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Ok, drunk driving is a serious problem. In fact, it is arguably worse than drunk dialing and drunk shaving at the same time just to give you a rough idea of the magnitude of the problem.
So this drunk Kiwi decides to drive home on his lawnmower. Now, in a perfect world drunk New Zealanders wouldn’t even be newsworthy (and they wouldn’t drive drunk) but since that seems likely to remain unchanged, this guy may have struck inebriated gold. I mean if you had every drunk driver in the nation drive their lawnmowers instead of their cars do you have any idea how many lives we could save?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand man has been charged with driving a lawn mower while drunk, police said Tuesday.
Richard Gunn, 52, was driving the ride-on lawn mower down a street in the northern New Zealand town of Dargaville late Monday evening when police stopped him, police spokeswoman Sarah Kennett said.
Gunn’s breath alcohol level was at more than twice the legal limit for drivers, police said, and he previously had lost his driver’s license.
Gunn said he has been using the lawn mower to get around town since losing his license.
“I thought I was safe,” he told TV One News.
Even bicycles went faster than the lawn mower’s 8 kilometers per hour (5 miles per hour), he said. “I’ve watched them go past me.”
Gunn was scheduled to appear in court later this week on charges of careless driving, driving while disqualified and driving with excess breath alcohol. He faces a potential prison term if convicted.
The New Zealand police impounded the lawn mower for 28 days.
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Ok, so Dario Franchitti of IRL and now NASCAR fame is a stud according to ESPN’s Terry Blount:
“I was just sitting in the kitchen, eating a bowl of cereal in my boxer shorts,” Franchitti said. “I looked up and some guy is standing in front of me. He just walked in the house.
“I really don’t think I was the one he was looking for, but the guy quickly turned around and ran out of the house. He got in his car and sped off. So what did I do? I got in my car and chased him.”
But Franchitti forgot one important thing in his quest to catch the intruder.
“The police caught up [to] the guy before I did,” Franchitti said. “And apparently some people in the Nashville media also heard on the [police scanner] about it, so they were there, too. They came up to talk to me about the time I realized I was still in my boxer shorts. I had to stay in the car the whole time.”
So, if you have seen this story anywhere else, they invariably had a dashing photo of Dario for the headline. Well, I don’t know what kind of homo-erotic sites you normally visit but let’s be clear - this story is about whats-his-name’s hot-ass wife - Ashley Judd. How did this Terry Blount from ESPN even get a job as a reporter with this type of interview? He probably went to some fancy journalist school where their idea of hazing is a group circle jerk around a Walter Kronkite doll.
Where are the hard-hitting questions about what Ashley was wearing at the time of the crime, or if their marriage is having any problems that could be solved by a dashing blogger? What does Dario really have to offer? Anyway, I hear what he lacks in technique, he makes up for in speed. (zing!)
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So Lebron James gets tagged for doing 101MPH in the wee hours of the morning in Ohio and still makes it to his birthday party in Vegas that same day. I got stopped for a broken taillight in Kansas once and I got a pistol whipping and locked up in the town jail. In hindsight, the dead hooker in the trunk may have hurt my case a little. Anyway, nice to see that celebrity privilege is not completely monopolized by the LAPD because you or I would be spending some time downtown on that one.
LeBron James’ 23rd birthday started with the flashing lightbar of a state patrol cruiser in Medina County and ended with flashing cameras in Las Vegas.
The Cavaliers’ star was ticketed for driving 101 mph on Interstate 71 at 2:43 a.m. Dec. 30.
James, who lives in Sharon Township, was driving his 2008 white four-door Mercedes with vanity license plates ”KNG OF AK” southbound on the highway in Brunswick Hills Township when he was stopped. The speed limit on that stretch of highway is 65 mph.
via: Ohio.com Jalopnik
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A 20-year-old man is stable after undergoing surgery on his arm that was partially severed as he waved out a car window at two girls in Western Australia.
He was a passenger in a Nissan utility that drove past two girls washing their vehicle at a car wash in Bunbury, south of Perth, last night, police said today.
“He put his arm out the window and waved at the girls as the Nissan made a right hand turn at the intersection, and was struck by a Toyota Hi-Lux twin-cab vehicle,” a police statement said.
“His left arm was partially severed and doctors believe the limb may need to be amputated.”
I’d rather have my arm pecked off by a roving pack of wild ducks than have it scraped off by a truck like this guy. Extra points if he got one of the soapy girl’s numbers though.
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Virginia Delegate Lionell Spruill wants the nuts off your truck. And who can blame him?
My childhood dog’s love affair with Aunt Pearl’s leg every time she fell asleep was cute and strangely tender at times but that didn’t make it right. We weren’t really that concerned for Aunt Pearl, it was just my sister’s doll, Mr. Raggamuffin, couldn’t bear the betrayal. My dog and Raggamuffin had shared a romance only seen in period Keira Knightley movies involving some pasty dandy slapping another pasty dandy with a glove. Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, so my dog’s nuts had to go and so do your truck’s nuts. You wouldn’t want Jethro’s F-150 humping your Aunt’s leg would you?
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