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Crockett, who had not publicly charged discrimination before yesterday, charged that, like Thompson, he was given a far harsher punishment than a white guard was when both fell asleep on the job. Documents obtained by The Crimson show that Crockett received a five-day suspension while the white guard, who was training Crockett in how to do a new job at the Kennedy School, got a three-day suspension. The report said Crockett received a longer suspension because he was a more experienced guard...
...office. "They knew I was high, and I was being a dick," he says. "They told me to empty my pockets, and I was like, man, everything hit me. I was like, f, I messed up!" At the police station, Mike wolfed down a pizza and promptly fell asleep...
Variations: You could just sleep 24 hours a day. If you're asleep, you probably won't notice the heat...
Sheff mixes interesting personal details with colorful snippets of writing. The Japanese wife of the head of Nintendo of America learns English by watching TV and "developed an accent decidedly reminiscent of Peter Falk's Columbo." Her husband has an odd habit of falling asleep in strange places -- including on a fairway during a major golf tournament as Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino teed off. And the book claims Dustin Hoffman wanted to play the computer character Mario in the movie adaptation because his kids loved the game (the movie is currently in theaters with Bob Hoskins in the lead...
...What I want is to give them a place where they can feel safe falling asleep," Fels says...