People come up with some funny ideas when they are liquored up. And, I appreciate the madness quotient required for somebody to really think outside the box of typical drunken stunts. Take for instance, the guy involved in this Iowa incident from Breitbart/AP.
A Minnesota man is under arrest after allegedly stealing a combine and taking it for drunken ride through several yards and crashing into a garage. The man was charged with first offense operating while intoxicated, third-degree burglary, third-degree theft and criminal mischief as a Class C felony.
According to the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to a residence south of McIntire around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday after receiving a complaint that a combine had driven through several yards, striking numerous vehicles and a garage.
Deputies said they found the combine down the road and identified the man as the driver.
Authorities said the combine did significant damage to three residences as well as several street signs and a bridge. The man was being held in Mitchell County Jail on a $26,000 bond.
I’ll tell you what; I’ve been involved in a fair amount of drunken joyrides and in a few different types of vehicles. And, I heard the story about George Jones and the riding lawnmower. I’ve seen old dudes down in Panama City, being poured on to their little “mobility scooters” and cruising off down the sidewalk in to the sunset.
But, never once has it ever crossed my mind, nor anybody’s that I know, to get lips up and take one of these babies for a spin….
Nice work Minnesota Man…in Iowa.
Related posts
Tags: combine, Drunken, Iowa, Mitchell County
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
I can’t see him; the photo’s too grainy.
Link | October 14th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Kenski wrote,
Idiots
Out
Wandering
Around…
…that’s what I was told. Seems a shame when they have to start importing new ones from other states, though.
Link | October 14th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Sans Direction wrote,
I was always told that if they took the most southern counties of Minnesota and add them to Iowa, they’d raise the average IQ of both states.
Or was that the most northern counties of Missouri?
Link | October 14th, 2008 at 10:18 am