Admission Limited to Nonpredators

A woman called Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific and inquired about signing up for a family membership. She asked questions about how many children could be put on the membership, what the age limits were, etc. After her questions were answered, she said, “Thank you. You see my children are a bit of a story. Do you allow cats on a family membership? My cats meet all your family membership requirements--they are between the ages of 3 and 17 and they live in the same household as myself.”

The aquarium told her that, unfortunately, cats and fish don’t mix.

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LETTER IMPERFECT: Tom Snyder of Tarzana spotted a typo on a restaurant sign that could be taken as a comment on the prices (see photo).

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A LITTLE TRAVELING MUSIC: Flying back from Mexico, Patricia Falco noticed her customs declaration form seemed to require a musical declaration (see accompanying). She pointed out the requirement must make for some noisy passenger scenes.

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SAN WHAT? Jennifer Day, age 11, of Mission Hills found the spelling on a street sign nothing to sing about (see photo).

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A CINEMATIC PAST: The title of a new urban buddy drama, “The Wood,” refers to Inglewood, a city that has taken a few knocks from Hollywood through the years.

In the potboiler “Twilight” (1998), there’s a running joke about a groin injury. One police captain asks a subordinate what his worst fear is. “Getting shot,” the cop answers. “Getting shot where?” the captain asks. “Inglewood,” the cop responds.

Going back half a century, “Double Indemnity” (1944) has a scene in which insurance man Fred MacMurray is trying to jog the memory of his boss, Edward G. Robinson, about a bogus claim. “It was the day you had that truck driver from Inglewood in on the carpet,” MacMurray said.

But Inglewood has one glorious claim. It was the home of the famous TV and radio character featured in “The Life of Riley.”

In every episode, defense worker Chester Riley (as played by William Bendix) would utter his trademark phrase, “What a revoltin’ development this is!”

I don’t remember him referring to Inglewood as the Wood, though.

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Dreyer’s ice cream has developed a new flavor: California Cheesequake. It has a chocolate fault running down the middle. Alas, I’m at the age where ice cream causes my stomach to suffer a revoltin’ development.