Great, strange, funny article. Somehow, though, I don't think it was supposed to be funny.

"NEW BRUNSWICK: Police and firefighters rescued a 29-year-old Piscataway man yesterday morning who was found dangling upside down beneath the Route 18 south underpass -- his right leg caught in a rope."

Ah. Pure New Jersey. But it gets better.

"A passenger in a cab noticed the man, whose name was withheld by police pending further investigation, around 9 a.m. hanging from the bridge, which runs over Weston Mill Pond."

"New Brunswick police Lt. Peter Mangarella said after the cab driver dropped the passenger off at the Brunswick Hilton in East Brunswick, he drove back and called police after he too saw the man."

Passenger: Hey -- is that a guy dangling underneath the bridge by his leg?

Driver: Hmm. I didn't see. I'll go back and check after I collect my tip.

Good Samaritans, one an all in the Garden State. Here is how the article ends:

"[New Brunswick police Lt. Peter Mangarella] said the man, who didn't appear to have suffered any life-threatening injuries, was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick."

Were there any justice in the world, here is how it should have ended:

"The man was deemed to be too stupid to live, and was beaten to death with a frozen ham."

Alas, this guy will live to spread his genes.