# Man charged with drunken driving on bar stool **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447 "2009-03-31T15:49:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/1 "2009-03-31T15:49:10Z")
[He’d built a motorized bar stool out of lawn mower parts](http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2009-03-31-bar-stool-dui_N.htm). The bar stool could allegedly do up to 30 mph. > [@](#): > > Twenty-eight-year Kile Wygle was hospitalized for minor injuries. Police say he was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he told an officer at the hospital that he had consumed 15 beers. Wygle told police his motorized bar stool can go up to 38 mph. > > Wygle has pleaded not guilty and has requested a jury trial. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/2 "2009-03-31T16:17:12Z")
Ah, this must be the [Endowed Chair](http://mershoncenter.osu.edu/about/chairs/landing_endowed.htm) I read about at Ohio State. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/3 "2009-03-31T16:56:17Z")
This man wants to be Homer Simpson when he grows up. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/4 "2009-03-31T17:08:20Z")
[Bar stool land speed records and rules.](http://www.saltflats.com/barstool.html) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/5 "2009-03-31T17:14:46Z")
Would it seem more absurd if you knew that people have barstool races? They do. [http://www.rocketbarstool.com/](http://www.rocketbarstool.com/) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/6 "2009-03-31T17:27:00Z")
“Motorized stools” Man, that’s gonna leave a mark. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/7 "2009-03-31T17:39:04Z")
Cops pulled a guy over in front of my house last year. They gave him a ticket for drunk driving. It seemed wrong to me because he was on a bicycle. He was trying to do the right thing. He biked instead of driving drunk. The cop said too bad . ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/8 "2009-03-31T18:21:51Z")
Yo yo yo! I knew you liked ta drink so I put a bar stool in yo bar stool so you can drink while you drink! ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/9 "2009-03-31T19:04:44Z")
I want that bar stool! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/10 "2009-04-01T13:17:37Z")
What can I say? The jokes just write themselves. > **[Ohio man seeks trial over getting DUI on motorized barstool - CNN.com](https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/31/barstool.dui/index.html?iref=mpstoryview)** > > An Ohio man says he is seeking a jury trial on a charge of driving under the influence that was slapped on him after he crashed the vehicle he was piloting -- a barstool. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/11 "2009-04-01T13:20:44Z")
That’s [so yesterday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=512398). ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/12 "2009-04-01T13:25:42Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > “Motorized stools” > > Man, that’s gonna leave a mark. A skidmark, to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/13 "2009-04-01T13:54:40Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Cops pulled a guy over in front of my house last year. They gave him a ticket for drunk driving. It seemed wrong to me because he was on a bicycle. He was trying to do the right thing. He biked instead of driving drunk. The cop said too bad . But if he’s weaving all over the road on his bicycle, he could cause an accident. Surely the right thing to do is one of: - don’t get drunk - have a designated driver - call a taxi - sleep it off ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/14 "2009-04-01T13:55:40Z")
Sorry, I didn’t see the earlier thread; guess it had dropped off the MPSIMS front page. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-charged-with-drunken-driving-on-bar-stool/491447/15 "2009-04-01T14:04:13Z")
This just in - Boxer charged with assault! NASCAR driver charged with Speeding!