Please don't get angry that I am crossposting, but I just heard the =
funniest story ever and wanted to share it with you all.
First, I am an attorney in a small, upstate New York town. I am in =
general practice so I do a lot of different things and yesterday a long =
standing and rather strange client came to my office. Obviously upset, =
he had just been arrested on Driving While Intoxicated. He had a blood =
alcohol level of .18%, or just about twice the legal limit. Was caught =
driving down the street without headlights, made a left turn without =
signaling and drove over the lawn of the next door neighbor before =
hitting his garage door. Police were in pursuit at the time. He failed =
the field sobriety check and they then arrested him and he submitted to =
the breath test.
Now, that is certainly not funny, but his reasons for being drunk are a =
classic. Seems he had a water hose break on his car last week and when =
he fixed it, he didn't have any antifreeze. So, he emptied two quarts =
of Vodka into the cooling system and then added a bottle of 200 proof =
grain alcohol. Now, as he was driving down the road, the alternator =
seized, breaking the fan belt and caused the engine to overheat, which =
blew the top hose on his radiator. He had no electrical power, hence no =
lights, no turn signals and since he had no lights, he couldn't see the =
lawn. He was drunk, not because he had been drinking, but because the =
engine overheated and boiled over and he drove for several miles =
breathing in the alcohol fumes from the boiling radiator.
See, it really wasn't his fault, it was the CAR'S fault! So help me, he =
told me this story with a straight face and kept cursing at the car. It =
wasn't an LBC, but it was old....
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