Man Blames Erratic Driving On Spilled Beer, Arresting Officer Nobly Suppresses Urge To Beat Him

Our collective imagination isn’t quite good enough to make this stuff up, folks: in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a man was stopped by Ofc. Kurtis Ward after he was observed weaving in and out of traffic. Too drunk to perform any field sobriety tests, the man explained to Ofc.Ward that his poor driving was a result of a momentary distraction caused when the man accidentally spilled his beer. Upon further inspection, Ofc.Ward counted not one, not two, and no folks, not three, but four open bottles of beer in the car.

Video Footage From Ofc. Ward’s Dash Cam After Jump

Further supporting the belief that some people should just be shot on site, Ofc. Ward reported that the man appeared to believe his explanation was entirely logical, “He was so matter of fact about it, like it wasn’t a big deal.” Incredulous, Ofc.Ward admits he initially thought the man was joking, but after the man’s arrest record indication 6 previous DWI convictions, he realized he wasn’t. As they toss another Johnny Walker Red empty out the passenger’s side window of their 1979 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, New Jersey says: “We ain’t impressed.”

[News & Photo Source: KOB.com]

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“Grease to Greece” Ralliers Eco Trip From London To Athens, Fueled Entirely By Cooking Oils

Engineer Andy Pag On His
“Grease to Greece” Rally

On Wednesday, engineer and London native Andy Pag lead his 8-team caravan on the final leg of their 10-day “Grease to Greece” road rally. Throughout the course of the 2,500 mile long trip from London to Athens, Pag and his teammates spent approximately nothing on fuel, relying instead on the donations of used oils from restaurants. According to a statement Pag made to Reuters [as later printed by the Daily Mirror], it was incredibly easy to find eateries willing to donate for the cause, “Whenever people have had oil they have been really, really willing to give it,” he explained, “It’s a waste product for them so we are taking away their rubbish.”

Obviously, the mission of the rally was to promote the use of recycled cooking oils as an alternative source of fuel. No stranger to the eco-friendly cause, last year Pag demonstrated the use of waste chocolate as an alternative source of fuel when he drove a truck entirely powered by the foodstuff from London to Timbuktu in Mali. Next year, Pag plans to take to the skies and circle the globe, relying entirely on aviation fuel produced from recycled trash bags. Said Pag, “There is no reason why Joe Public cannot do this, [they would] save themselves a bit of money and help the environment because they are not using fossil fuels.”

Pag & Team On Chocolate-Fueled Trek To Timbuktu [Photo Source: HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images

[News Source: MIRROR.CO.UK]

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