How (not) to perform mouth-to-mouth on a possum

 [Thanks to my friend Diane Twomley for pointing this one out to me]

From today's Centre Daily Times:

Police: Drunk Pa. man tried to 'revive' opossum

- The Associated Press

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — State police have charged a central Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen giving mouth-to-mouth "resuscitation" to a long-dead opossum along a highway.

Trooper Jamie Levier says several witnesses saw 55-year-old Donald Wolfe, of Brookville, near the animal along Route 36 in Oliver Township Thursday about 3 p.m. The trooper says one person saw Wolfe kneeling before the animal and gesturing as though he were conducting a seance, while another saw the mouth-to-mouth attempt.

Levier says Wolfe was "extremely intoxicated" and "did have his mouth in the area of the animal's mouth, I guess."

The Associated Press could not locate a home telephone number for Wolfe.  Oliver Township is about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

Great moments in gender equity

From today's Daily Collegian:

Beer Pong tour to visit PSU

Beer pong has prompted more than a few naked laps and lost memories, but Penn State students now have a chance to win $50,000.

The World Beer Pong Tour (WBPT) is making a stop Tuesday at Gingerbread Man, 130 Hiester St., where up to 64 teams will go head-to-head to make it to the World Beer Pong Championship in Atlantic City. This is the second-annual tournament and the first time the tour has made a stop in State College on its 70-city tour. . . .

Kapoor said there will also be a beer pong diva competition, where women will compete in a series of events to win a spot in the WBPT calendar sold nationwide.

"It's to get more estrogen involved because [the tournament] is predominately male-based," he said. "Guys always appreciate good-looking girls at the venues."

Nice to know that women have opportunities open to them in the world of beer pong.