Thursday, May 30, 2013
oddly enough
‘Thong Cape Scooter Man’ not breaking law, police say
MADISON, Wis.
A man who wears thong underwear and a cape while riding his scooter through Wisconsin’s capital city may be a strange sight. But police say he isn’t breaking any laws.
Earlier this month, staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Madison called authorities after the man rode by in his unmentionables while students were walking to a bus.
Police spokesman Joel DeSpain tells the Wisconsin State Journal that a sergeant had a chat with the person police call Thong Cape Scooter Man. He admitted he used poor judgment in going past the school but said he did it unintentionally.
The city attorney told police the man broke no laws.
So it seems Thong Cape Scooter Man is free to ride on.
Ohio man, 87, skydives to aid sick great-grandson
WAYNESVILLE, Ohio
An 87-year-old World War II veteran has parachuted from a plane in Ohio to support his ailing great-grandson.
Clarence Turner of Fairfield made the jump Saturday with an instructor. He says he wanted to generate attention for the plight of 10-month-old Julian Couch, who suffers from a lung disease that could require a transplant.
WLWT of Cincinnati reported that Julian is hospitalized in Columbus. A fundraiser is planned for Sunday.
Turner also made a jump at age 85 to fulfill a goal to experience freefalling and landing as he did in the Army. He served from 1944 to 1947, and his last jump was in Japan.
Turner says he also hopes to someday make a parachute jump at an older age than former President George H.W. Bush, who’s 88.
Associated Press