Alo-Ha! Friday
Ed Case is in the House
(and the kitchen)Forget about disarming Iraq's Saddam Hussein.
Newly elected Congressman Ed Case is interested in Disarming Brie. At least according to his Web site.
We visited Case's Internet site at www.edcase.com and found not only extensive personal and political background on the alarmingly handsome (so says my wife) House member, but some favorite recipes provided by his supporters.
Included is a recipe for Disarming Brie by the appropriately named Big Islander Patti Cook. We were hoping for other recipes in the same vein, like "Sanctioning Kalbi" and "Embargoing Pina Coladas," but brie appears to be the only culinary threat.
Strangely, www.neilabercrombie.com does not lead to a Web site for Case's House colleague Neil Abercrombie, but to a racist site for the National Association for the Advancement of White People.
The site obviously has no connection to "our" Neil. More on it in Monday's "Honolulu Lite."
Now the news ...
News too hot to handle
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) >> An 88-year-old Dutchman was seriously injured when bright sunlight shinning through a magnifying glass set fire to his clothes.The man was reading a newspaper through a magnifying glass when the papers and his clothes caught fire.
(Police initially thought a 20-foot-tall ant was responsible.)
Getting a cleaning kick
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Reuters) >> Staff at a laundry washing hospital linen found a human foot, Swedish police said.Police said they were waiting for a medical report on how the foot -- with painted toenails -- had been separated from the leg before deciding on launching a criminal investigation.
(One laundry worker said, "Socks always disappear, and now we find an entire foot. Is that what you call irony?")
World's oldest professional
BERLIN (Reuters) >> A 77-year-old prostitute was mugged and slightly injured after leaving a brothel at the end of her night shift.In a country where prostitution is legal, the woman could be the oldest professional harlot in Germany, police said.
(But not necessarily the highest paid.)
'Honolulu Lite' on Sunday:
The wacko space alien cult Raelians want to use cloning so people can live forever. Cloning should be used for a higher purpose, like ridding the world of mayonnaise. See "Lite" on Sunday for the full spread.
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Charles Memminger, winner of National Society of Newspaper Columnists awards, appears Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. E-mail cmemminger@starbulletin.com