"How was your flight? Were the chickens loud?"

A South Carolina Gamecocks fan fatally shot a friend over a $20 bet on a weekend football game, authorities said....

...Metts said Johnson's wife and several friends told police that Johnson then said: "You can't shoot me, I'm invisible."

And Quick replied, "No you're not."

Bonus: reporter on the scene is old amiga Dánica Coto, one of the saner members of the fin de siècle Collegian.

Picspam, patchsassy party p-edition

Hippo birdies to patchsassy, survivor of Abilene, the sports gods' gift to the Collegian. May your work bring you the accolades to which you are due, the rewards which you deserve. Those rewards aren't necessarily birds, cats, bunnies, various rodentia, Britney Spears's homework and a Transformer erupting from the earth, but...well, I can't wrap a real gift, so deal. ( 54 pics below.... )