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pellaea, Flickr New York pet-shop proprietors are taking a stand against irresponsible pet owners by refusing to sell puppies to drunk customers. Two popular stores in the city's West Village--Le Petit Puppy and Citipups--have officially banned store patrons from buying dogs if they come into the store inebriated, according to the Washington Post's Blogpost blog. Fernanda Moritz, Le Petit Puppy's manager, told the Post that it's common for customers to leave local bars after putting away a few drinks and wander into the pet shop to look at--and sometimes shop for--cute, cuddly puppies. Obviously that's unwise because people make a lot of stupid, impulsive decisions when they're drunk, and ...

Photo: Deni_Jones/Flickr One of these things is not like the other: jellyfish, booze, and a pocketknife. Okay, so maybe none of them are like the other, but for 41-year-old Keith Edward Marriott, grouping them together seemed like a good idea. According to the St. Petersburg Times, Marriott, who had reportedly been drinking since 9 AM, was pretending to drown beachside before he began throwing jellyfish at nearby teenagers. And while we agree that the combination of sea creatures and booze is a surefire way to take out one's aggression on pesky young'uns, it didn't bode well for Marriot who was later revealed to be carrying a pocketknife in his shorts -- no, we're not being ...