Oh lmao like a real live Flamingo.
I thought it was talking about a lawn ornament.
"No no no, listen, the ducks at the park are all free. Really."
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During his testimony Friday, Fairbarn testified that he grew up on farms, owns dogs and a parrot named Sonny. He said he once rescued an abandoned llama and six ducks.
Grew up in a barn hm
All units, Code Pink... repeat, Code Pink!
Alright, I needed this laugh, thank you
Mitchell Fairbarn says he drank between 30 and 40 beers on the night that he stole a flamingo from a Vegas resort
That seems like it'd get you into potentially life-threatening territory.
EDIT:
Says that 40 beers would be maybe a BAC of about 1.08%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content
This says that a BAC of 0.4% is "Potentially fatal, may result in a coma or respiratory failure".
EDIT2: It doesn't say how long the period was that he drank them over, but going off the BAC calculator above, it wouldn't make that much difference, as it looks like the decline is linear, and there just couldn't have been enough hours to dramatically reduce it.
Yeah… you haven’t lived with an alcoholic have you?
Alcohol tolerance can be very high and this dude is clearly not a lightweight.
If you’ve ever been to Vegas, gambling for 24+ hours while drinking isn’t something you’d rule out. Assuming he’s downing light beers and the occasional energy drink.
That is NOT a 155lb man.
Poor man… he just wanted a dance partner for this cool dance from Spain he had heard so much about 💃