A green glass bottle with a cork and a knotted rope around its neck on a dark slate background.

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Dean Martin

If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The familiar warning about drinking and driving takes an unexpected turn toward golf. Putt extends the prohibition from a vehicle to a much smaller movement of a ball. That change in scale gives the short instruction its joke, making the caution sound comically comprehensive.

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