One more for the road

Sometimes, when you've hit rock bottom, you stop and take stock. Other times, you apparently pull out a jackhammer and keep on tunneling:

Paul Nigel Sneddon, 47, pleaded guilty to careless driving and drunken driving after being nearly three times over the legal alcohol limit in a district court in the city of Palmerston North, the Dominion Post newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Police found Sneddon, a former baker, trapped in his overturned Ford Laser on June 1, drinking a can of beer after he failed to take a corner properly and crashed through a wooden barrier, flipping his vehicle.

Defense lawyer Peter Young said that when Sneddon found he could not open the doors, "he had nothing else to do at that point, so he had another beer."

When asked by police how much he had consumed, Sneddon replied: "Plenty, I've been drinking for four days straight."

And, really, why stop at that point, when you're already drunk in an overturned car, waiting to be rescued by emergency personnel?

Oh, right. Because you're drunk in an overturned car, waiting to be rescued by emergency personnel. That right there might just be a sign that it's time to lay off.