The Dallas News tells us that police had to free 26 cheer leaders from an elevator at the University of Texas Jester Hall. Wow.

I have to assume that this was a cheer leader camp or such, and that the girls (where were the guys?) must have been really bored. Still, 26 is a pretty impressive number. I don’t think I’ve seen 26 clowns in a funny car before–maybe 15. So hey, that’s an idea. Next time switch and put 15, the recommended max for the elevator, clowns in the elevator and 26 cheer leaders in the funny car.

The end of the article is almost as funny as the rest of it. A Ms. Weldon, the director of communications for the UT Police Department, said that the sign says that there should be no more than 15 passengers or 3,000 pounds. I highly doubt that even 26 14-17 year old girls managed to tip the scales over 3,000 pounds. I rather think that the doors didn’t open because they detected too much pressure and stayed closed for safety reasons. I was in a situation like that once. In high school I was doing some volunteer work. One of the guys with me thought it would be funny to pull on the elevator doors as we descended. The elevator stopped in between floors and locked up.

The moral of the story–don’t be a dumbass, especially in an elevator.