Odd predeliction!
IME intoxicated men (or sober ones for that matter) have no preference for releiving themselves in water - any bush, tree, wall, fence, etc will do.
I came across a video posted on July 2022 of a person in the Cumberland River @ midnight near the area where RS was last seen. The boater rescued the woman and dropped her to shore. Insightful although different weather conditions.
I couldn’t possibly have said this any better. Some of the scenarios put forth elsewhere, genuinely have me wondering if people are posting on social media from the comfort of a mental hospital.
Brian Entin was spot on on the Gabby Petito case. I think Ashleigh Banfield just went with bad info on this case.
I don't really think that's so but I do realize everybody is entitled to his/her opinion.
But I don't think it's that AB got bad info. She made it bad. 
If he had fallen into the water, he may have shed his boots and jeans as they would really weigh him down a lot. I hope they drag where they think he fell in to find them. When my sister was training to be a lifeguard as a teen, they made them get into the water with clothing to see how difficult it is to stay afloat with clothing and shoes. He then may have been able to stay afloat until hypothermia overcame him.
Just to add to this. Since we grew up on a lake and did all things in the lake: swimming, diving, boating, skiing, canoeing, skating... When the neighborhood kids learned what my sister had to do in lifeguard training we were all so nosy and she would come home and practice on us. We were a little skeptical that we couldn't swim in clothing so we tried it out and immediately came to the same conclusion. Boy, were our mom's mad with all the wet shoes. But we learned a lot.
I suppose that might be what happened. But I doubt the clothing and boots would still be in the river near where they were shed after several weeks. Current could move those things anywhere along the 8 or so miles his body seems to have moved.
Possibly. We lived on a lake with currents. My dad lost his wallet and years later I found it next to our boat, between the dock and our boat. When it was breezy and there was a current it was hard to see anything. But I happened to go out on a clear, still day and looked into the water as I was pushing myself off from the pier in the boat and spied it as clear as day. Of course this was no rushing river and it was close to shore in only about 3 feet of water, so it's hard to compare. We'd have to know the current strength and depth I guess.
The money would need to be worked out -- Uber added to bar bill maybe to prevent guest from making fuss. If guest is uncooperative and refusing, be required to call cops to put into paddy wagon. Busy cops forced to be on drunk patrol on Saturday nights would likely become very offended.
But Ubers aren't always safe. Is a bar really going to force an inebriated guest into a car driven by a stranger? Even single female guests? What if the guest pukes & gets tossed out of the Uber who knows where?
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Can't disagree with any of that. Public drunkenness not being a crime everywhere is news to me (and downright unAmerican, if you ask me. Where are the stocks when you need 'em?
) My reply simply followed another's thoughts of pouring a drunk into an Uber -- there will always be the money situation. And as you mentioned the safety issue. And others. There are no easy answers.
My assumption is that once the establishment arranges a rideshare for the guest it becomes someone else's legal responsibility. I don't see any need for anyone forcing anyone.
Ok. I don't know that most people being cut off at a bar will happily jump in an Uber the bar arranged to take them home. Often people who've been drinking aren't especially "cooperative." But maybe I'm wrong. It's not really clear though who would pay for the ride.
Again, I'm just talking about the legal responsibility of a bar when expelling an inebriated guest. Once the rideshare has been arranged whatever bad happens after that is no longer the establishment's problem. I'm not saying that's how it is, I'm just saying that's a law I could get behind.
