Live by the Segway, die by the Segway

You know what this is, right? Gee dad, it's a Segway! Do you have one? Were you the first on your block? Or the last? Mercifully, this fad never really caught on.

Today's news is that the owner of the British firm that makes the Segway lost his life this weekend when he quite unaccountably drove one of the futuristic machines over a cliff and into a river. As Kurt would say, so it goes.

Millionaire Jimi Heselden led a British team which bought US-based Segway Inc. in December 2009, and now manufactures and distributes the distinctive and allegedly self-balancing vehicles.

The funeral will be held later this week. A large turnout is expected if only to see if the pallbearers will be utilizing the deceased's favourite mode of transportation.