SOME IDEAS ARE JUST INHERENTLY BAD

[Qman]

SOME IDEAS ARE JUST INHERENTLY BAD:

Benjamin Keyser, 23, thought it would

be funny to climb out the moon roof of his friend's pickup truck as it

was heading down a highway in Chatham, N.Y. "He immediately lost his

balance, slid down the windshield and front hood," said State Police

Capt. Scott Brown, "and the truck ran him over." Keyser's friends

rushed him to a hospital; he was treated for a broken femur, and facial

and bodily injuries, according to authorities. "It appears that alcohol

played a part in this accident," Brown said. "The victim had consumed

alcohol just before this happened." (MS/Hudson Register Star) ...That's

good, because otherwise we would have thought he was just stupid.

I'VE NEVER HERD SUCH A THING: Like many 15-year-old girls, Regina Mayer

really wanted a horse, but her parents said no, even though they live

on a farm in Laufen, Germany. So the girl has been training a

substitute: a cow. "She thinks she's a horse," Mayer says, and sure

enough, she rides the bovine frequently; "Luna" even negotiates small

jumps. It took about six months of careful training before Mayer tried

to get on the heifer for a ride, but now, Luna even understands

commands like "gallop" and "stand". Of course, the rider admits, "When

she wants to do something she does it, when she doesn't, she doesn't."

Mayer's parents may soon relent and let her get a horse, but Luna, now

2, will always be special. "She'll stay my darling," Regina says.

(RC/AP) ...Right up until the minute they eat her.

GUARANTEEING A LESSON IS LEARNED: The kids of an Ipswich, Qld.,

Australia, family are in a heap of trouble. Their father says he caught

his 17-year-old son and his 15-year-old daughter bashing a 13-year-old

boy so badly that they broke his jaw. The man, identified only as

"Matt", took the victim home to his parents, then took his two children

to the police station and turned them in for the crime; they were

charged with assault. Matt said he will support any charges pressed by

the victim's parents. He also sold his son's car and his daughter's

horse as punishment. Matt said he was enraged because he had been a

victim of similar attacks when he was younger. A police spokesman said

his timing is good: it was "Anti-bullying awareness week". The two

children are reportedly remorseful, and hope the money from the sale of

the horse and car will go to the victim. (JW/Sydney Morning Herald)

...I guess anti-bullying awareness week worked.

HIS OWN PETARD: A police officer on patrol in a heavy drug-sales area of

Las Vegas, Nev., noticed a BMW stop at a home and take on a passenger.

Then the officer saw the BMW drop off the passenger at an apartment

building, park, and wait for the passenger to return, the resulting

report says. When the officer subsequently stopped the BMW for a

traffic violation, the passenger fled; after being caught and arrested

he revealed that the driver, known to him as "Joe," had been giving him

$40 several times a week to buy cocaine. The drug was indeed found in

the BMW, and Clark County District Attorney David Roger says "Joe" will

be "prosecuted and held accountable just like anyone else" -- "Joe" is

Deputy D.A. David Schubert, a member of state and federal drug task

forces who has run a number of high-profile prosecutions, including of

Paris Hilton. (AC/Las Vegas Sun) ...The real test of a DA's integrity

isn't prosecuting celebrities, it's prosecuting prosecutors.