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Wite-Out Drunk

2008 Reader Submission
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People do all kinds of things to hide their state of inebriation when they've been caught driving. They'll eat a bunch of mints, a cigarette, gargle with after-shave etc. The individual in this news story did what I would consider to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. While he was at the jail waiting to be booked he reached over, grabbed a bottle of "Wite-Out" correction fluid on the officers desk and drank it in order to hide the alcohol on his breath. The officer came back, saw the white marks on his hands (he wiped his mouth on his shirt & hands) and confronted him about it. Whatever story he came up with didn't fly though as the security camera caught the whole episode.

The active ingredient in correction fluid is an organic solvent, usually trichloroethylene. Teenagers have died from "huffing" this stuff much less drinking it. Our hero however survived his encounter with it so I guess the best we can go for here is an "Honorable Mention."

Oh, and the result of his attempted cover-up? The blood test from the lab came back positive for alcohol, 3.5 times the .08 legal limit.

http://www.ketv.com/news/16979697/detail.html

Submitted on 07/30/2008

Submitted by: David
Reference: http://www.ketv.com/news/16979697/detail.html

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Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Man, you'd think after the Mythbusters ep where they showed it's IM-poss-ible to hide you've been drinking, people would quit trying. And considering that his Blood Alcohol Level probably wound up being determined by a blood sample from the ER, it was probably higher than than when he drank the whiteout! Thanks, David. This one's unusual and a keeper!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Hey, look, a liquid! Maybe it'll mask the fact that I'm drunk off my *ss! Thanks, David!


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