Welcome to Duluth, MN, where you can get a DWI from the comfort of your recliner.

[LaraMN]

Headline in our local paper: "La-Z-Boy crash leads to DWI in Proctor" (Proctor's basically a 'burb of Duluth.)

"A Proctor man driving a motorized La-Z-Boy lounge chair hit a parked vehicle while under the influence of alcohol... Anderson claimed he was driving the chair fine until a woman jumped on it and knocked the chair off course... The chair was powered by a converted lawnmower with a Briggs & Stratton engine. It has a stereo, cup holders and other custom options, including different power levels...."

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/149759/

I think you need an account to read the whole article, but the above abridgment pretty much captures the gist of it.

Between this and our sexual-fetish exercise ball slasher, I feel that Duluth is the beacon of criminal weirdness this year.

[KG]

1. 'I feel that Duluth is the beacon of criminal weirdness this year' that'll take some pressure off FL

:P

[LaraMN]

3. Per capita, at least.

We are awash in weirdos!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Lara!

I was going to say!

Since when do folks drive recliners??? OK, now I know!

Yup, 'tis weird! :crazy:

:hi:

[LaraMN]

4. It was news to me as well!

:D

[KamaAina]

5. So why did you jump on the chair and knock it off course?

Might as well 'fess up. :P

edit: punctuation

[HopeHoops]

6. Shit, and I thought you had to be in South Carolina to get a DWI in a recliner.

Well, to be fair, you can get that on your front porch in South Carolina.