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Charges: Drunken mower rider buys beer, resumes wild ride
StarTribune ^ | 4/10/09 | Paul Walsh

Posted on 04/10/2009 2:47:51 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A 42-year-old man is accused of being drunk while driving his riding lawn mower to a SuperAmerica in Hutchinson, Minn., buying beer and then zigzagging along city streets on a ride that included a public display of bladder relief.

Darwin L. Christensen, of Hutchinson, was charged today in McLeod County District Court with drunken driving and urinating in public. A breath test indicated that his blood alcohol level was .21 percent, far above the limit used to determine drunkenness in DWI cases.

Christensen is no stranger to overdrinking and operating a motor vehicle. State records show he has pleaded guilty at least four times, twice each in 1986 and 1996, to drunken driving. His rap sheet also includes convictions for disorderly conduct, fleeing a police officer, felony property damage and felony burglary.

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on a ride that included a public display of bladder relief
I think "have you ever..." is one of the questions on the census.
21 posted on 04/10/2009 6:12:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: TWohlford
I think that it is possible to get a DWI conviction in most states for riding a bicycle drunk too.

Anybody who can do that should get an award, not a conviction!

22 posted on 04/10/2009 6:14:05 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Well, they can’t expect a guy to pee in his pants, can they?


23 posted on 04/11/2009 1:01:23 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: downtownconservative

I just want you to know that it was a terrible mistake to driving that lawn mower around town while intoxicated.


24 posted on 11/02/2018 6:21:47 PM PDT by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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