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How the cookie crumbles

It’s time the poobahs who run the Inland Empire Girl Scout Council get a grip on what’s important. It’s hard enough for any kid to go door-to-door, begging neighbors and their parents’ friends to buy a box of crummy cookies, knowing full well the only good ones are the gooey chocolate-andcaramel ones. This year one of the rewards for that miserable job was to go to the worldwide Roundup where they could meet other Scouts and swap harrowing tales of scoutdom. But nooooooo. The council is $90,000 in the hole, some staff members have joined a union for protection from the poobahs, and the scouts’ national council has withdrawn its support for the Roundup. The poobahs blew it and the kids take the hit. Nice going.

No ifs, ands, or Wonderbutts

At least in the bra-burning days there was truth in advertising. Not anymore. First came the Wonderbra. Now, Wonderbutt jeans. A special design lifts the bottom up an inch and makes it appear rounder. We’re not worried about the buns of steel gals who will be walking around with their butts up around their shoulder blades. We pity the poor lounge lizard who lands ones of these wonderbutt babes only to find out she has saggy buns! Where is Ralph Nader when you need him?

Trial by traffic

Anyone tried to get on I-90 eastbound in the evening lately? Good luck. You’re better off dodging hookers and going straight out Sprague. The resurfacing project to remove the ruts is causing frustrated commuters to dodge pylons and flip each other off, further feeding the public’s anger. In our never-ending search for solutions, we dispatched a legion of Hot Seat engineers to analyze the rut problem. Why not pave a small portion of the shoulder and move the lane stripes once a year to vary the traffic pattern?

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