Fishy Reasoning

Bobbie Tanaka, manager of the Sumo Sushi restaurant in Irvine, Calif., vows not to bend to police pressure. The restaurant sponsors the “Sumo Lobster Hunt” where patrons pay $2 to use an arcade-style claw to grab a live lobster from a tank. A police animal control officer ordered the practice stopped on the grounds it was “in violation of the code of bad taste.” But after consulting her lawyer, Tanaka reinstated the dinner game, wondering aloud why police were bothering her about it. “You would think I was standing there beating ’em with a stick,” she said. (AP) ...Actually, that would probably be legal.