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Why I Miss Wisconsin

By Michael Connelly

A friend from WI sent me this, knowing all the levels that this is a remarkable story, even for WI. You have to read the whole thing, but here are a few teasers:Heavy drinking only seems to make everyone better looking, and it sure doesn't improve judgment.Pat Dykstra is living, breathing, drunk-dialing proof of that.She's the Dodge County woman who called 911 from her pickup truck early Sunday to report that she just might be intoxicated enough to need a sheriff's squad to follow her home. Wonder if she would have expected warm milk and a tuck-in once they got there.And why did she make such a call? Because her boyfriend, who admitted to downing twice as much beer as Dykstra did at the tavern, told her to."He wanted me to call 911 'cause he thinks I'm too drunk to drive," Dykstra, 51, of Fox Lake, told the surprised-sounding dispatcher...continue to full post

Full post as published by Corrections Sentencing on January 30, 2008 (boomark / email).