It’s one of the most wonderful things in the world.  On a hot summer day, there’s nothing like hitting the beach.  One man headed to Tampa, Florida, to soak up the sun and have a couple of drinks while lazing about in a raft.  However, after a few drinks, thing got strange and the man took an incredible trip.  While passed out drunk, the man floated a mile out into the Gulf of Mexico in only an air-filled raft.  The Coast Guard had to be called to rescue him!

The only thing that kept the man from floating out into the oil spill was the fact that he was spotted by one of his fellow boaters, who then alerted the authorities.  Fortunately, he was still wearing his life jacket.  Unfortunately, he was also so intoxicated it took the Coast Guard’s medical corpsman quite a bit of effort to revive him.  I guess, in this case, it’s better to be found than to just drift away.

However, this raises the question of where exactly the guy was before he passed out and floated off.  Were there no life guards?  Are there life guards anymore?  I haven’t been to the beach in years, but it seems reasonable that there be no life guards anymore save at the biggest beaches, thanks to cost-cutting measures.

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