Mid-Daily Items: Favre Jersey Sacked

May 06, 2008 10:14 am

— Maybe it just wasn’t impressing the girls anymore.
Whatever the reason, 12-year-old David Witthoft finally shunned his Brett Favre jersey for the first time in 1,581 days.
The young man from Ridgefield, Conn. wore the No. 4 jersey every day since receiving it as a gift for Christmas in 2003. His father, Chuck Witthoft, said Monday that his son's last day wearing the jersey was April 23 — his 12th birthday.
Witthoft conceded his son was starting to become more concerned about his appearance after the jersey barely came down to his belt line.
Witthoft first gained national attention three years ago, and attended his first Packers game in December. He's also planning to attend the Sept. 8 game when the Packers retire Favre's No. 4.
His mother, Carolyn, had washed the jersey every other day and mended it when needed.

-Eternal Beer Update:
We now have video featuring Bill Bramanti, the Illinois guy featured in this column Monday who purchased a custom-made beer-can casket.
Click here to see video

- Pull over and put down the dog.
A California lawmaker wants to ban motorists from holding pets on their laps while driving and getting caught can result in a $35 fine. The bill passed the Assembly on a 44-11 vote on Monday, and heads to the Senate.
Assemblyman Bill Maze says his legislation has nothing to do with pet-loving celebrities who are photographed driving around Los Angeles with their small dogs.
Maze says he introduced the bill after seeing a woman driving with three dogs on her lap.

- A slightly larger animal may deter prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary from thinking about an escape.
The way the warden sees it, the more than 400-pound black bear living in the middle of the sprawling prison is an extra layer of security.
"I love that bear being right where it is," Warden Burl Cain said Monday. "I tell you what, none of our inmates are going to try to get out after dark and wander around when they might run into a big old bear. It's like having another guard at no cost to the taxpayer."
The bear was first seen by an inmate crossing a road in the prison on Friday.
Prison workers measured the bear's footprints, which were 6 inches in diameter.
"Every inch equals 75 pounds, so that would make it about 450 pounds," Cain said. "The wildlife people told us they think it's a big female they've been tracking for a while."
Prison officials believe they have eight to 10 bears on the grounds, said Gary Young, head of the executive management office at the prison.
The prison, known as Angola, is isolated and has plenty of other kinds of dangerous wildlife, including alligators, rattlesnakes and wild pigs. The last recorded escape was nearly three years ago, and the inmate was quickly recaptured before leaving the grounds.

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