He smells a rodent:”Like any good consumer,...
He smells a rodent:
“Like any good consumer, I am excited by AT&T;’s new discount plan,” writes Jeff Shore of Westwood. “However, I couldn’t help but notice their 12-digit number--(1-800) 4 ONE RATE.”
Shore adds that if you just consider the first 11 digits--the ones that actually register when you call--then AT&T;’s premium plan becomes the “most unique I’ve heard of--(1-800) 4 ONE RAT.”
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HUGH WHO? Roger Beck of Big Bear City, who snapped a shot of a sale sign, wonders who’s on the block--Hefner, Grant, Downs? (see photo)
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STRANGE CRIMINAL TOOLS: You no doubt heard of the taxi passenger who used a hair-curling iron to hold a driver hostage for several hours on the San Bernardino Freeway. (The driver eventually jumped from the vehicle and ran to safety, no doubt leaving the meter running).
Well, the Beach Reporter newspaper says a woman walking in Redondo Beach was confronted by three suspects, one of whom “pointed a hockey stick at her and demanded her purse.” The thief grabbed her purse (with his hand) and the trio fled but were later arrested and taken to the municipal penalty box.
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CARRYING NOSTALGIA TOO FAR: Phillip Welty of West Covina snapped a typo at a pharmacy that is not taking great pains to correct it (see photo).
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UNFORTUNATE TIMING DEPT.: Steve Herbert of Beverly Hills points out that while the 11 p.m. news shows were reporting that TV actor Kelsey Grammer checked himself into the Betty Ford Clinic the other night, “Cheers” was showing an ironic rerun. In the episode, Grammer’s Dr. Frasier Crane character perches on a ledge and threatens to jump because his marriage has broken up.
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GRAND GESTURE: L.A. County sheriff’s Sgt. Thomas J. Hageboeck always wanted to trek to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back. But Hageboeck, also a writer and bit actor (“Beverly Hills Cop”), died of cancer before he could make the hike. So, some of his friends are going in his honor this weekend--and in a style in keeping with Hageboeck’s outdoorsy sense of humor.
Pasadena Municipal Judge Judd Morris is Chief Spider Web Catcher, the Rev. Don Ashe is Bear Spotter, Pam Ashe is Snake Wrangler and retired sheriff’s Deputy John Rebel is Snake Medic (in case the Snake Wrangler falls down on the job).
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SURELY, LA VERNE CAN COPE: Some 284 head of cattle as well as 90 cowboys will be part of the morning rush hour in normally quiet La Verne today, “heading along Wheeler Avenue to Arrow Highway onto the grounds of the L.A. County Fair,” says Fair spokesman Sid Robinson. It’s all part of a Wild West Week promotion. The cattle drive is scheduled to be over by 11, unless one of the animals is pulled over for an illegal lane change.
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WHICH REMINDS US: Former KNX radio traffic guru Bill Keene was once handed a report that a bull had attacked a black-and-white police car in Newhall. Keene said: “I guess if it was a Holstein it thought the car was a female.”
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“I am a young single Elvis fan who would like to correspond with any guys out there who look like Elvis,” writes Adele McMillan (address: 2, Tullylumb Court, Perth, PH2 OLS, Scotland). McMillan adds: “I also enjoy traveling and I’m interested in the paranormal.” We wouldn’t expect anything less from an Elvis fan.
