* In the parking lot of a local strip mall some fratheads were advertising a car wash with a bull horn. It was for Hurricaine Katrina, and all proceeds would go to the Red Cross. They gave the basics like location, then enticed you to go with the phrase, “Be an American, go get your car washed. Don’t be a terrorist, get your car washed.”

* A family was at the Zoo, a mom, a dad, a little boy, and a little girl. The boy was maybe 5-7 years old. The dad was holding hands with the daughter when the boy decided he wanted to hold hands with his dad. That was a problem for some reason, I don’t recall why. The mom kept trying to get the boy to hold her hand, and one of the reasons was, “You don’t hold hands with boys.”

* Sign on the host station at a local IHOP: “For security reasons, we can no longer split checks between 11p and 4a.”