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Alcohol seldom makes you smarter


A Polish farmer is facing jail after he drove his two ton tractor down a set of stairs in a drunken bet.

Tomasz Jankowski, 45, tried to drive his tractor down the city centre steps in the middle of a town square in Tczew in north west Poland after drinking with friends.

He said: “After a few vodkas the staircase seemed a lot wider than it really was and nowhere near as steep.”

tractor prank

May 14, 2008 Posted by oldstersview | Dumb Stuff, Dumb drivers, accident messes | , , | 1 Comment

Ooops!

Members of the Martin County Fire Rescue Hazmat team responded to a fuel clean-up Tuesday morning after a boater pumped [100 gallons of] gasoline into his fishing rod holder instead of his gas tank.

More at South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

May 14, 2008 Posted by oldstersview | Dumb Stuff, People, accident messes, boat | | No Comments Yet