So There! How Do You Like This Law?

[Lloyd Danforth]

This restaurant chain had a lot to do with getting the Smoking Law.

http://www.theunionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Restaurant+owners+targeted+for+%27over-serving%27&articleId=39c6a5bb-ad4d-4d4d-9e27-cbb929db8113

[K. Darien Freeheart]

Then came the arrest of Anthony Defreitas, 40, of Exeter, who was allegedly so drunk after being served at Margaritas that he had trouble getting into his own car in the parking lot.

Isn't that kind of the point though? Would they prefer they get him just drunk enough to get to his car, start it and drive off dangerously? I'd prefer my drunks totally unable to operate heavy machinery.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar in Paris,
Tennessee.
After last call the officer noticed a man leaving the bar
so intoxicated that he could barely walk.

The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the
officer quietly observing.
After what seemed an eternity in which
he tried his keys on five different vehicles, the man managed to find
his car and fall into it. He sat there for a few minutes as a number of
other patrons left the bar and drove off.

Finally, he started the car, switched the wipers on and off (it wasa
fine & beautiful dry summer night), flicked the turn blinkers on and
off a couple of times, honked the horn and then switched on the
lights.
He then moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little
and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the
other patrons' vehicles left.
At last, when his was the only car left in
the parking lot, he pulled out and drove slowly down the road.

The police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now
started up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the
man over and administered a Breathalyzer test.

To his amazement, the Breathalyzer indicated no evidence that the man had consumed any
alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer said, "I'll have to ask you
to accompany me to the police station. This Breathalyzer equipment must
be broken."

"I doubt it," said the truly proud Hillbilly. "Tonight I'm the
designated decoy."