SNIPPETS

DECEMBER 9,  2009

LONDON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The head chef at a London hospital, fired for eating a piece of garlic bread destined for the trash, has been awarded $41,000 in compensation.  London's Evening Standard reported Tuesday an employment tribunal judge ruled Hamid Elkhiyari was entitled to the payment for his dismissal by Kingston Hospital management last February.

Question:  What happened to the nutbag who fired him?

DECEMBER 8,  2009

From AOL News:  Officials evacuate a Georgia mall after a man dressed in an elf suit tells a mall Santa that he's carrying dynamite, according to authorities. No explosives are found, but 45-year-old William C. Caldwell III faces several charges for the alleged hoax, including making terrorist threats.

Now watch our leading colleges start departments of elf studies just to understand the elf culture.