Sometimes, I feel I gotta get away
Bells chime, I know I gotta get away
And I know if I don't, I'll go out of my mind
Better leave her behind with the kids, they're alright
The kids are alright(P. Townshend (The Who), The Kids Are Alright)
We here in the Crabitat have nothing against kids, in general. Oh sure, some kids are better behaved than others, some are little monsters and some take great pleasure in making life a living hell for all the adults they come in contact with. But generally most kids are alright. But we're talking about kids, not kids.
HARVARD – A baby goat caused a local woman to crash her car into a tree Thursday afternoon, law enforcement officials said.
Chery Keller, 54, was holding the animal on her lap while she was sitting in her car parked in the driveway of 20224 Route 173, McHenry County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Schmitt said.
The baby goat kicked the vehicle into reverse, prompting Keller to panic, Schmitt said.
"She put the car in drive, floored it and struck a tree," Schmitt said. "The deputy thought she was lying, but the smell … it smelled like a goat in [her car]."
The most novel defense in recent automotive history: the goat made me do it. Now, having raised a boy through the teenage years, we can attest that it is sometimes impossible to tell whether a kid or a kid has been living in the kid's room. So we're not sure if the smell test is appropriate for determining if a kid was in the car. As opposed to a kid. (We're beginning to confuse ourselves here.) It's not like this is the first time we're reported on goats in vehicles, mind you. But we still don't understand why the woman wanted a kid in her car. It could grow up to be a drunken carnivore after all.
