So Americans can't drink, eh?

You know the myth about Americans not being able to hold their drink. Well that stereotype has been well and truly quashed.

"Police in the American state of Rhode Island have arrested a man with the highest blood alcohol level ever recorded for someone who wasn’t already dead."

Whatever you think about the perils of alcohol you have to be impressed by just how much of the stuff this man could get inside himself and still be alive. It must have been one long night out on the town. The drink drive limit in Rhode Island is 0.08 and this guys result was a staggering 0.491.

I'm off for a pint then a lay down.

The full story is here.