Minneapolis resident Amy Rice bit a pit bull last week.

Most of us have heard the joke before. It’s not a story if a dog bites a person. But if a person bites a dog, well that’s another matter.
Last week, Minneapolis resident Amy Rice was that person. When a pit bull jumped over a fence into her yard and attacked her dog, Rice took matters into her own mouth.
At first she tried to pry the dog’s jaws off her Labrador retriever, Ella. That didn’t work. So Rice just acted on impulse. She bit the pit bull squarely on the nose as hard as she could and that did the trick.
‘I didn’t plan it,’ said Rice. ‘That’s what happened.’
Rice did accomplish her goal. She saved Ella’s life. The dog is recovering after staples, stitches and a crushed ear canal.
As for other bits of tomfoolery that I just love to convey, that will have to wait because this is a column exploding with news.