Because otherwise the guy who steals your truck might drink it by accident:
Police in Vancouver, Washington, say a man arrested held for investigation of truck theft should have looked before he swallowed.
The man, 26-year-old Cuitlahvac Renteria-Martinez of Vancouver, called 911 shortly before he was arrested to say he was choking and needed emergency medical attention.
Police say he told investigators he saw a cup as he was driving the truck, took a drink, and discovered he had swallowed the regular driver's tobacco spit.
We had something like that happen here at work several years ago: a friend brought a can of Pepsi into another (tobacco-chewing) friend's office. When he left, he took the other friend's can with him... and drank out of it. Hilarity ensued.
But you know what they say - "It's all fun and games until somebody vomits on the HR manager" - and the next thing you know, a memo was being circulated around the office banning tobacco chewing.
Posted by Chris at January 19, 2005 01:30 PMWow, that same thing happened to a roommate of mine in college.
Never before nor since have I seen a more dramatic episode of "instant hurlage" as I did at that horrifying moment.
Cheers,
Dave at Garfield Ridge
The closest I've come is to drink from a beer with a cigarette butt in it. The situation was almost sitcomesque in its timing and grace:
1. (smoking) friend standing next to me sets down his empty beer can.
2. (near-obsessive-compulsive) hostess comes up behind us and takes the can away to the recycler without anybody noticing.
3. I set my (same brand of) beer down to tie my shoe.
4. friend puts his cigarette out in my beer without me noticing.
5. I drink from my beer again.
6. ???
7. Profit!