The Anecdote Bin

IN ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, reports the Associated Press, a man charged with driving while drunk told the judge he had given up beer in favor of martinis--the first he had ever had. "Don't you know," asked the judge, "that a beer compares to a martini like a Springfield rifle compares to a nuclear bomb?" Forking over a $100 fine, the culprit said, "I do now."