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Seinfeld gives Manning complete 'Seinfeld'

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Jerry Seinfield wants Giants quarterback Eli Manning to be able to watch his favorite show even in Wisconsin so he is supplying him with a complete DVD set.

The Fox affiliate in Green Bay dumped "Seinfeld" from its schedule for this Saturday to deprive Manning for his favorite program. Doing his best Soup Nazi impersonation, Jay Zollar, general manager of WLUK-TV, went on air to proclaim "Eli, no Seinfeld for you."

"I'm going to send Eli a complete collection of 'Seinfeld' DVDs, and a partial collection of 'Hogan's Heroes' for inspiration," Seinfeld told the New York Post.

The winner of Sunday's game between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers will get a trip to Super Bowl XLII in Arizona to play either the New England Patriots or the Indianapolis Colts.

Zollar said he did not want "to give aid and comfort to the enemy." Seinfeld responded in kind.

"I'm dispatching George Costanza to be the new traveling secretary for the Packers," he said, referring to an episode where George became traveling secretary to the Yankees and replaced their uniforms with all-too-shrinkable cotton.

Oslo 'cave man' cannot be forced to wash

OSLO, Norway, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A Norwegian court ruled that an Oslo nursing home cannot forcibly bathe the "cave man," a patient reportedly with a Neanderthal standard of personal hygiene.

The 54-year-old man, who was kicked out of student housing at the University of Oslo in the 1970s because of his smell, lived in a cave for a while near the university campus. But his lawyer told Norwegian Broadcasting that his client has a right to make his own decisions.

"He has waited a long time and can now finally decide over his own body," lawyer Nils Nordhus said.

The man was taken to a municipal nursing home to be treated for infections that appear to be at least partly a consequence of his lifestyle. At one point, he lived in a garbage dump, Norwegian Broadcasting said.

Sylvi Listhaug, the director of municipal nursing services, said that washing and cleaning the patient's legs is a necessary part of treating his sores. She said he also poses a risk of infection to other patients and staff.

Nordhus wants his client to be treated in a more "appropriate" setting but he couldn't suggest one when asked where that might be, Norwegian Broadcasting said.

Church's suggestive sign offends mom

BRAMPTON, Ontario, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A Canadian church's attempt to inspire attendance with a suggestive message on its sign has backfired and the double-entendre has been removed.

The sign at the Heart Lake United Church in Brampton read "Lying in bed shouting Oh God doesn't constitute going to church."

Nicole Cedrone told the Brampton Guardian she was glad her daughter, 11, was not in the car with her when she read the sign. Cedrone called the sign "offensive" placed outside a church.

"If it was said at a party with adults, it's funny, but our children are exposed to enough of this kind of thing," she added.

Cedrone called the church and a local official and got what she wanted. Church officials said they did not realize the sign might be offensive.

Riding the SLUT in Seattle

SEATTLE, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- The latest addition to the Seattle trolley network has been nicknamed the SLUT.

The name comes from its destination, the South Lake Union neighborhood, a part of town undergoing extensive development. But a columnist for The Oregonian rode the line and found that a Hooter's restaurant at the last stop.

The line is still getting less than 1,000 riders a day, Seattle Weekly reported. The Oregonian columnist suggested that may be because the South Lake Union area is friendlier to cars than walkers with lakeside restaurants separated from the street by large parking lots.