Freshman MP Mark Reckless had a little too much to drink while waiting for a late-night vote on the budget. At least he realized he was too drunk, and didn't start proposing wacky amendments like "free breast implants for all."

British oil trader Steven Perkins came home drunk one night last year, went online, and lost $10 million while trading oil futures. Now that vintage G.I. Joe you bought on Ebay while drunk doesn't seem so bad. [NYT, pic]

Paul Nigel Sneddon of Palmerston North, New Zealand, flipped his car. Police found him drinking a beer, his BAC already three times the legal limit. Said his lawyer, "he had nothing else to... so he had another beer." [Reuters]

Actor Val Kilmer told a New Mexico county commission he was sorry for saying that 80 per cent "of the people in my county are drunk." His plans to open a bed and breakfast were given the go-ahead. [AP]

Addiction recovery is a lonely road to walk—all your party friends are gone. Add a vacation house in booze-happy edens like Fire Island and the Hamptons, and it becomes even lonelier. The New York Times gets this.

Did you know that just by sitting there, not drinking, you are killing the American economy? We're currently in the midst of the biggest "lite" beer sale decline in recent memory. The culprit? You. (And "Drinkability").

"There has been an entire strata of restaurants created by chefs to feed other chefs. These are restaurants created specially for the tastes of the slightly stoned, slightly drunk chef after work." —Anthony Bourdain to the Times [image via]

How drunk was Caleb Howe when he made fun of Rogert Ebert's cancer on Twitter? Probably really drunk. However, he does not reveal exactly how drunk in the bizarre pseudo-apology to Ebert which for some reason Mediaite ran tonight.

We bring you the following story as a public service—for journalists, college students, and everyone else. Take the experience of Tim Chapman, former editor of James Madison University's student newspaper, as a lesson: Cops are not your drinking buddies.

What happens when the cast and crew of Mad Men drink something stronger than all the prop liquor in Don's office? Well, videos much like this one, which they made for Creator and Executive Producer Matthew Weiner.

Bill Murray became a guest bartender at the music festival South by Southwest. As the way-too-excited guy at the beginning of the video will tell you, Bill Murray refused everyone's order and only poured tequila.

Mercy's St. Patrick's Day episode included a gigantic brawl between drunk Irish folks and drunk Italians—what would Snooki and the gang think?! Fortunately, Michelle Tratchenberg's character came to the rescue by dousing them all with a fire extinguisher.

"Man on the street" reportage doesn't get much better than in this classic clip. Fox News relinquishes their microphone to a drunken amateur newscaster, Adam, who is here to remind us about the true meaning of St. Patrick's Day.

Tom Green - remember him? - stopped by a frat party at the University of Pennsylvania in a bid for relevancy and free beer.

When you're curled up against the toilet trying to sober up later on this evening, don't say we didn't warn you. In honor of St. Patrick's day, we present to you the ultimate collection of the drunkest people falling down.

In your sober Thursday media column: another round of layoffs hits BusinessWeek, Sulzberger Jr. goes to court, a cop fired for helping a drunk newsman, and Adam Nagourney may be headed to LA.

"For normal people this would be a pretty sobering experience," explains Andrew after being pushed off a 10 foot ledge, "but I'm pretty drunk." Good to see he's doing okay after last week's drama.

Amidst the chaos of ardent denials from the perpatrator, Ty, and the indignant self righteousness of the rest of his roommates, Andrew manages to keep it real while being taken to the hospital for a possible concussion.

Last night on The Millionaire Matchmaker we saw a first-hand account of how to ruin a glamorous date with one of Patty's millionaires: showing up to the date schnockered. Here, Angel shows us how to ruin a night in Vegas.

For the first part of the date, Jimmy D decided to throw down $50,000 in a poker game with Angel. She doesn't know how to play at all, and what's worse—she reeks of alcohol! In this clip, Jimmy D mentions his concerns for Angel's drunkenness, but plays along and teaches her the game.

If you're not into violence—particularly in the form of drunken bodies of Real World cast-mates falling onto concrete after being rolled off a balcony(!!!)—you may want to skip this clip. To the brave—onward!


[via Inside TV]

Following in the footsteps of previous NBC anchors, Hoda Kotb gave us a sloppy report of her Super Bowl trip. Kathie Lee, back in New York, sober—and probably jealous—decided to let us in on how Hoda hasn't slept yet.