Quick quiz: with authorities cracking down on drunk drivers, a good way to avoid punishment is…
a) Always have a designated driver with you on evenings out
b) Learn to enjoy yourself without alcohol
c) Take public transportation
d) While the cops are watching the roads, just get hammered and come home in a boat
If you chose that last option, perhaps you are already in Spain. Police there say yacht owners in resorts have been found sailing home from parties to avoid being caught driving drunk, resulting in more alcohol-related accidents off the beaches.
Yeah, that sounds just about right. “Honey, let’s finish this fourth pitcher of sangria and then head for the boat, because heck, what’s the worst thing that could happen on the water?” Here’s the story:
Yachts sail upwind during the fourth stage of the 26th King’s Cup Race in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, August 2, 2007. REUTERS/Dani Cardona
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Gotta love when you channel the ghost of Dr. Seuss.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksWhat could go wrong? It’s only a three-hour tour.
- Posted by John C AbellThat Chuck Darwin will have his quota of the unfittest.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksUm. Lens cloth?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksThe spume in the photo is so artsy
wait
wait for it
Fartsy! Ah.
There. I feel better.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksNot to mention a 35% rise in unplanned lateness.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksI think I see an aquaintenance of mine floating in the ocean.
Ralph?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksSame thing happens in Venice all the time. You see the cops complaining? It’s a double standard, I tell you.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksOdd. I thought Palma de Mallorca was a city on an the island of Mallorca. Who’da thunk it was a stretch of ocean where boats sail upwind instead of tacking? Maybe the ocean runs downhill there.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksWhat do you do with a drunken sailor?
Put him in the cabin with the captain’s daughter…
What? He IS the captain!?
He did WHAT with the First Mate?!
O.O
- Posted by Lady Weasel