Independence Day Means Drunks
If only they stayed home and aggravated each other.
As we know, any reason will do for some people to get knee-walking drunk. But Independence Day, otherwise known as Fourth of July, seems to be the one that brings the most intoxicated people out on the roads, rivers, and lakes. If you’re going out to celebrate, please be careful.
I used to work as a police officer in a resort area. Fourth of July for us meant boat accidents, drownings, car wrecks, maybe somebody’s finger getting blown off, and a lot of drunks driving cars and boats. What a pain in the ass it was.
Some people I’ve arrested didn’t even know what they were celebrating. One guy (to be fair, he was quite drunk), said he was celebrating “us beating the hell out of the Japs.” I think he meant winning World War II. Maybe.
A young woman whose campsite had been reported for being too loud and disorderly said they were celebrating, “the day the slaves were freed.”
Hmm. I don’t know where these people were during history classes. Probably planning a celebration…or something.
The real meaning of the Fourth of July
Independence Day, or the Fourth of July, isn’t really the day one must get drunk, go camping, boating, swimming…
