Saturday, April 12, 2003

Found this fascinating tidbit....
in the course of a futile search of the Chicago Trib website for information on today's prayer vigil at Planned Parenthood with Cardinal George. The TV coverage was sparse, yet amazingly slanted and annoying. Maybe Monday's Trib will have something. 'Til then....

Body on beach had 2 left thumbs

This is sad. I am not making fun of the poor soul who drowned in the lake. I’m just a little unclear on the details. Do they mean two thumbs on his left hand? Or a “left” thumb on his right hand? It’s been a long time since I took a class in anatomy and physiology...so I’m feeling a little confused about how one winds up with two left thumbs.

Police said Friday that the fact that a body that washed up on a Wilmette beach had two left thumbs could help them identify the man.
"It's definitely going to help us in figuring out who he is," Wilmette Police Cmdr. Kyle Perkins said Friday.

The body, clad in a white shirt, gray necktie and dark trousers, bore no identification when discovered Thursday morning on a private beach in the 500 block of North Sheridan Road, authorities said.

After an autopsy on Friday, the Cook County medical examiner's office ruled that the man had drowned. The office was unable to determine whether the drowning was accidental, a spokesman said.

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