It’s a Snappy Way to Help a Worthy Cause
“I was driving through Walnut and happened upon the most bizarre yard sale I have ever seen,” the note from Ron Stanford began.
It wasn’t the type that offered old microwaves, computers and paperbacks, that’s for sure.
What Stanford saw were bras, hundreds of bras (see photo).
It turned out they were donated to organizers Robyn Lowe and her mother Ellen Lowe to raise funds to promote breast cancer awareness.
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Support issues (cont.): I haven’t heard of such a bra collection since an artist named Nicolino melded some 1,400 of them into a “Bra Ball” sculpture in San Francisco for a similar cause.
On a smaller scale, there was the Troubadour theater group’s comedy presentation of “Spamlet,” a takeoff on Shakespeare’s famous play. One actor portraying Fortinbras appeared in a costume of, uh, 14 bras (see photo).
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To live and drive in L.A.: A reader who identified himself as “Charlie of Topanga” -- about half the residents of Topanga lack last names, I believe -- sent along a car ad he spotted in a neighborhood shopper. This baby’s had its share of ups and downs (see accompanying).
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Food for thought: Edward Kormondy of Silver Lake noticed a banner for a restaurant that really made a hash out of the spelling of “eat” (see photo).
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What the L: While noting that actor Dennis Weaver’s estate in Colorado is for sale -- and that it includes four llamas -- I misquoted an Ogden Nash poem about that creature, as several Nash fans reminded me. I’d say I “butchered” it, but I don’t want to worry the llamas. Anyway, it should have read:
The one-l lama,
He’s a priest.
The two-l llama,
He’s a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn’t any
Three-l lllama.
Jessie Lewis pointed out that in a later edition of Nash’s works, the poet wrote this appendage about the three-l lllama: “The author’s attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as the three-alarmer. Pooh.”
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miscelLAny: After all those notes from Nash fans, I’m in need of some relief. I was reminded of another Nash ditty that declared: “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.”
I’m proud to say that’s one poem I’ve committed to memory.
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