Ex-Gov. Gray Davis Turns Football Prognosticator / Weather Forecaster

As for the chances of the NFL returning to L.A., former Gov. Gray Davis told ESPN.com: “I don’t think we’ll ever see another football team here. The NFL keeps claiming they’re going to come here. It may happen. It could also rain beer.” Funny he should say that. I haven’t seen it rain beer since the last time I sat in the stands at an L.A. Raiders game.

Cops ‘n’ eats: The love of doughnuts among the men in blue is well known. But Carol Carlson found a typo that sounded like another food interest for on-duty cops. A Westside weekly talked about some police officers involved in “steak-outs.”

Unclear on the concept? Well, that’s no bison depicted on the street sign noticed by John Graham of Irvine, but it’s not a mistake, either. The street is on the campus of UC Irvine, whose mascot is the beloved anteater.

That wasn’t like the case of the still-unexplained, doesn’t-walk-like-a-duck sign spotted a while back by Barney Ganga of Long Beach (see photos).

Each to his own: Walter Renzi of L.A. came across an ad for a less-than-sentimental gift (see accompanying).

Everyone’s in such a rush these days: Even the fireplaces are speedy, points out J.D. Kuhn of Long Beach (see accompanying).

Miscommunication Dept.: Alden Loomis swears it happened in that long-ago time before calculators and computers: “An engineer was reviewing a draft of his project typed by his secretary. She had written, ‘These cost calculations were prepared with a sly drool.’ ”

Sour note: The police log of the San Clemente Sun Post News said a resident “heard a neighbor screaming, ‘Get off me, you’re hurting me!’ ” It turned out that the neighbor was singing. Those don’t sound like the lyrics to a Cole Porter song to me.

The small print: Bob Mills of Studio City observed a sign that said, “Free Deck,” next to a pile of wood in a driveway. The sign added: “Some assembly required.”

miscelLAny: After seeing the menu listing for pork “lion” in this space, Ira Lee Newlander asked: “Was it a mane course?” With a sly drool, I say we’re all ready for a couple of days off.

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