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Drink-fueled: A man in the US was arrested and charged with drink driving last week after crashing a motorised bar stool which…

Drink-fueled:A man in the US was arrested and charged with drink driving last week after crashing a motorised bar stool which he had invented.

The bar stool – which looks not unlike a lawnmower with a stool sitting on top of it – can apparently reach speeds of 38mph on its five-horsepower engine. He crashed it after drinking 15 beers.

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