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    ¡§Hell yeah it¡¦s fast¡¨: Motorized lounge chair set for auction ¹q°Ê¥ð¶¢´È±N©ç½æ



    Tuesday, Nov 03, 2009,Page 13

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    A small town police department in Minnesota will put a motorized lounge chair up for auction next week after it was seized in a drunk driving incident.

    The black and blue leather lounge chair comes complete with stereo, footrest, cupholders, headlights, a nitrous oxide power boost system, drag racing-style steering wheel and a parachute.

    Built on top of a riding lawnmower engine, the chair is decorated with stickers proclaiming ¡§hell yeah it¡¦s fast¡¨ and ¡§I smoked your (expletive),¡¨ and can get up to speeds of around 24 kmph.

    It was seized on Aug. 31, 2008 after Dennis LeRoy Anderson, 62, smashed it into a parked car on his way back from a local bar in Proctor, Minnesota.

    Anderson told police the only reason he hit the car was because a girl jumped up on the chair.

    ¡§We cannot confirm or deny the story,¡¨ police chief Walter Wobig told AFP.

    ¡§The bottom line is it doesn¡¦t get him off driving while intoxicated.¡¨

    Anderson, who Wobig called ¡§a very nice guy,¡¨ had a blood alcohol level of 0.29 ¡X more than three times the legal limit. And it wasn¡¦t his first drunk driving arrest.

    State law allows police to seize vehicles in drunk driving cases and either use them for official use or sell them once a conviction is obtained.

    Wobig, who had seen Anderson driving the chair around town for a year or two prior to his arrest, decided it was only fair to treat the chair the same way he would treat a Corvette.

    So he stuck it in his garage while Anderson¡¦s case made its way through the courts.

    Anderson pleaded guilty and the paper- work to transfer ownership to the police department should be completed soon, said Wobig, who plans to list the chair on eBay.

    He¡¦s not going to set a reserve price and won¡¦t even hazard a guess at what the chair will bring in for his department.

    (AFP)

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