True Stuff & Nonsense

Brent Brown, 25, called a pizza delivery woman he had just robbed to apologize and to ask her out on a date. Brown defense? "I'm innocent," he said. "I work every day. I have no reason to rob the pizza lady."

In Thailand, they taught elephants to paint, dance and play musical instruments. So why not toilet-training the pachyderms?

My question: who wipes?

The Denver Police Department has a staunch Bush supporter on the force. The sergeant allegedly threatened to arrest 26-year-old Shasta Bates for displaying a 'profane' anti-Bush bumper sticker. This harkens back to the Secret Service going after a Georgia man for bumper stickers that relate "hell with Bush" and that refer to the president as a "two-faced murderer." Bumper stickers are a sticky subject for this administration.

Oh, and that guy that auctioned off space on his forehead for advertisement? He got $37,375.