Tidbits & Outrages

Washington Monthly, Nov, 2000

At the Los Angeles airport, a man was arrested after hiding lizards stuffed in tube socks in his underwear.

The donkey only got a card.

The Columbian president, as well as national dignitaries and ambassadors, assembled for a ceremony honoring Carlos Sanchez, who plays Juan Valdez in coffee commercials on the character's 40th birthday.

What do the NRA and Barbara Bush have in common?

At its final meeting of the year, the National Rifle Association voted not to endorse presidential candidate George W. Bush as part of a strategic move to help him.

Don't you know how much I knead you?

The White House head pastry chef has been charged with sexual harassment by another chef on staff.

Priorities!

The senior vice president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges was fired after failing to submit new data to the college rankings department at U.S News & World Report.

Next semester: Marriage without Commitment.

First Class, Inc., a continuing education program in Washington, D.C., will offer a class this fall entitled "Making A Living Without A Job."

No experience necessary.

A "help wanted" sign hangs outside the alligator wrestling arena of a popular tourist attraction site in Miami.