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Conceptual Lying

From a Reuters on-line article datelined Los Angeles on Swiss journalist Tom Kummer and his series of made-up intimate interviews with top Hollywood celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Courtney Love, and Brad Pitt: "Kummer himself was defiant, calling his work `conceptual art' in a letter to his editors. `It's all about entertainment, and you know it.'" Kummer had invented a Pitt quote that said, "Sometimes, something will be hanging out of my nose ... for days."

Outside the Robe

From a Reuters on-line article datelined Houston on State District Judge Lon Harper, who was reprimanded for cleaning two Colt Model 1873 revolvers during a capital murder trial last year: "`Almost all the judges carry guns. I just should have kept mine under the robe instead of outside of it with a screwdriver,' said Harper."

Ad Libs, Take 1

From The Orlando Sentinel on-line edition on the football team the Orlando Predators and its controversial billboard campaigns: "Two season-opening ads that feature a woman's breasts and the words `Fake left, fake right ... Predators football is back!' will be removed ... when the lease expires."

Communication Gap

From an article in The Wall Street Journal, datelined Irvine, California: "In Irvine, where most domestics are Mexican immigrants--legal and illegal--a popular book titled How to Communicate with Your Spanish-Speaking Help offers phrases like `Don't pour grease down the garbage disposal,' and `How long are you planning to stay in the USA?'"

Nuclear Knickknacks

From an article in The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin, on an Energy Department inspector general's report noting that used bomb parts from the former Rocky Flats nuclear plant in Colorado were being made into candy dishes and paperweights: "The items, taken from trash bins after weapons production stopped at the plant in 1989, were not radioactive. `Some folks want to have a souvenir or memento of what happened here,' said Paul Golan, the Rocky Flats deputy manager."

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