Drinking listerine in your car isn't a good idea

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

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.

 

According to Listerine manufacturer Pfizer Inc.'s Web site, original formula Listerine contains 26.9 percent alcohol, more than four times that of many malt liquors. Other varieties contain 21.6 percent alcohol.

 

No telephone listings for a Carol Ries could be found.

 

I used to have a small bottle of listerine in my car just in case, but Im guessing thats not such a hot idea any more.

 

Of course, I wasn't drinking the stuff straight and giving cops a reason to be looking for the stuff...

[Jingus 0]

One would think that all the teeth-cleaning crap in Listerine would be poisonous and thus render it worthless as a beverage.

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

I've heard stories from people stuck in work release programs that'd get roaring drunk off Listerine and Scope, not to mention making swish out of ketchup and other odd things in the toliet. I guess you use what you can to get fucked up.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

One would think that all the teeth-cleaning crap in Listerine would be poisonous and thus render it worthless as a beverage.

Regular listerine does nothing more than kill bacteria that cause bad breath, which is why theres so much alcohol.

[Zetterberg is God 0]

For the Natives up here in Canada, Listerine is the best and cheapest way for them to get drunk. And I'm not just saying that as I've seen the empty containers on the ground and I have a friend who saw a guy crack open a bottle on the train one day.

[Guest Vitamin X]

In Marine Corps boot camp, I knew a guy who would be constantly be getting trashed off of Listerine/Scope provided to us. He did that as a way of getting sent home with an alcohol problem (since you know you can't just quit boot camp).

[Guest CronoT]

In Marine Corps boot camp, I knew a guy who would be constantly be getting trashed off of Listerine/Scope provided to us. He did that as a way of getting sent home with an alcohol problem (since you know you can't just quit boot camp).

I don't know whether to consider that guy a fucking moron, or an evil genius.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

not to mention making swish out of ketchup and other odd things in the toliet.

Ewwww - ketchup.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

You can't be drunk if you spit the stuff out. Oh man, there goes my idea though of a quick fix if I forgot to brush my teeth before a date.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

THIS WEEK ON DEON~!

 

 

*police sirens*

 

Cop: You know why we pulled you over?

 

Deon: No sir.

 

Cop: You were driving very erratically back there. You been hitting the antiseptics, son?

 

Deon: No sir! Honest!

 

Cop: You are gonna have to take this breath test....

 

DING!

 

Cop: ...just what I thought. Minty Fresh! Step out of the car, please.

 

Deon: Okay.

 

*THWACK*

 

Cop: Did you see that, Johnson! That minty maniac tried to breathe on me! I had to use necessary force!

 

Johnson: Meh. Just sprinkle some crack on him and let's get out of here.

[jimmy no nose 0]

I remember back when I was in Driver's Ed we had a cop come in and talk to us and he said that just for fun one day he drank some mouth wash and gave himself a breathilizer and blew something like a .25. He was a pretty weird guy.

[2GOLD 0]

My gf had the fun experience of telling me a couple of teens were kicked out of the private school she went to because they were draining the alcohol out of Listerine and drinking it.

 

And here I find the dumbies could have just drank the Listerine straight. Poor expelled teens.

[mister foozel 0]

For the Natives up here in Canada, Listerine is the best and cheapest way for them to get drunk. And I'm not just saying that as I've seen the empty containers on the ground and I have a friend who saw a guy crack open a bottle on the train one day.

Don't forget Lysol, and probably any other household cleaner they can get their hands on.

[Matt Young 0]

* Purchases enough Listerine to last the 6 months til his 21st birthday*

[Black Lushus 0]

come on, don't you remember in that movie Toy Soldiers when they mixed Vodka with Scope...ick!

[Jingus 0]

Heh, I thought of that too. Whatever happened to Louis Gosset Jr? He used to be the man.

[Guest Skironox]

Damn kids, first drinking Vanilla extract and now this for a cheap buzz. It's just too bad I didn't think of this first.

[Special K 0]

Au contraire. Vanilla extract would be an extremely EXPENSIVE buzz. I'm sure that stuff's more ounce per ounce than Remy.