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North Beach to Track Nabe with Hand Stamps?

Insanity now! In its latest effort to quell alcohol-fueled crime in North Beach, the local police precinct has asked the City's Entertainment Commission to approve a system of traceable hand stampings. Each club will have its own distinctive mark (bidding war for the Playboy bunny: on) so that the Po may trace the paths petty perps followed throughout the night. Two words: Swiss. Cheese. As in, holes. This plan is filled with 'em: Club owners have already shot it down neatly— counterfeiters, they contend, could easily copy the stamps thus allowing for cover-dodgers and underage drinkers alike to enter clubs and bars. [Examiner]