COOTY of the year?

[Steve Kl.]

In the local news, they're referring to this as the "toothpaste defense."

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> COOTY -- Cop-Out Of The Year?  From Anthony
> Galluccio, Massachusetts State Senator, who while
> on probation and ordered to abstain from alcohol
> after pleading guilty to a hit-and-run accident
> failed a surprise breathalyzer test (it surprised
> him because it was given when a court officer
> arrived with the machine, not after it had been placed in his house):
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> "I haven't ingested any alcohol" (he said
> yesterday, as heard on TV news and quoted by
> thebostonchannel.com).  "After discussing it with
> a physician, we have determined that is the
> result of my using two toothpastes – Colgate
> Total Whitening and Sensodyne Toothpaste, both of
> which contain sorbitol" (he said in an earlier
> statement; quoted on several web sites).
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> Joel
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