Listerine Drinker Arrested for DUI

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:09 pm

ADRIAN, Mich. - A woman who admitted drinking three glasses of Listerine mouthwash had a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit when she was arrested for drunken driving, police said Friday.

The woman, identified by police Sgt. Mike Shadbolt as 50-year-old Carol A. Ries, was arrested Sunday night and released on personal bond the next day. She was to be arraigned late next week on a misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence of liquor, Shadbolt said.

Police also found an open bottle of Listerine in Ries' car, and asked Lenawee County prosecutors Friday to authorize a warrant charging her with having an open intoxicant in a motor vehicle, Shadbolt said. Calls to the prosecutor's office were not answered after business hours.

Ries showed signs of intoxication after her car rear-ended another vehicle Sunday, Shadbolt said. She told police she had not consumed any alcohol and also passed a Breathalyzer test, but "there was something not quite right about her," Shadbolt said.

She failed a second test using different equipment and, under further questioning, admitted to drinking three glasses of Listerine earlier in the day, Shadbolt said.

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lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:12 pm

who DRINKS listerine? it's 22% alcohol. she has no excuse, and god i have heard them all! might as well put an olive in your mouthwash.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:25 pm

I prefer Scope with a twist of lemon

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:24 am

*gulp!*

cars · Post by **cars** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:07 pm

>>^..^ ADRIAN, Mich. - A woman who admitted drinking three glasses of Listerine mouthwash had a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit when she was arrested for drunken driving, police said Friday.

The woman, identified by police Sgt. Mike Shadbolt as 50-year-old Carol A. Ries, was arrested Sunday night and released on personal bond the next day. She was to be arraigned late next week on a misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence of liquor, Shadbolt said.

Police also found an open bottle of Listerine in Ries' car, and asked Lenawee County prosecutors Friday to authorize a warrant charging her with having an open intoxicant in a motor vehicle, Shadbolt said. Calls to the prosecutor's office were not answered after business hours.

Ries showed signs of intoxication after her car rear-ended another vehicle Sunday, Shadbolt said. She told police she had not consumed any alcohol and also passed a Breathalyzer test, but "there was something not quite right about her," Shadbolt said.

She failed a second test using different equipment and, under further questioning, admitted to drinking three glasses of Listerine earlier in the day, Shadbolt said.

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Only in America!! :wah: I used Listerine 3 times today, as I have a sore throat. Fortunetly for me I only let it trickle down my throat, and did not swollow it!!

Cars :driving:

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:52 am

cars wrote: I used Listerine 3 times today, as I have a sore throat.

Have you tried Tom Cat's Pee?

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:42 am

Bill Sikes wrote: Have you tried Tom Cat's Pee?

It couldn't taste any worse than Listerine!

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:05 am

Peg wrote: It couldn't taste any worse than Listerine!

TCP antiseptic (trichlorophenylmethyliodisalicyl).