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Lawyer busted for DUI while driving to pick up client busted for DUI
"I did not think I was intoxicated, and I was wrong," says attorney Rick Petri. (Wisconsin State Journal)
January 29, 2007 | Permalink
Comments
Now THAT'S funny! I love Wisconsin. I think I want to move there.
Posted by: oxhead | Jan 29, 2007 6:29:24 AM
"I thought I'd give it a shot," Petri said. That's what got you into trouble in the first place!
Posted by: Sam Thomas | Jan 29, 2007 7:19:37 AM
At least it wasn't Florida...this time. :sigh:
Posted by: invah | Jan 29, 2007 7:54:58 AM
Petri said he should not have trusted his own "glib certitude"...
I question mine all the time...
I want to know what kind of funky equation he used to calculate that he was sober.
Posted by: Swangirl | Jan 29, 2007 9:20:10 AM
My husband has a friend in Green Bay, WI. She tells him it's so monumentally boring there, there's nothing else to do but drink.
This doesn't surprise me.
Posted by: pnwgal | Jan 29, 2007 9:36:35 AM
The laws of irony are strictly enforced. So are Murphy's laws. You'd think a lawyer would know that.
Posted by: Soo | Jan 29, 2007 12:22:44 PM
I thought it was some unique defense strategy.
Posted by: many | Jan 29, 2007 5:01:01 PM
In answer to Swangirl's question, the formula typically used for such calculations (yes, among other subjects I've taught, Alcohol Awareness was one) probably stems from the theory that the 'average' (yeah, I know, what's average?) 150# male or 120# female will metabolize 16oz of beer, 5oz of wine, or 1oz of distilled spirits in one hour's time. Food consumption, exercise, and other variables notwithstanding, of course.
Bottom line, though, has already been written by Soo. Clearly Mr. Murphy was present that night.
Posted by: ProfDon | Jan 30, 2007 4:44:34 AM
I have a formula, and I've seen it in action as a DD.
Sober know-it-all/jerk + alcohol = thinks he's still sober
Sober nice personality + alcohol = wants a ride home, if it's not too much trouble, oh and do you you have a barf bag, just in case, 'cause I love you and I don't wanna mess up your car?
I've known a few people who think they know everything who've ended up with their very own DUI. The guys I offer to drive to/from are generally the second type, and know when they've crossed the line.
Posted by: Soo | Jan 30, 2007 4:51:10 AM
Lawyers are people too! Ask their mommas!
Posted by: Gene B | Jan 31, 2007 8:34:59 AM
