BITS & PIECES

so let me see if i have this straight. a female packer fan in tinley park bets her husband '3 seconds of tasing' if the bears beat the packers. so when the bears win, he zaps her and how does she react?  she calls the cops who charge him with a felony.  i guarantee this will be reduced to no jail time and he should walk directly from criminal court to divorce court. what a bitch.

and while we're on domestic situations, a husband in china was awarded $120,000 after he sued his wife for producing an ugly daughter.  turns out the wife had lots of cosmetic surgery before they met and quite frankly, the 'before' pictures of her clearly indicate that she needed all the help she could get. the courts ruled 'deception' on the woman's part.

were they all irish?  nine skydivers & one pilot all survived a mid-air collision in wisconsin and they parachuted down when their plane broke apart. the second pilot was able to land his damaged plane.  methinks the FAA will be checking this one out closely.

i see all these tributes to chef CHARLIE TROTTER after his unexpected death last week.  truth be told, trotter was a jerk who treated people like scum on a regular basis. he had great culinary skills but zero people skills. as an example, he recently threw a handful of high school students out of his closed restaurant for absolutely no reason. they were visiting to see the kitchen set up and trotter, who had approved the field trip, suddenly erupted and ordered them out.

how sweet it is that dirtbag KEVIN TRUDEAU was found guilty of criminal contempt and immediately taken into custody. trudeau is, or was, the informercial king who ripped off thousands of people with phony diet books and has refused to pay back a single penny of his 38 million dollar fine. let's see how long he keeps smirking.

ELTON JOHN is in rosemont on 11/30. if you're a fan and you haven't seen him in concert, now's the time. ej is 67 and has been touring for over 40 years and the rumors of his retirement continue to grow louder so this might be your last local chance to see him. 

later.