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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Drunk Excellent! Someone Buy That Man a Drink!

Posted by Zeugma on Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:52 AM

Or, uh, some other idiom to express my enthusiasm for this story.

A 49-year-old man is in Sullivan County Jail without bail after authorities say he showed up for a court hearing on a felony DWI charge drunk and carrying an open can of Busch beer, plus four more cans in a bag.

Also, I'd like it noted in the record that he's in jail without bail because he showed up drunk for his hearing, not because authorities said he did so. Come on, NBC New York. Standards! And Busch? Come on, drunk guy! Standards!

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Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat

Posted by SeattleSeven on March 23, 2011 at 9:00 AM

Well, at least the local paper got the phrasing right:

"He also was carrying an open can of Busch beer and was drunk, authorities say"

Posted by evilvolus on March 23, 2011 at 9:07 AM

Oh, but isn't Busch kind of perfect for a downstate townie alky from the hamlet of Swan Lake, in a county full of decaying Borscht Belt resort hotels? I mean, Natty Ice would have made him look like some kind of striver.

Posted by gloomy gus on March 23, 2011 at 9:08 AM

Winning

Posted by Concerned for the Community on March 23, 2011 at 9:14 AM

When you're already drunk, then Busch beer is fine.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on March 23, 2011 at 9:19 AM

Actually, it's not at all uncommon for folks to show up drunk for these hearings. Bringing the booze along, though - well, that's pretty original.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on March 23, 2011 at 9:24 AM

Wow, somebody needs to pay for that guy's rehab.

Posted by disintegrator

on March 23, 2011 at 9:46 AM

To take a line from a Red Dwarf paperback book where Lister meets Peterson on a shuttle back to the ship, "Id offer you one, but ive only got 10 left".

Posted by Kinison

on March 23, 2011 at 9:56 AM

What @1 said.

And here is a incomplete list of beers that Busch is better than:
Bud
Pabst
Golden Anniversary
Stella (yes, hipsters, Busch is better than "the Budweiser of Europe")
Schlitz
MGD and MHL
others...

Posted by DrinkerDrinker on March 23, 2011 at 9:57 AM

@8 FTW, especially for the outstanding source reference.

Posted by Brooklyn Reader on March 23, 2011 at 10:36 AM

@8 for the obscure Brit SF win in honour of British actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on March 23, 2011 at 10:46 AM

How is that illegal?

Posted by STJA on March 23, 2011 at 10:56 AM

@12,

The article doesn't say, but it seems likely that he was held in contempt of court and hasn't technically broken any laws.

Posted by keshmeshi on March 23, 2011 at 11:15 AM

Often it's a condition of release that the defendant abstain from alcohol...so by showing up drunk he violated it. Also courts will often use portable breath testers if they think someone is intoxicated...I saw someone blow a .269 the other day. And he was upright.

Posted by rutrow! on March 23, 2011 at 8:33 PM

6: It probably didn't want to wait in the car...

Posted by Cynic Romantic on March 23, 2011 at 10:42 PM

@12, @13 - He was out on bail for the DWI case. Based on his prior DWI convictions, I'd say that either he was violating conditions of his release, or that the judge revoked his right to bail based on public safety concerns.

Posted by evilvolus on March 24, 2011 at 8:12 AM