Happy Gilmore Swing Outlawed in Nova Scotia
File this news under W for wacky (because of how you guys file all the blog stories you read in a big ol' file cabinet). A drunk, high person imitated something they saw in a 90's comedy and now is in trouble! Only in New York Nova Scotia!
In the case, the plaintiff sued after the defendant tried to impress his golfing buddies during a bachelor party outing that included beer, tequila, and marijuana. On the 16th hole, under the influence, Travis Hayter whipped out his "Happy Gilmore shot," which the court defined in 2008 as "running from five to ten feet behind the ball and hitting it on the run."
The ball leapt up and struck the plaintiff in the wrist, then in the chest, causing permanent damage to the radial nerve. The plaintiff no longer was able to return to his former work as a woodsman on account of the incident.
Yikes! At least the woodsman's hand wasn't bitten off by an alligator.
I feel really bad for the woodsman, but you do have to ask yourself, what was he doing in a golf course? It's entirely possible he was trying to steal wood (sorry)! Maybe this drunk, high person is actually a drunk, high hero.
Besides, right before hitting the ball, he yelled, "Fore!" Of course, everybody just thought he was trailing off in the middle of yelling, "Four twenty, bro's!" (How many terrible puns am I going to make?)
"The defendant's behavior was not among the 'natural risks' of golfing to which the plaintiff can be said to have consented," ruled Judge Arthur J. LeBlanc.
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