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What took so bloody long?
Maybe it’s just me, but this week seemed to drag on and on, with it taking forever for Friday to get here. But Friday it is, and let’s celebrate with some tidbits and nuggets, shall we?
First up, down in San Antonio, someone stole these two big 500-pound bronze lions from the front steps of the Law Offices of Pat Maloney (they’re valued at $15K a pop). Two things I love about this story. First is how attached folks apparently were to these lions. Said founder Pat Maloney’s daughter, who purchased the statues in 1996, “[t]hey were courageous, noble, but gentle.” A paralegal added, “[t]hey were you and your mom.” Indeed. But, better then the statuary sentimentality, is this bit of brilliance from the investigators, who have no leads: they figure it must have taken at least two people to pull this off. …at least two people to move 1,000 pounds of statue? I’m amazed.
Next up, a bit of good news following-up on a story we told you about last month (in one of my favorite stupid entry titles yet, “Hush little baby, don’t say a turd…”). Happy days are here again thanks to the Las Vegas City Council, which has put the kibosh on that silly rule banning folks from sleeping near urine and feces. Free at last, free at last!
Quick note to self. If drinking, and if needing to go to the police station to check on my buddy who just got busted for a DWI, do not drive to the police station. There’s more than one DWI available, and I just might get one too.
And finally, a great little story. During a prostitution sting, surprise surprise, a hooker got busted. But, she didn’t busted for the prostitution so much. Instead, she and a friend are now facing charges of criminal impersonation and conspiracy. This is because she was pretending to be an undercover cop, likely in an attempt to extort money from johns. So, uhm, fake hooker sting run by hooker busted by real hooker sting run by non-hooker.
