Dewey and Ernie have been buddies since high school days — or should I call it "daze?" They grew up in Marietta, Georgia, where Dewey still resides. Ernie is no longer among the living.

According to Associated Press reports, these two buddies, now in their early twenties, spent most of the evening at a local bar consuming many, many bottles of beer.

Nobody knows the details of the ride home in Dewey’s pickup truck, except it must have been a wild ride as the party continued. At some point, Dewey strikes a telephone pole. That’s pretty much the end of the party.

The pickup is not totally disabled, so Dewey backs away from the pole and continues his drive home. There’s no additional comment from Ernie, however.

Hours go by. Now it’s daybreak on Sunday morning and a man and his daughter are out walking their dog. That’s how they come upon Dewey’s damaged pickup truck parked in the driveway.

It’s not the truck that gets the walkers’ attention — it’s Ernie. He’s still seat belted in the truck, but he’s headless. Police are called. They find Dewey in his house sound asleep, still wearing his bloodied clothes.

Meanwhile there’s been a report from the accident scene. That would be the telephone pole Dewey slammed into after the pair left the bar.

Police piece together the events of Dewey and Ernie’s ride: Ernie got sick from too much beer and leaned out the passenger side window just as Dewey struck the telephone pole. Ernie had unwittingly placed his head in line with a telephone guy-wire just before impact.

Police find it odd that Dewey, making numerous turns on the rest of the drive home, never noticed that his buddy was now headless.

Police hold Dewey under a $100,000 bond. He is charged with driving under the influence, vehicular homicide, and failing to stop at an accident with injury or death.