bees.
A TURKEY AND SOME MISSILE-TOE MAKE THE SEASON BRIGHT: A civilian reader sent us an order form he came across for some slam-bang holidays cards put out by the L.A. Air Force Base in El Segundo. As you can see, Santa has opted for some heavy-impact transportation. And, don’t forget: He knows whether you’ve been naughty or nice.
THEY DON’T WANT YOUR BUSINESS CARD: Perhaps it’s because the holiday season is approaching. But a seemingly good-spirited, though misguided, chain letter is showing up in L.A. again. It contains a request to help a terminally ill boy named Greg Sherford qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records in the category of “most business cards ever collected by one person.”
No money is involved. The only problem is that the boy is named Craig Shergold. He already qualified for the Guinness book by collecting 33 million get-well cards--by May, 1991. And he’s healthy, having had a brain tumor removed.
But the chain letter, which asks for the business cards to be sent to the Children’s Make-a-Wish Foundation, can’t seem to be broken. It’s such a burden to the foundation that it has set aside a phone line with a recording explaining the situation (800-215-1333, Ext. 184).
Ironically, the outdated request for the boy ends with the words: “Please, remember. Speed is very important.”
miscelLAny We’re offering copies of Don Barrett’s “Los Angeles Radio People--L.A. DJs 1957-94,” to the three readers who can guess the top vote-getters in our contest, “The Five Most Annoying L.A. DJs (1957-94).” Please mail entries to Only in L.A., Metro, L.A. Times, Times Mirror Square, L.A. 90053. No entries by phone, fax or missile, please.