Cake Line. In Philadelphia, a worker stopped off to pick up unemployment money from the company that had laid him off, told Employment Manager George Brobyn: "Hurry up, my cab is waiting."

Milestoned. In New Haven, Conn., John Murphy got a suspended sentence when he told a judge that the occasion marked the 500th time he had appeared in city court for drunkenness.

La Donna e Mobile. In Ferrara, Italy, Romolo Bocchi turned in a petition naming him a candidate for the Senate in Italy's May elections, learned that it was not valid because 60 women signers had falsified their ages.

Dear Child. In Alexandria, Va., Lisa Norling, 2, playing with a telephone dial, accidentally made a connection, held an animated conversation with the man on the other end until her father took the phone, learned that his daughter had direct-dialed a number in Sacramento. Calif.

Finger Exercise. In Tokyo, Detective Toshio Asanuma, whose special assignment was to prevent purse snatching on commuter trains, was arrested for snatching a purse on a crowded commuter train.

Down Under Heaven. In Sydney, Australia, a newspaper columnist noted that Walk into Paradise, an Australian film about New Guinea, will be called Walk into Hell when it is distributed in the U.S.

Qualification. In Mt. Vernon, Ind., Gene E. Brooks threw his hat in the ring for the Democratic nomination for Posey County Prosecutor even though he flunked the bar exams last year.

3/4 Horsepower. In San Diego, Used Car Dealer O. B. Davey sold a "show horse'' to Stephaniek Friedman (14), had to give back $2,363 after she complained in court that the horse had a lame foot, a plastic eye.

Reigning Cats & Dogs. In St. Louis County, Mo., State Weight Inspector Arthur J. Schneider stopped a truck, ordered the driver to rearrange his freight to take excess weight off the rear axle, sympathetically changed his mind when the driver told him the cargo was eight leopards, a cheetah, eight dogs and a panther.

Walled In. In Albuquerque, police approached Alex Novogrudski's car to see why it was blocking traffic, pleaded with him for half an hour after he locked the doors and rolled up the windows, towed him to the police station, spent another hour trying to persuade him to open up, finally broke a window, hauled him out and into court, where he was fined $55.

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