Smiley Anders for Aug. 4

• Published: Aug 4, 2008 - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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Burgers: threat or menace?

Doug Johnson, of Watson, takes note of our story about city officials in Los Angeles putting a moratorium on fast-food restaurants in south Los Angeles to combat obesity:

“They are doing this to protect the people from themselves.

“I love it when other politicians do something more asinine than ours. It isn’t often.

“The problem is that now I am in fear of leaving the house, which would mean driving past McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food places.

“It didn’t occur to me before reading about the L.A. ordinance that such places are dangerous.”

Shall we dance?

Joe Guilbeau, of Plaquemine, says the legislative wrangling over naming the Sazerac the official state cocktail gave him the idea of designating an official state dance — which would be, of course, the Cajun two-step.

Good riddance!

A reader wonders why this spring didn’t bring the usual infestation of stinging caterpillars, and why he hasn’t seen any explanation of their absence.

“We saw two stinging ones and three wormy ones. It was so nice not having them.

“I learned a while back that the house that doesn’t burn down doesn’t make the news. I guess that’s the case here.”

The Jell-O diet