the summary on my Madison.com RSS feed said this:

Cow-hitting good Samaritan arrested for OWI
from madison.com - RSS by TCT: Bill Novak
Helen McCollum says she was just trying to help a guy staggering down the
highway after hitting a cow in the middle of the road.Instead, she was arrested
on a drunken driving charge after hitting the same cow."I was helping this guy
and I was busted," McCollum called The Capital Times to say today. "This is why
people don't stop and help others anymore."

you can see why I had to click and read the entire article. It actually impressed me how confusing they made this paragraph... there is all sorts of chaos about!

The full story is worth checking out:
http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories//index.php?ntid=283034

I have a lot of questions/comments/concerns/giggle-inducing-thoughts about this story:

1) are you surprised at the lack of journalistic quality in the article? Why are we including ridiculous comments from Helen about her dad dying and not even including the requisite: "Dane county sheriff's office refused to comment about an on-going investigation"?

2) Helen, come on now. We all know what a "glass of Dr. McGillicutty's" (pardon the spelling) is about lady! it is only 48 proof, but nevertheless, a glass of it is a bit more than a beer.

3) what is the deal with the "staggering man"? where is he now? was he drunk too?

4) I keep picturing the cow, car, airbag, man, helen situation. I drew a picture:

if you were wondering, the owl and squirrel are observiing and commenting on what idiots these people are.