In yet another unfortunate case of life imitating art, former “My Name Is Earl” star Jamie Pressly was arrested last night on suspicion of DUl. TMZ says:

Jaime Pressly was driving in Santa Monica at around 11PM when she was stopped. Cops took notice of her vehicle after she allegedly committed a traffic violation.

A field sobriety test was performed and Jaime was arrested and booked on suspicion of DUI.

She was taken to the Santa Monica jail and held on $15,000 bail.

Whoa, whoa, whoa — fifteen grand? Any seasoned alcoholic will tell you they only set bail that high if you’re also carrying drugs or your kids in the car. So which was it?

Law enforcement [say] there were no drugs in Jaime’s car [and] no children were in the car. And there was no car accident.

The only other circumstance in which bail is set at $15,000 — the normal amount is $5,000 — is when the driver’s blood-alcohol level is higher than .15.

We have not, however, been able to confirm Jaime’s level.

For those of you who don’t drink (booooo!), a BAC of .15 is the equivalent of five glasses of wine in about an hour. Or as I like to call it, “lunch.” The good thing about having blood alcohol levels that high is that you never have to worry about getting separated from your group. If they lose you, your friends can just follow the trail of piss and puke Hansel and Gretl-style back to whoever’s bed you passed out in. That’s why the Date Rape hotline says there’s safety in numbers.

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