Giving the Geezers Some Food for Thought

Does Downey Community Hospital have a sense of humor or what? Pamela Gavanus of Long Beach points out that the hospital held a Medicare seminar in Santa Fe Springs the other day at Geezers restaurant.

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TAILS OF THE BLUE LINE: As Clyde Flowers’ train pulled into the San Pedro Street stop, he “noticed a dog on the platform, running alongside, looking very excited and happy.”

When several passengers disembarked, the hound gave them barely a look. Instead, the animal boarded the train.

“He didn’t pay much attention to any of the people on the train,” Flowers said.

As the car approached the next stop at Washington Boulevard, “the dog went to the door and sat there, patiently waiting. When the train stopped, he got off and ran off down the platform like he was late for supper.”

Concluded Flowers: “Everyone on the car was laughing. This dog really looked like he was hitching a ride and knew exactly what he was doing.”

Knew, for instance, that there’d be no cop checking for tickets on that car.

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THE . . . UH . . . NAME LIVES ON! Several years ago, Nancy Verellen of Culver City sent Only in L.A. several snapshots of a Digital Inc. sign that desperately needed a spellcheck. Alan Frisbie of Los Angeles obtained one of Verellen’s photos to make up his own T-shirt (see photos.) “I wear this to every Digital technical conference and trade show I go to,” he said. “Most people don’t notice the mistake, but the reactions of those who do more than make up for it.”

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AN AWARDS SHOW WITH SPICE? Early voting among the members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation indicates that these are the favorites to capture dishonors at the Razzie Awards Show on March 20, which upstages the Oscars by one day.

* Worst Supporting Actress: Jenny McCarthy (“Baseketball”), 5-2 odds to win.

* Worst Supporting Actor: Joe Eszterhas(“An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn!”), 4-1 odds.

* Worst Actress: The Spice Girls (“Spice World”), 3-2 odds.

* Worst Actor: Bruce Willis (“Armageddon” or “Mercury Rising” or “The Siege”), 2-1 odds.

* Worst Movie: “Spice World,” 3-1 odds. (I’m picking “Barney’s Great Adventure,” though he’s a better singer.

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MONKEY BUSINESS: None of the male chimps at the Los Angeles Zoo has come forward to admit being the father of Toshi, who was born there Jan. 31.

You’ll recall that three of the suspects have had vasectomies, one (4-year-old Glenn) is considered too young to date and one (44-year-old Toto) has no apparent interest in the opposite sex. (Please, no one tell Jerry Falwell about Toto.)

But there has been a possible break in the case. Jerrard, 8, one of the vasectomized males, has been sighted sleeping with mother and baby and, occasionally, grooming Toshi.

Although blood tests to determine the true dad will not be taken until the mom allows the baby to leave her sight--probably several months from now--spokeswoman Judy Shay says that one of the keepers “feels strongly” that Jerrard deserves a card on Father’s Day.

I have to admit I was rooting for the papa to be Toto, that geezer.

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Mike Baker of Canoga Park saw a job training ad for a court reporting job that paid less than $20 per week (see accompanying). Toto and Jerrard wouldn’t work at that rate. Well, maybe Jerrard would now.