One for bad, two for good.

The next time you feel like a dumbass, think of this and you will feel better about yourself:

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German mistook a subway entrance for an underground car park and her vehicle got stuck on the stairs, police said on Wednesday. The 52-year-old drove her Volkswagen Beetle across the pavement in central Duesseldorf and into the entrance where it ground to a halt about five steps down, police said. Police estimated the damage at around 1,500 euros.

And of course, there are always people with more money than brains. To wit:

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is part of a group considering formation of a football league that would compete with the NFL for players drafted lower than the second round. The league, still very much in the preliminary stage, would play its games on Friday nights. The NFL does not play then because of the potential conflict with high school football. "It's a pretty simple concept," Cuban said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "We think there is more demand for pro football than supply."

Yep, it's a simple concept alright. It's so simple that it has been tried several times by people smarter than Mark Cuban - if you can believe that. The USFL (founded 1982; folded 1985), former home of the Philadelphia Stars and the WFL (founded 1974; folded 1975), former home of the Philadelphia Bell. They thought they had it figured out, too. When was the last time you went to a WFL game? Right.

Hey, Mark - we actually enjoy the idea that there is more demand than supply for football. In fact, we demand it. Some of us here in Philadelphia are actually sick of the constant football talk on our sports talk radio station, WIP. Here, the supply far exceeds the demand, and in a city with four sports franchises, it gets a little tiring. The bigger problem is that our winter sports teams stink and the Phillies continue to struggle, and seem to have no trouble finding new and creative ways to lose games.

They crowed loudly after sweeping the Atlanta Braves on the road last week to go two games over the franchise's measure of success - the .500 mark - only to come home and get swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks to go back to a game below .500, at 26 wins and 27 losses. Damn. I was going to go to the big parade. I guess the perfect way to celebrate a break-even season would be some kind of half-assed party, but it will have to wait.

So, I suppose that it will be back to the football talk, as training camp is close to opening. I don't know how serious Mark Cuban is about this pro football league. Sometimes I think these guys are thinking out loud and float an idea to give a reporter something to write about, then sit around to see if their phone rings. I think that NFL games on Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Saturday are plenty, and I like football as much as anyone. However, unlike Mr. Cuban I don't consider more to necessarily be better.

Forget about the football league, Mark. Come to Philadelphia and buy the Phillies.