Cheers and jeers

Sad. That’s the only word that can be used to describe a 34-year-old woman in Wisconsin who tried to impersonate her own daughter and become a high school cheerleader.

(OK, I’ll go with “bizarre” too, the more I think about it.)

That’s right, dear readers. Wendy Brown was committed to a mental hospital for three years after being found not guilty of identity theft because she was, well, loony.

Wendy tried to pass herself off as her 15-year-old daughter, who was living with a relative out of state. She actually enrolled in high school and made it on the cheerleading squad.

Eventually, though, she was found out and told to turn in her pom-poms.

Looking back on it, there were signs that the mature woman was not a teeny-bopper. For example, she was caught saying things like:

“What brand are you using to hide gray hair?”

“Hey, let’s see Van Halen next time they come to town.”

“Did anybody find my mood ring in the locker room?”

and finally:

“Forget about the game clock. I’m worried about my biological clock!”