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Thursday, September 18, 2003

Drink driver pretended to be the Pope
A drunk driver claimed spiritual immunity when he was pulled over in Holland by pretending to be the Pope.
The motorist told police he was Pope John Paul II, refused to get out of his car and turned his music up when they stopped him on a road just outside Baarn.
Ananova

'Quintessential librarian' becomes a divisive doll
A new librarian action figure who wears glasses and an ankle-length skirt and moves her finger to her lips with "amazing push-button shushing action!" is rankling many of her real-life counterparts, who say that shushing is passé.
National Post