Ice, ice, baby. (It's OK to drive drunk on the ) Ice, ice, baby...

4/5/07

"Why aren't hockey injuries that bad?"
"Because they're already on ice."

This week a NJ judge ruled that drunk driving can't be applied to Zamboni's. I realize that this has no relevance at all here in HOusTon, but I'd be sure as crap trading in my car for a Zamboni if I lived up north.
In case you were wondering, the reason it wasn't DD was b/c it was ruled that they aren't usable on highways and can't carry passengers. This came about from a Zamboni driver that decided to get hammered before clearing the ice at a hockey game and did so with a 0.12 BAC (in NJ, drunk = 0.08). I can see where he's coming from b/c a job that requires such little work for a mere 5 minute-frame 4 times/night would drive anyone to hate their job and turn to the bottle.
C'mon guy! I'd practically do the Zamboni for free (along with other jobs including pitching for the Astros, working a baseball scoreboard, World Series of Poker final table card-dealing, on-the-field security for the Super Bowl, and doughnut taster).
On page 420 of the newspaper, there was another disturbing story. The "walking dead man" pictured above, a.k.a. Keith Richards, mentioned in an interview that a few years ago he snorted the ashes of his creamated father while doing cocaine. But it's okay b/c his dad "wouldn't have minded".
I consider myself "normal", then there are people that are "a little off", then further down the scale "insane", but now there is a brand new category even further off the chart we'll call "Keith". What on Earth would even make someone want to do something like that?

Have a good weekend everyone. And if you are looking to kill 4 hours, go see Grindhouse! I saw the sneak preview last night and it was an experience. The absolute best part are the fake previews before each of the movies, so by all means do not be late (and make sure to pee beforehand).
AMF

p.s. Don't even get me started on the now 0-3 Astros!