We earlier wrote about [cref 96 Keith Walendowski] who shot and killed his lawn mower while drunk. We also now learn of two 20-something women on a flight from Greece to Engalnd who became drunk. CNN is reporting that the flight attendants declined to serve them alcohol because they appeared drunk. One of the women took a swing at the attendant with a bottle of Vodka and then tried to open the cabin door for some fresh air. The plane made an emergency landing in Frankfurt and the women were briefly detained and could face additional charges.

Again, the link between drunkeness and dangerous anger should not be overlooked.  Most of us can act foolish and silly with no help from Vodka but it sure goes a long way toward helping doesn’t it?

Keith Walendowski knows frustration. The same frustration many of us have known when we can’t get the lawnmower to start. Walendowski was so angry — and so drunk — that he went back in the house, got a sawed-off shotgun and blasted the Lawn Boy into eternity (or wherever dead lawn mowers go). CNN reports that he was promptly arrested but not for shooting the mower. It seems the shotgun was a tad too short and violated gun laws.

Now, we can laugh at the poor fellow with his snout full of booze, but there is a lesson here about anger and about drunkenness, don’t you think?