It’s that time of the year again, mower fans: Grass is growing and the sun’s hot, leading some to lose their cool around their mowers:

• Mower DUIs—In Virginia, one Glenn Bowers, driving a beat-up Craftsman riding mower, was pulled over in downtown Waynesboro, while pulling a dog named after the Flintstones character Kazoo the Martian in a little green utility trailer. According to officers, Bowers ran a stop sign—an act he denied. Bowers then blew the field test and the breathalyzer, registering a .024 blood-alcohol content.
• A self-employed handyman, Bowers said he was driving home after finishing a lawn-cutting job—and more than a few Budweisers. A repeat drunk mower-driving offender, Bowers was charged with a mower-driving DUI in 2003 as well.  After paying $65 to get his mower out of impoundment and having Kazoo returned to him, Bowers said, “I think it’s a bunch of ***, if you want my opinion.”
  Meanwhile, a Maine man has been charged with operating under the influence after he and a friend made a beer run on a riding lawn mower. Police say 51-year-old Danforth Ross of Vassalboro was charged May 29.
  Trooper Joe Chretien had been flagged down by several motorists warning of a wayward mower and made the arrest after Ross and his friend emerged from a variety store with two cases of beer. Ross’ driver’s license had been revoked, so the pair opted for the lawnmower.
• No Mow In Peace—In Crestview, Fla., an 18-year-old woman was charged with domestic battery after she attacked her live-in boyfriend while he was riding a lawnmower. She was angry because she had heard he was “talking” to her cousin, according to sheriff’s reports.
  She pushed and shoved him until he tried to escape her by getting off the lawnmower and going into the house. She followed him and began to throw pots and pans at him, missing him but breaking two windows, her report said. Witnesses said they had seen the woman punching the man while he was cutting the grass. They also heard something that sounded like pots and pans being thrown into walls.
• ‘Mowed Over’ Frog Stitched Up—A tree frog ripped apart by a lawnmower has been stitched back together after undergoing life-saving surgery in Australia. The unfortunate amphibian was given emergency anaesthetic and operated on by doctors in the Northern Territory. According to Ark Animal Hospital vet Stephen Cutter the green tree frog had its back sliced open by the mower’s blades. “It was a pretty horrific injury,” he told the Northern Territory News. “It basically took the top layer of the skin off and did some internal injuries. But from day one she fought to live. It’s very lucky to be alive.” The frog, nicknamed Victoria after Victa lawnmowers, had to be put to sleep before the 30-minute operation—very carefully, since frogs are highly sensitive to chemicals and most anesthetics would kill them. The charity has operated on several frogs, including one that was hit by a car. Bizarre frog surgery photos can be found here.