(26 March 2000, South Carolina) A North Carolina woman
learned a hard lesson about drugs when she decided to sleep on
the roof. Police reports say that Patricia and her boyfriend had
been drinking and smoking marijuana, when they decided to
enjoy the fresh air on the roof of the King Charles Inn. They
climbed over a guard rail with pillows and blankets, and fell
asleep under the stars. Sound asleep, apparently. Patricia slid off
the roof and fell to her death on Hasell Street shortly before dawn
on Sunday. When police arrived at the scene, the boyfriend was
found still sleeping on the roof, curled up in a blanket and pillow.
The death has been ruled accidental, but we feel that the blame
belongs to the stoned woman who chose to snooze on the roof.