Man accused of stealing flamingo from Vegas casino on trial
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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."
Grew up in a barn hm
Me too! I was like, how is he getting animal endangerment charges? Ohhhhh live! Oh dear.
Then he should know better! Hope Peachy is doing fine now.
Peachy would be doing better if they weren't stuck in a casino as an attraction
It's grotesque how animals are treated as novelties in 'Murica, and especially Vegas
That place is beyond revolting
"He once rescued an abandoned llama and six ducks."
From the Grand Llama and Six Ducks casinos, respectively.
He was drunk... Why is an establishment serving 30 beers to a person?
Like $400+ in beer.
It’s Vegas. If he had been hanging out in a casino those beers were probably free.
Nothing is free in Vegas. You get drinks when you are ID'd as a sucker .
Ok then, $10k in drunk gambling
its las vegas,
Multiple bars and bartenders.
That makes some sense, didn't think of this. I don't usually visit multiple places to get drunk
This guys sounds like an asshole. I hope they throw the fkn book at him.
Peachy is just peachy.
What happens in Vegas…
Hey what’s with this false marketing. I feel misled
Well, it’s a rich person’s paradise these days. Not much point in going, anyways.
Stealing a bird! I thought this was South America!
It's like the soap in the bathrooms, they assume you're just going to take it and have back up flamingos waiting.
All units, Code Pink... repeat, Code Pink!
Why does a casino have a flamingo... ? The fuck is wrong with the US?
I haven’t opened the article yet, but I’m gonna guess it’s the Flamingo casino.
Edit: Bingpot:
Over the course of my entire life, I've never heard of a flamingo casino.
Good on you for your specialized trivia knowledge.
Canadian Randy Marsh.
This chud was convicted. If he had done this to a Canada goose he would have had Wayne to deal with and I suggest you let that marinate.
You sure put those clues together, Sherlock!
Have you been to Vegas? It is pretty on point
Umberto Ecco wrote a book about how Americans uniquely crave second best. Travels in Hyperreality. They make fake versions of international attractions locally instead of visiting the real thing because they might catch socialism.
I.e. the Parisian fake Eiffel Tower, the Bellagio fake Italian foundations.
There's a flamingo themed hotel. The hotel, like everything in Vegas, sucks. But it's fun if you're an idiot.
"Why does a casino have flamingos?"
"It's a flamingo themed casino!"
"Why is there a flamingo themed casino?"
"Because of the flamingos."
Flamingo themed casino where a little zoo area with live flamingos is how they differentiate themselves from the competition
"You don't like to lose money on our slots? Well how about if I put flamingos? Everyone likes flamingos!"
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.
Ok up until this comment I thought they were talking about a plastic flamingo and I didn't see what the big deal was.
A real flamingo huh.
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.
Really? What makes you say that?
is your reply sarcasm? but also diagnosis.
Yes it's sarcasm
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.
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.
Fair, but I know in a lot of US cities that doesn't matter, legally, overserving is overserving.
Fair, but I know in a lot of US cities that doesn't matter, legally, overserving is overserving.
There's usually more than one bar and bartender and some of us can pull off looking relatively sober.
30 beers is bullshit. He would have died of alcohol poisoning.
A person can only drink about 3L of liquid per day.
So unless each beer was 100ml -> less than a standard beer can, this bullshit on the physics alone. And everyone here claiming "30 is totally doable, and then some" while ignoring the sheer volume is making themselves look like an idiot. And that's before you consider the effect of the beers from 6am being long gone by the time you're drinking your 12pm beer. Maybe if you're drinking teeny tiny beers..
Clearly you've never been an active alcoholic.
Alcoholics can get alcohol poisoning.
Nonsense! I'll prove it!
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.
Most American beers tend to be weak, usually under 6% ABV (especially macrobrews, which rarely go above that and usually hover around 4%).
Drinking a 30 pack of a macro is easily doable if you don't eat anything all day, especially if you're not pairing it with liquor. An experienced drinker could literally drink American macrobrews all day long and maintain a steady buzz without getting drunk. For me, personally, I can't get drunk off of beer alone unless it's above 8-10% ABV. I do 2-4 shots and chase them with 2-3 beers tops. Liquor is just so much stronger here than beer that I don't need more than that.
4% is the lower end even for macrobrews. Budlight is the lighetest mass produced brew and that's ~4.2%, but the standard set you'll find at most generic bars (corona / budweiser / blue moon / lagunitas) at 4.5% / 5% / 5.4% / 6.2% and there are some common brands in the 8%+ range. It's a weird narrative that American beers are all light, it's like people think we ONLY drink bud light when in reality the majority of beer drank by Americans are non-light.
Once you get into the 10%+ range you're not really drinking a "chill and watch the game" type drink anyways. And as you conclude, there are more efficient ways to get there than drinking a 14% lagar.
Am from New Zealand
30 is totally doable, and then some
Especially weak 'Murican beers
It takes a hell of a lot to die from alcohol poisoning
It's actually quite difficult to do, and impossible with beer because you'd have to consume such a huge volume of liquid that you would be vomiting it up before it could be absorbed into your blood stream
Alright, I needed this laugh, thank you
That seems like it'd get you into potentially life-threatening territory.
EDIT:
https://www.calculator.net/bac-calculator.html?csex=m&bodyweight=155&bodyweightunit=pound&thour=2&tmin=0&ba=40&bsize=b330&babv=5&wa=&wsize=c150&wabv=12&la=&lsize=s50&labv=40&oa=&osize=250&osizeunit=ml&oabv=8&x=Calculate
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??
Don't spend money on anything else.
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.
Not the flamingo!
Why is a casino on trial?
The flamingo is connected with the mob.
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)
Poor man… he just wanted a dance partner for this cool dance from Spain he had heard so much about 💃
confused it with FLAMENCO.
Half a point for Gryffindor.
Yes, that was the joke.
Ah well, he made an honest mistake, bless his soul
Poor Peachy, he should be allowed to retire and given a nice home away from drunk Las Vegas tourists.