After drinking heavily in the pub, two friends in a small town in Ireland were trying to smoke some hash in peace. They started out down by the cattle mart, but heard that the law was on the prowl, so they decided to walk away from a potentially dangerous scene and make their way to the flat roof of the library.

There, they proceeded to blast away. Surely the cops would never think to search for someone up there! The joint knocked them out, stone cold. After some time passed, one of them woke up. Forgetting where he had fallen asleep, he proceeded to take a long walk off a short roof.

He fell the obligatory 15 feet, and landed on his back, breaking it. This led him to hospital and months of traction. His snoozing buddy awoke to a nudge of the baton of a famous local copper, who I will not name! I have a feeling that this is also what happened to the person who fell off the roof in 2000, and not simply rolling over in their sleep.

Submitted on 02/08/2007

Submitted by: Paddy
Reference: none

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James said:
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I suppose this can wash as a PA. I've never heard of the article you mentioned, but a stoned walk off a roof is funny enough for me! Thanks, Paddy!

Graham said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Drunks and druggies are rarely aware of the actions they perform. I don't personally recognize drunkeness as worthy of any awards as by nature, humans turns into bags of stupid water when they imbued with drugs and/or alcohol. The question is always: "Would they have done this if they were sober?" The answer is invariably, no. Thanks for sending this in, though.

Jack said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I don't recall that story, but we've had a couple of other good stories about drunks falling or rolling off of roofs while under the influence.

Chip said:
Neutral: Personal Account
I don't recall the original story either but as a personal account, this one is worth a look. Thanks for the story, Paddy

Shadow said:
Neutral: Personal Account
good arguement for the "just say no" campaign!

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