"I drank two shots of Jack Daniels in the car," he admitted, "but I also ate a sandwich."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

REAL WORLD'S PUCK EXPLAINS CAR CRASH NIGHTMARE

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/real_world_puck_neck_car_crash/celebrity/68386



The Real World bad boy "Puck" broke his neck and nearly died when his car plunged down a 40-foot ravine.

The former MTV reality star says he survived thanks to his 8-year-old son Bogart, who was gravely injured in the recent crash, but managed to get help.

“I broke my neck in three places, and if I try to move, I could be paralyzed for life. The only reason I am alive is that my son saved me,” he told The ENQUIRER.

David “Puck” Rainey, 41, became one of the most notorious “Real World” house guests in the show’s history in 1994 when he was evicted for harassing a gay roommate who was dying from AIDS.

The former bike messenger, who’s now an actor, was driving from his San Fernando Valley home to Lake Cuyamaca near San Diego, Calif., for a fishing trip with Bogart on March 19 when the accident happened.

“I drank two shots of Jack Daniels in the car,” he admitted, “but I also ate a sandwich. I was doing about 40 when a deer jumped out in front of me.”

While trying to avoid the deer, his tiny 1988 Ford Festiva ran off the road and rolled over four times as it bounced down a 40-foot ravine.

“My seat belt broke, and I was being flung around in the car,” Puck recalled. “I ended up trapped, upside down, in water. I didn’t know it then, but I had a broken neck. I’d also broken my clavicle, my sternum and both feet.”

Bogart managed to roll down his window, get out of the car, climb up the embankment and stop a passing car. He was rushed to a San Diego hospital and treated for a lacerated liver, bruised kidney and internal bleeding.

Puck, who has battled alcoholism for years, said he was arrested at the hospital and charged with child endangerment.

[AngryAmish]

1. I ate a sandwich for lunch. Do I get to drive around drunk, too?

[yellerpup]

4. Sure, you're Amish.

I'm sure you can handle it! ;)

[old mark]

10. Probably drive a horse and buggy, anyway. nt

[yellerpup]

12. I know I would if I could. n/t

[LynneSin]

20. Perhaps Amish would want to drive around in a horse & buggy instead

:rofl:

[yellerpup]

22. Hey, who wouldn't?

:rofl:

[paulsby]

24. just for the record,

if those shots were standard sized, they most likely did not place puck above the legal limit for DUI.

i say that as a court certified expert witness in DUI detection. (the voir dire was exhaustive)

it's still illegal, reckless and stupid, though

otoh, nearly every dui i arrest (seems like about 80%) claims "two" drinks or beers

it's a cliche.

i arrested a .35 who said "two beers". i was like, "were the containers big metal things with pumps on top?"

he didn't get it

[old mark]

30. "2 beers" is THE classic response - maybe he meant in the last half-minute....nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. 1998 Ford Festiva! he's lucky to be alive

[LaydeeBug]

26. 1988. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

32. OMG!

[JBoy]

3. Yes, the old "trying to avoid a deer" explanation.

He went for a two-fer, with the "seat belt broke" bit too.

[hlthe2b]

5. Was the deer drunk?

:eyes:

[Richardo]

7. I was thinking that too as I read it. The trifecta: 2 "shots" of JD

Wherein "shot" = Long pulls straight from the bottle.

[Warpy]

13. Nurses always double any admitted alcohol intake

and if it's a known problem drinker, we triple it.

It's the best way to gauge which ones will go into DTs on us.

Now we all know that guy didn't have a shot glass with him. I hope they did a serum alcohol on him.

[Richardo]

17. My dad's a recovering alcoholic (into his 3rd decade) and teaches DUI classes

He also applies a significant multiplier to whatever amount he's told by his 'students'. ("Justa coupla beers, man.") :eyes:

[Warpy]

21. Recovering alcoholics are great sources of information

and most nurses who know what they're doing have picked their brains on occasion.

My favorite site was given to me by a friend in recovery: http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/secular-connections/129489-bottles-how-hide-them.html

I used to find my ex's bottles all over the place and I'd just put them out on the counter with all the others he was working on. I figured he was hiding from himself and I wasn't going to help him do that.

[blueamy66]

35. What gives him the right to "apply" a significant multiplier?

Is he clairvoyant or psychic?

Sorry, but "recovering alcoholics" that "teach DUI classes" are a pain in the ass.

[Richardo]

38. He knows from experience that drunks lie about their drinking.

Especially when it gets them in trouble.

Maybe that's what makes them pains in the ass. No one likes to be called on their shit.

[blueamy66]

45. He knows from experience huh?

Has he "experienced" everybody's lives? I don't think so.

And DUI classes are ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. They are an absolute joke for everyone that attends. Trust me, I know, from EXPERIENCE.

Everyone that gets a DUI is not a drunk, yet these "DUI class teachers" automatically go there.

May I repeat....IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!

[Richardo]

46. Seems a nerve has been struck.

Believe whatever you like.

[blueamy66]

47. It's not what I believe that is important.

It's what these so-called ex-alcoholic, DUI class teachers believe that is important and what they spew to their "students" that are forced to attend these whine sessions.

Sorry, but I've been on both sides of DUIs....taught classes to juvies and attended a few for myself.

It's a waste of time.

If someone doesn't want to stop drinking, no class or lecture is going to help them to stop.

[Richardo]

48. You're absolutely correct.

They have to want to change.

But if you don't think a recovering alky can call them on their bullshit, you're absolutely wrong. Which was my whole and only point.

[blueamy66]

49. Okay.

we'll agree to disagree then

[bettyellen]

50. no it's above saving lives- my sisters were murdered by an asshole who thought just like you!

fuck assholes who drink and drive- all of them

[rurallib]

16. my dad usedto do 'two fingers'

held as widely apart on the glass as physically possible.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

27. "Two fingers, E.T.-Style"

:rofl:

:toast:

[rurallib]

36. Yep, that is it!

[Warpy]

29. Mine would have one drink a night

Straight bourbon in an iced tea tumbler.

[rocktivity]

6. Drinking in the car with a 8-year-old passenger

And then a deer ate his seat belt!

x(
rocktivity

[arcadian]

8. Tough kid

He's gonna need to be with a father like that.

[liberalmuse]

9. I always thought he'd go far.

Especially after I saw the episode where he blew snot in the community peanut butter. Boy, was I wrong! :eyes: It just pisses me off that a child was involved. Who let this guy reproduce?

[FarCenter]

11. "Seat belt broke"? Yeah, sure....

[peacefreak]

14. Yay Puck. Always lying to save your ass.

Good role model for your kid. NOT.

[4lbs]

15. The acting gig must not be that good since he was driving around in a 20+ year old hatchback.

1988 Ford Festiva? This is what one looks like.

[Bluebear]

18. At least he's held up well physically

:puke:

[Javaman]

19. Karma may take it's time, but it will get you. nt

[Quantess]

23. Someone actually named their child Bogart.

I wonder if he was named before the parents heard Bogart used as slang? I hope so.

[pipoman]

39. No, I would bet anyone who

had been on that show in 1994 knew full well, in fact was likely doing just that whilst celebrating the birth of the child..'hey..stop bogar...wait a minute...I have it!!1!'

[Mike K]

25. I hope this worthless sonofabitch ends up in prison.

[conspirator]

28. I thought this was a Thread about GWbush nt

[NoPasaran]

31. GWBush doesn't eat sandwiches

[omega minimo]

33. UnReccing in honor of Darwin

[pipoman]

41. Which Darwinian aspect?

The taking shots while driving with his son? Or still driving a 1988 Ford Festiva? Or doing both while eating a sandwich?

Doesn't Darwin Awards usually go only to those who die from their own stupidity, or is serious injury OK too?

[BrklynLiberal]

34. Stupid is as stupid does.

[Forkboy]

37. Works for me. How else can I get the kids to school?

:hide:

[pipoman]

40. Man, who wants to

have straight whiskey to wash down a sandwich....just makes my stomach queasy thinking about it...yuck!

[ProfessorGAC]

42. The Seat Belt Broke At 40MPH?

Seems hard to believe. Seatbelts are designed to withstand WAY more force than that of a guy that size at 40mph. Even if careening down a ravine, and bouncing off trees, the G forces shouldn't be enough to break a seatbelt.

My bet is he was going WAY faster than 40.
GAC

[aikoaiko]

43. It saddens me that there is a whole generation that thinks he is what a Puck is

Robin Goodfellow he is not.

[DailyGrind51]

44. Hey, he still owns an '88 Festiva, give him a break! ;-]