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A last drink proved one too many for a 78-year-old Swede who fell asleep while trying to row home - from Denmark.

Reports say the man had been drinking in the Danish town of Helsingor but found he did not have enough money for the ferry home to Sweden.

Instead of waiting until morning, he stole a dinghy and tried to row the 5km (three miles) across the Oresund Strait to Helsingborg, police said.

But he fell asleep half-way and drifted until he was rescued by the coastguard.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 at 03:41:52 PM EST
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Hamlet welcoming his friend Horatio to Elsinore (Helsingor):

We'll teach you to drink deep e'er you depart.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 at 05:12:48 PM EST
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