This Arrest Not Par for the Course

The police log of the Beach Reporter newspaper reported that an officer encountered a suspect who was leaving the storage area of a Redondo Beach store “with golf clubs that he had stolen. The suspect fled on foot, but the officer overtook him and made an arrest.” Obviously, the thief should have brought along a golf cart. Or at least a caddie.

Tall order: After seeing the numerical warning to folks who hang around at a Glendale store (see photo), Ray Benson of Covina suggests that maybe Laker management should drop by to see if a replacement for Shaq can be found.

Mystery of the Day: It’s the sign that Scott Wilson of Long Beach noticed at the entrance to the Regional Ceramics Museum (Museo Regional de la Ceramica) in Tlaquepaque, Mexico (see photo). Sure, it’s not polite to point, but is there a hidden meaning here?

Mystery No. 2: Marjory Grundy of Pico Rivera spotted this one on a riverboat menu on the Danube (see accompanying). What I’m wondering is whether it would be proper to order a “hair of the dog” drink to go along with the “shaving dish.”

More food for thought: At the Wyndham Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood, guests may buy their pets such meals as “A Burger for My Friend,” “Chow Hound Chicken” and “Bow Wow Sirloin of Beef” for prices ranging from $11 to $18 (in addition to the 8.25% sales tax, and delivery and service charges).

These are room-service items, by the way. Fifi and Duke, no matter how precious, can’t chow down in the hotel restaurant.

Name game: As for the hiring of Mark Wourms to head the L.A. County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Nancy Stewart of Whittier wrote: “I’m glad Mr. Wourms doesn’t work at an aviary.”

Unclear on the concept: Rodger Howard of Valencia saw an ad from a company that implied its customers “expect more” -- in the way of proofreading, as well? (see photo).

Here’s one from out of left field: KFWB-AM (980), sponsor of the Dodgers, is running an ad in which it says the Dodgers’ success this year is due to “the time they put into the game” and speculates that they have more time for workouts because they listen to the station’s traffic reports. Someone at KFWB must be breathing freeway fumes.

Weapons enough: The police log of the Dana Point News listed a “report of a man and a woman yelling and screaming at each other in the middle of the street.” The report added: “They did not have any weapons other than their mouths.”

miscelLANY: “Showing that Gov. Schwarzenegger has really arrived,” wrote my colleague Larry Harnisch, “today’s [Thursday’s] New York Times crossword puzzle gives the clue ‘Governator’ and the answer ‘Arnold.’ ” We Californians can all be proud, I guess.

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