Sick, stranded whale to be put out of misery with explosives
Thu, 2/09/10 – 1:10 | One Comment

A whale that is stranded and sick is set to leave this world a bang… of explosives that is.
The Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation have decided that the unusual step is necessary because …

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Booze makes Frankenstein a monster
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 21:26 | No Comment
Booze makes Frankenstein a monster

A 39-year-old Toby Keith fan with no business in his mullet was left looking a little the worse for wear after a run in with Ohio police on August 27th.
Ohio police said that when they …

Quite a party: man realizes he was shot… five years later
Tuesday, 24 Aug, 2010 – 19:00 | One Comment
Quite a party: man realizes he was shot… five years later

In the “Who got the most drunk?” contest, the guy who forgot being shot always wins.
The hero of today’s story is an unnamed Polish resident of Herne in western Germany. When the 35-year-old man sought …

World’s Strongest Ale is Expensive, Served in Animal Carcasses
Thursday, 22 Jul, 2010 – 10:45 | 4 Comments
World’s Strongest Ale is Expensive, Served in Animal Carcasses

Brewdog, a brewery found in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, is releasing what they call the World’s Strongest Ale, the aptly named The End of History. Apparently the ale is stronger than both whiskey and vodka, although the …

Breast lift could lead to binge drinking
Friday, 16 Jul, 2010 – 17:24 | No Comment
Breast lift could lead to binge drinking

THERE’S now a perfect gift for the girl who has everything – including a desire to secretly drink while simultaneously getting a breast lift.

The Wine Rack, a sports bra with a plastic “bladder” that …

Man rides giant crocodile, alcohol involved
Tuesday, 13 Jul, 2010 – 4:04 | 2 Comments
Man rides giant crocodile, alcohol involved

A tourist was lucky to survive with major lacerations to his leg after he protested his ejection from a pub in Broome, Western Australia by climbing the fence of a crocodile enclosure and attempting to …

Man loses genitals in electrical mishap, alcohol involvement suspected
Wednesday, 30 Jun, 2010 – 1:36 | One Comment
Man loses genitals in electrical mishap, alcohol involvement suspected

A Talladega man admitted himself to hospital after suffering burns to more than 90% of his body in an Alabama Power substation early Friday morning.
Police Chief Alan Watson speculated that Willie Eugene Lewis scaled the …

Couple pushed boys in stroller with booze and bayonet
Monday, 28 Jun, 2010 – 23:18 | No Comment
Couple pushed boys in stroller with booze and bayonet

A drunk Michigan couple were relieved of the custody of their children after police spotted them pushing a stroller with their two young boys, open containers of booze and a bayonet.
The man, 52, and woman, …

George Washington’s whiskey gets remade for a good cause
Monday, 28 Jun, 2010 – 22:40 | One Comment
George Washington’s whiskey gets remade for a good cause

A production run of the whiskey produced using the first president’s recipe is available for the first time since a fire destroyed the facility and with it, the original recipe, in 1814.
A copy of the …

Emergency: I want a Husband
Thursday, 10 Jun, 2010 – 5:39 | No Comment
Emergency: I want a Husband

Fifty Seven year old Ohio woman Audrey Scott spent three days in jail for calling the police emergency line five times……. seeking a husband.
The dispatcher was reported to be ‘flabbergasted’ by the request. She asked …

Cops Charge Man Over Self-inflicted Groin Shot
Sunday, 9 May, 2010 – 9:36 | One Comment
Cops Charge Man Over Self-inflicted Groin Shot

A Breckenridge, Colorado man found himself on the wrong side of authorities after he allegedly tried to defend himself from a mugger, with a firearm… whilst under the influence of alcohol.
David Leroy Blurton claimed …

Chef Dies In Freak Eel Butt Prank Accident
Tuesday, 4 May, 2010 – 10:05 | 3 Comments
Chef Dies In Freak Eel Butt Prank Accident

Share A Chinese man died after an eel ate his bowels – how said eel came to be in the presence of his bowels is where things get more than a little weird.
The 59-year-old, …

Man Drove Drunk to Prison to Serve DUI Sentence
Friday, 9 Apr, 2010 – 21:14 | One Comment
Man Drove Drunk to Prison to Serve DUI Sentence

Southern State Correctional Facility, Vermont: Vermont State police say that charged a man with a second DUI offense as he was driving himself to the Southern State Correctional Facility to serve prison time for his …

Top Secret Potter Script Left in Bar
Thursday, 8 Apr, 2010 – 23:35 | One Comment
Top Secret Potter Script Left in Bar

Hertfordshire, England: A drinker made a surprise discovery in an English bar – someone had left a copy of the screenplay for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows unattended.
The film is set to have a …

Bride Exposed Breasts Then Slammed Bouncer With Stiletto Heel
Tuesday, 23 Mar, 2010 – 0:05 | No Comment
Bride Exposed Breasts Then Slammed Bouncer With Stiletto Heel

Swansea, the United Kingdom: Sharon Hancox chose her wedding night to settle a presumed score with a bouncer that she claimed had sexually assaulted her two years previously, with a stiletto heel to the head.
Metro …

Wealthy Inebriate Misplaced Lamborghini
Monday, 22 Mar, 2010 – 9:33 | No Comment
Wealthy Inebriate Misplaced Lamborghini

People lose all kinds of things when they are drunk: pride, self respect, and it would seem, $200,000 sports cars.
A British jury believed 35-year-old Glenn Knowles and 39-year-old Richard Mant when the two men …

Romanian Street Sign Warns of Stumbling Drunks
Tuesday, 9 Mar, 2010 – 20:11 | No Comment
Romanian Street Sign Warns of Stumbling Drunks

Pecica, Romania: A Romanian town decided to take action over what was considered to be a “despairing” amount of accidents involving cars and drunken pedestrians by warning about them with street signs.
The Daily Mail reports …