Hypotenuse. In Paris, Polydore Muyelle 70, got a 13-month suspended prison term after he stabbed and wounded his 60-year-old sweetheart, explained indignantly to the court: "She preferred that horrible old man of 78!"
Quiz Kid. In Burnaby, B.C., charged with intent to commit a crime after he was caught sitting in his car in front of a bank with the plates covered and the motor running, John A. Martin, 50, explained to police: he wore dark glasses because he suffered from snow blindness, wore a handkerchief-mask to protect his throat, had a loaded .22 rifle in the car because he had been...
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