- Controversial Fashion Has Womens' Groups Up In Arms ----

DALLAS - The innocuous tank top has earned a bad reputation through such labels as dago-T, muscle shirt and wife beater. But it is this last misnomer that has caused a recent contro- versy.A Web site that sells sleeveless shirts embroidered with the words "Wife Beater" has come under attack by domes- tic abuse agencies who say the retailer encourages violence against women. The creator of the Web site said he's just using humor to sell the shirts and accuses women's rights groups of overreacting. The owner told The Dallas Morning News, "I can't do nothing for them...but convicted wife beaters get a discount with proof of conviction."

+-------------- Bizarre 911 Emergency Calls--------------+

A thirty-year-old Maryland man called 911 and reported, "You gotta put out the fire, man. My marijuana plants are burning." When the fire-fighters team arrived they found the man sitt ing in his kitchen, in the dark, strumming his guitar.

A man in La Vergne, Tennessee, called emergency 911 to report that he and his wife had had a fight and he needed police to come to his house and stop her from pouring out all his beer.

Woman of Houma, Louisiana was issued a citation for improper use of the 911 emergency line.She called 911 to report her husband for preventing her from watching the season finale of Knots Landing. [Dispatcher]911. What's your emergency? [Caller] I'm sca red. [Dispatcher]What's the problem?[Caller]I just got a Ouija board for my birthday and now there's writing on my wall and I can't get it off....This thing is going back to Kmart first thing in the morning!

[Dispatcher]911.What's your emergency? [Caller]Could you send the police to my house? [Dispatcher]What's wrong there? [Caller]I called and someone answered the phone, but I'm not there.

Quotes

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
-- Simon Cameron

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
-- Eugene McCarthy

If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in.
-- Bradley's Bromide

I just need enough to tide me over until I need more.
-- Bill Hoest

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
-- Mark Twain (1835-1910)

The big thieves hang the little ones.
-- Czech proverb

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.
-- Sir Thomas Beecham

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
-- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)


Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
-- E. W. Dijkstra


Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.
-- Woody Allen


Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
-- Stephen Wright