SNIPPETS

DECEMBER 18,  2009

From Reuters:  In an unusual take on the season of giving, a London law firm is offering Christmas gift vouchers for divorce advice.  The firm, Lloyd Platt & Company, which normally charges 325 pounds ($530) an hour, said it had been swamped with enquiries since it launched the vouchers early last week.  So far, more than 60 have been sold -- a snip at 125 pounds for a half hour session with a divorce lawyer.  The firm's founder, Vanessa Lloyd Platt, said she had been amazed at the response to the vouchers. "They seem to appeal to an enormously widespread spectrum of people looking for that 'must have' gift for Christmas," she said.

Apparently the voucher is much more "must have" than the spouse.

DECEMBER 17,  2009

WAUWATOSA, Wis., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Police in Wisconsin said a well-off couple arrested for shoplifting at a busy department store told officers they committed the crime for the excitement.  Wauwatosa police said the couple, a 39-year-old doctor and his 30-year-old wife shopping at the Mayfair Mall with their two young children, concealed more than $1,500 worth of items in bags from other stores, the stroller carrying the children and the woman's purse Saturday evening, Wauwatosa NOW reported Wednesday.

Considering the reimbursements he'll get under Obamacare, I almost sympathize with the doctor.