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Woman Flunks Sobriety Test Then Breaks Into Irish Folk Dance

Note to one and all.  If you’re being stopped by an officer of the law for a field sobriety test, this is not time to fool around.  Similar to being…

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Note to one and all.  If you're being stopped by an officer of the law for a field sobriety test, this is not time to fool around.  Similar to being the practical joker going thru TSA at the airport, this never works out well.  I'm betting this morning, Amy Harrington, of Madeira Beach, Florida, wishes she heeded this advice.  Harrington was recently driving home when she rear-ended another car.   Oops.  Police who arrived on the scene noticed her eyes were bloodshot and watery. Double oops.  Officers then asked Amy to perform a field sobriety test. She was walking a straight line when she broke into an Irish folk dance.  Final Oops.

You just knew it was going to go south when after officers asked Amy to comply, she said, “Yeah, well, you sound like my ballet coach, so, sounds about right.”  No surprise here.  Amy was arrested for a DUI.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.