3/3/03, 3:33 and Other Odd Numbers
Recently, I have come across a number of
oddities in the daily news. None have been
newsworthy enough to devote a full column to their
analysis, but taken together, they might make for
an interesting—if fluffy—digest. At the
very least, you'll probably find yourself asking,
"What were they thinking?"
Disturbing the Peace
Last Monday, mall security officers detained a
61-year-old troublemaker who obviously meant to
spread sedition by wearing a T-shirt that read
"Give Peace a Chance." If a man can be arrested for
sporting an antiwar T-shirt, then wearing those
ultra-baggy pants that hang down over your ass
should be a capital offense.
Hussein Goes Hollywood
As if Dan Rather's interview of Saddam Hussein
wasn't laughable enough, there's late word out of
Hollywood that the "Iraqi" translator who spoke
Saddam's English translation was actually a Screen
Actors Guild performer speaking in a faux accent.
CBS defended the use of the voice actor, saying the
fake accent was used to make the voiceover
"compatible" with the rest of the segment. Kind of
like how Rather's puffy softballs to Saddam were
"compatible" with the Iraqi dictator's
smoke-and-mirrors style.
Third Time's a Charm
Also on Monday—that's 3/3/03—a Florida
woman gave birth to her third child at 3:33 in the
afternoon. If there's any truth to the saying that
good things come in threes, then this kid has a
lucky future ahead of it—at least luckier than
the child born on June 6, 1966 at 7:06 p.m. (that's
6:66 p.m. for those of you who can't do math).
And Still More Strangeness....
- An online banking glitch gave a Princeton
University student access to university accounts
totaling $9.9 million when he tried to access a
student publication's account. He stayed up all
night trying to decide whether to use the money
to buy books or bombs.
.
- Police have recovered Cher's stolen wig. No
word yet on whether Winona Ryder was
involved.
.
- Beginning this Sunday, Bill Clinton and Bob
Dole will join the team of CBS' "60 Minutes."
'Nuff said.
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