Column

TBPAC missed an opportunity, maybe

By ERNEST HOOPER
Published October 22, 2007

Jewtopia, a comedy about a Gentile man who wants to marry a Jewish woman, opens Friday at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. Last month, the TBPAC played host to the Axis Of Evil Comedy Tour, featuring three Middle Eastern comedians.

Wouldn't it have been cool if the audiences for both events sat in one theater and saw both shows? Shalom, my brothers. ...

A man in Largo robbed a pet store by stuffing a Pug puppy down his pants. In Holiday, a man stole luncheon meat by stuffing it down his pants. If the trend continues, men everywhere will have to wear kilts. ...

Given the family's overall wealth - the Tampa Bay Bucs are worth close to $1-billion - a friend compared the Glazer's donation of $5-million to the new Children's Museum of Tampa to someone worth $250,000 giving $50.

Still, the Glazers didn't have to step up. So give credit where credit is due. After citing them in a recent column for squabbling with the Tampa Sports Authority over $14-million set aside for a practice facility, it's only fair to salute the museum effort. ...

The St. Petersburg Pregnancy Center has been broken into twice in the last two months. Isn't there an easier way for people to get a ticket to hell then robbing a nonprofit? ...

Seen on a bumper sticker: Let's Face It, Your Only Hope Is The Lottery. ...

Kudos to Loomis and Regions Bank for rewarding Pinellas County Solid Waste employee Debbie Cole. Cole found a bag containing $65,000 that had fallen off an armored truck and immediately turned it in. Regions gave her a trip to Disney, and Loomis gave her $5,000.

There's a lesson in Cole's honesty for all of us.

That's all I'm saying.

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