News of the Tipsy

The Wheels blog of the New York Times alerts us to the story of a man in England who was convicted of driving drunk... in an electric Barbie car. This comes on the heels of the reports late last week of a 20-year-old woman, also from England, who has been banned from buying or drinking alcohol in any pub, club, liquor store, or other place that sells alcohol in that country (and Wales, too) for two years, due to a large number or previous drinking-related offenses. Do we sense a pattern here?