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WE can't picture Barbra Streisand, clothespins clenched in her teeth, leaning out a window of her Central Park West triplex to hang hubby James Brolin's boxer shorts on a line to dry. We can't picture her hanging out the wash in her Malibu backyard either. But this is what she recommends on her Web site as a way for Californians to conserve energy. When Msnbc.com's Jeannette Walls asked if Streisand was following her own advice, her spokesman said, "Do you really expect me to ask her that?" When we called, he said, "I'm really, really trying to get you an answer."

-- Anonymous, June 19, 2001