Packers Take a Shot From LAPD Officers
You don’t have to be an authority on O.J. Simpson and the Super Bowl to understand this one, but it helps. Some LAPD officers waiting in line at the Police Academy’s shooting range were overheard telling a joke.
Question: What do the LAPD and the Green Bay Packers have in common?
Answer: Neither can stop a Bronco.
ANGELENOS ON THE ROAD: Cary Baker of Sherman Oaks says he couldn’t help but think of home when he spotted one sign at a shopping area in the Virgin Islands (see photo).
DAZE OF THE MONTH: George Bromberg came upon a calendar put out by a San Fernando Valley car dealership that had a special--it reduced Jan. 18 to Jan. 16 (see accompanying). Bromberg noticed because Jan. 18 is his birthday. “My wife was elated,” he reported. “She said she didn’t have to get me a present.”
JOB APPLICANTS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS: Jim Moore of Nipomo, a former personnel manager, offered two memorable written replies he received from job applicants explaining why they had left their previous jobs:
“The plant was shot down.”
“Mother had a stork.”
HERE’S LOOKING AT YOUR KITCHEN, KID: One of the restaurants on the lengthy list of eateries shut down in December by the county Health Services Department was Casablanca in Azusa, whose violations included an inadequate water supply.
Which prompted Gerry Wright of Long Beach to recall an exchange in the movie “Casablanca” between Capt. Renault (Claude Rains) and cafe owner Rick (Humphrey Bogart). When Renault asks how Rick happened to wind up in the city, he responds: “I came to Casablanca for the waters.”
Renault: “What waters? We’re in the desert.”
Rick: “I was misinformed.”
Wright also points out that Renault shut down Rick’s place too.
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While the health department steps up enforcement, some new restaurants are boasting about things besides their food and drink. I previously mentioned the Pasadena eatery with the flier that said: “Italian Dinners and Sanitary Bathrooms.” On Friday, Laura Drabkin of Studio City and Dan Donovan of L.A. each sent me a flier from a restaurant under new management in the Valley. Its ad says, in part: “Newly Remodeled/Catering Available/Excellent Service/We Have Charmin Toilet Paper in Our Restrooms. . . .”
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