HERB CAEN
Pocketful of Notes
ATTY. BELLI the Buccaneer is flying the skull-and-crossbones flag over the office because two of his bully boys, Randall "Pimpernel" Scarlett and Steve "Fabulous" Fabbro just nailed a down-country doc for $2,095,000; their client, a Merced chap, had an operation to correct a snoring problem and lost his ability to eat and speak ... Old Bellicose had the same operation and can't stop eating and speaking, usually at the same time ... over-thinker of the week.: Sacramento Mayor Anne Ruffin, who objects to the fine old word "manhole" on sexist grounds, and doesn't think "person hole" is any better. Earl Payne wonders if she'd hold still for "Access Hole," but it may depend on the pronunciation ... No, the Smelli Delli in Oakland is not a euuuute firm name. The Boogie-Woogie Bagel Boy is.
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