'What shall we do with the drunken sailor?' 'Put him charge of an Exxon tanker..'

Well, I'm sorry to have to put a crimp in the sails of all these cocksure moralists, but a Congressional investigation into the wreck of the Exxon Valdiz established that the cause was sleep-deprivation, not drunkenness.

By that time, the event was old news, and the press did not publicize the findings.