The human brain (indeed, any brain) is a remarkable thing. Compact, fairly lightweight (about 1.5kg) and slightly larger on average for men (although observation seems to indicate otherwise), it controls everything you do.

This person died due to small black numbers appended to the brain.

The last time you picked your nose, punched your sibling or worried about your exam scores your brain was the one doing the moving and shaking. This complex evolutionary production does an amazing job, it is capable of beating your heart, beating your wife and beating off simultaneously (if that’s what floats your boat) without even working up a sweat. Now, ordinary brain function is a wonderful thing, but it is when the brain starts to function abnormally that things start to get interesting. The Darwin awards, modern politics and North Korea are all testament to various quirks in the brains behaviour.

The Puppy Incident.
About a week ago, I was browsing through the BBC’s latest news when a particular article caught my attention. Now, on any other site I would probably have assumed it was just for a laugh, but the BBC is generally serious so I clicked on the link and what I read caused my own brain to enter damage control. The headline is as follows:

Puppy thrown at German biker gang
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Yes, you are reading that correctly. I recommend reading the entire article, but the first couple sentences sum it up fairly succinctly. Apparently “A German student “mooned” a group of Hell’s Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said.”.

This immediately begged a couple questions that indicate something was not quiet running smoothly in this students brain. Firstly, the student in question is mooning the Hells Angels biker gang. The Hells Angels are a charming group of individuals, known for their peaceful Sunday motorbike rides in the country, holding fund-raisers, organising rallies and engaging in violence, extortion and numerous other wholesome activities. Something in the students brain indicated that it would be a good idea to drop his trousers in front of said individuals. Now just maybe, if this was all that transpired, it would pass off as a dare between students (a breed often noted for their rash decisions and insobriety), but it gets worse.

Puppies are now banned in Germany as a result.

The student then proceeded to throw a puppy at the bikers. Why a puppy is anyone’s guess, but for some reason this students brain also decided that it would be a good idea to take a puppy and heft it at a bunch of bikers. The reaction of the gang members can only be guessed, however I imagine they were probably stunned at the sheer audacity of anyone mooning them, let alone pitching a juvenile canine at them. While the mooning could be a dare, I find it doubtful that anyone in full control of their mental faculties would throw a puppy at some bikers.

The third WTF moment occurs after some analysis of the article. According to the BBC the man “drove up to a Hell’s Angels clubhouse” before committing his unique act of crazy. While this may seem inane, the man actually escapes on a stolen bulldozer. For some reason, getting back into his own car was just not good enough, his brain had come to the conclusion that it would be far better to escape from the bikies on a bulldozer. I guess he figured that pursuit was unlikely, I know I would not be in a hurry to follow!

So what’s going on here?
The article also states that the man had recently stopped taking antidepressant medicine. What interests me is how he had the intelligence to drive a car to a pre-planned location, yet still decided that mooning some of the most dangerous people in his neighbourhood, chucking a puppy at them and then driving away on a stolen bulldozer was a reasonable plan of action. The only two logical scenarios are that the man is a special brand of crazy (possibly compounded by depression) or he is simply the most audacious SOB of all time. After all, who the hell would believe the bikers?
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The brain is a remarkable thing, but what on earth went wrong here? Tune in next week for a dive into the world of emotion vs reason and a closer look at brain damage.

(Unless something else gets my attention before hand)

Berg.