Out of the wacky news column comes this little gem.
A Frenchman was convicted for trying to run over a pedestrian he mistook for Osama bin Laden.
What? Am I reading this right? A frenchman actually tried to do some good and even aid the US in attempting to capture or kill Osama? That would require courage, integrity and strength – values notably lacking in frenchman.
The man's lawyer, David Mendel, said his client was traumatized by last week's terror attacks in Madrid and was temporarily the "victim of a hallucination," while driving Monday through Montpellier's historic center.
Ahhh… A "victim of a hallucination" – OK, this is starting to make sense. Perhaps he was hallucinating that he wasn’t a frenchman too.
"It wasn't bin Laden," Mendel said. "If it was, we would have won US$5 million."
Alas, the real motivation of this frenchman’s courage is revealed.