Auld Lang Stein. In Sandridge, England, the widow of Pubkeeper Bert Gudgeon, carrying out his wishes, had a stone beer mug installed on his grave.

Strange Treadfellows. In Philadelphia, a classified advertisement in the Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society offered to trade a "live adult Komodo Dragon for Chrysler fire engine and three snowshoes."

Recapricorn. In Rangoon, Burma, "Friends are informed"--said an ad in the newspaper Bamakhit--"that the announcement on 13 January 1959 that I and Ma Mya Kyaing had been divorced was merely a propitiatory act astrologically executed to prevent the actual event from taking place."

No Fare. In Baltimore, a sign saying

RELAX, SIT BACK AND ENJOY YOUR RIDE IS posted in a police paddy wagon.

Nest Control. In Indramayu, Indonesia, town officials announced a new price for marriage licenses: 25 rat tails.

Time Order. In San Francisco, the Call Bulletin--on a bad day for the erring society page--noted the engagement of Regina Maxine Cornblum and Herbert William Handy, said "an April wedding is planned after their honeymoon."

Qualifications. In Barrie, Ont., while checking an illegally parked taxi, police discovered that Driver Ross Grant had no operator's license, no municipal taxi license, and received a pension from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

Space Limitations. In Manhattan, the New York Times called attention to a television program "telling of launching of first spaceship carrying passengers to the moon," said it was the beginning of "a dramatic series dealing with minor frustrations imposed by modern daily living."

Pickup. In Ashland, Ky., Motorist W. S. Patton kept looking in his rear view mirror, wondered why a light truck was following him so closely, finally discovered that the truck had no driver, had been hooked to his bumper since he backed into it in a parking space.

Lobby. In Cardedeu, Spain, burglars broke into a windmill and a carpenter's shop while their owners slept, ransacked them but took nothing, moved on to a stable, saddled a horse, fed it, left it tethered in the yard, broke into a local tavern, filled up on sausages and two quarts of wine, took all the money from the cash register and stacked it on the bar, disappeared into the night leaving a note behind: "What this town needs is a night watchman."

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