Stealing a bird! I thought this was South America!
30 beers? Thats crazy
Honesty I would be curious as how a drunk guy got the flamingo. He definitely should be brought to justice but the casino also shouldn’t be creating a situation where this is possible to begin with.
“…says he drank between 30 and 40 beers on the night…”
I’m an alcoholic and can’t drink 30 Keystones in 24-hours. About half that is my limit. I don’t mean cutting myself off, that’s all I can drink before I’m bored or tired.
The Flamingo casino in Vegas has a bunch of actual flamingos in one of the courtyards outside where you can eat. It wouldn’t be hard to get one, even if you’re drunk, because they’re already pretty used to people.
wife currently drinks abt 16 glasses of 8% wine a day, before 1pm. every day. also she’s an alcoholic. so there’s that. sigh. i’m tired.
also she’s an alcoholic.
Really? What makes you say that?
is your reply sarcasm? but also diagnosis.
I hope she gets the help she needs, but there are support groups for family members of alcoholics out there too if you’re struggling.
i am. and thank you. i just need to find and fit one in.
Yes it’s sarcasm
30 beers is bullshit. He would have died of alcohol poisoning.
Clearly you’ve never been an active alcoholic.
Alcoholics can get alcohol poisoning.
They said he gambled “all day”, so if he started drinking around noon and entered the flamingo enclosure at 5am, I’d say 30-40 beers is possible. You would certainly be absolutely shitfaced though, even with tolerance.
The casino is at fault???
I hope you mean in the case that they served him too much.
There’s usually more than one bar and bartender and some of us can pull off looking relatively sober.
There’s usually more than one bar and bartender and some of us can pull off looking relatively sober.
Authorities say Fairbarn, who faces two counts of animal cruelty, was drunk at the time of the theft. Now on trial, he told a Nevada court on Friday that he took the bird as a “silly pranky joke” after drinking between 30 and 40 beers.
He denied malicious intent to hurt or kill the flamingo.
Peachy suffered seven to eight missing feathers, broken shafts and blood loss consistent with trauma and needed antibiotics, anti-inflammatories and weeks of pain medicine to recover, the bird’s veterinarian said.
Prosecutors opened the trial last week with surveillance footage, photos and Snapchats showing Fairbarn smiling, laughing and grabbing Peachy by the neck along with his two friends.
The veterinarian said grabbing Peachy by the neck was inappropriate — and could have potentially been fatal.
During his testimony Friday, Fairbarn testified that he grew up on farms, owns dogs and a parrot named Sonny. He said he once rescued an abandoned llama and six ducks.
Then he should know better! Hope Peachy is doing fine now.
He was drunk… Why is an establishment serving 30 beers to a person?
Multiple bars and bartenders.
Like $400+ in beer.
It’s Vegas. If he had been hanging out in a casino those beers were probably free.
Ok then, $10k in drunk gambling
Oh lmao like a real live Flamingo.
I thought it was talking about a lawn ornament.
“No no no, listen, the ducks at the park are all free. Really.”
During his testimony Friday, Fairbarn testified that he grew up on farms, owns dogs and a parrot named Sonny. He said he once rescued an abandoned llama and six ducks.
Grew up in a barn hm
Me too! I was like, how is he getting animal endangerment charges? Ohhhhh live! Oh dear.
Why does a casino have a flamingo… ? The fuck is wrong with the US?
There’s a flamingo themed hotel. The hotel, like everything in Vegas, sucks. But it’s fun if you’re an idiot.
Flamingo themed casino where a little zoo area with live flamingos is how they differentiate themselves from the competition
Have you been to Vegas? It is pretty on point
I haven’t opened the article yet, but I’m gonna guess it’s the Flamingo casino.
Edit: Bingpot:
Police say Mitchell Fairbarn, a 34-year-old tourist from Ontario, Canada, was caught on surveillance footage in March hopping a fence to get inside the flamingo habitat at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino — and stealing a flamingo named Peachy
All units, Code Pink… repeat, Code Pink!
Alright, I needed this laugh, thank you
Hahahaha kidnapping animals is so funny /s
Fr though he really hurt that poor animal, fuck him
(I see your /s, just wanted to add sincere outrage)
Mitchell Fairbarn says he drank between 30 and 40 beers on the night that he stole a flamingo from a Vegas resort
That seems like it’d get you into potentially life-threatening territory.
EDIT:
Says that 40 beers would be maybe a BAC of about 1.08%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content
This says that a BAC of 0.4% is “Potentially fatal, may result in a coma or respiratory failure”.
EDIT2: It doesn’t say how long the period was that he drank them over, but going off the BAC calculator above, it wouldn’t make that much difference, as it looks like the decline is linear, and there just couldn’t have been enough hours to dramatically reduce it.
Yeah… you haven’t lived with an alcoholic have you?
Alcohol tolerance can be very high and this dude is clearly not a lightweight.
👆Bingo!
At the very end of my drinking days I was up to a handle (1.75L) or a little more of whiskey every 2 days and was still “functional”.
I knew people when I used to work at a grocery store who would come in when we opened at 7 or 8, grab a 24-case of, say, Natty, and come back at 3 or 4 for another case, and some come back at 11 for ANOTHER.
How can people possibly afford that??
If you’ve ever been to Vegas, gambling for 24+ hours while drinking isn’t something you’d rule out. Assuming he’s downing light beers and the occasional energy drink.
That is NOT a 155lb man.
Why is a casino on trial?
Poor Peachy, he should be allowed to retire and given a nice home away from drunk Las Vegas tourists.
Poor man… he just wanted a dance partner for this cool dance from Spain he had heard so much about 💃
