Got screamed at at length by a comically good-looking cop for flagrantly, if not entirely prepensely, disregarding the police lines that had been set up due to the crazy pole climbing guy.  My responding unperturbedly and smilingly to the cop (I have been feeling very Fred Kwan this am for no reason known to me) seemed to enrage him further. What can I say; I have a gift.

Big topic of convo in the pantry.   Co-workers' comments:
-- "I think they should just hit him with a stick."
-- about the rumor that the pole-climber, apparently an aspiring musician, handed one of the cops his promo CD and said he wouldn't come down til MTV played it:  "Not a bad idea, but [the pole] really isn't high enough.  YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG."