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They’ve Gone Squirrely
It's not enough for BrewDog to make the world's strongest beer (55% APV), but to serve it up in Squirrels is a novel idea. (PETA will hate it, of course.)The End of History from BrewDog on Vimeo
Posted By: Nethie - Fri Jul 23, 2010 -
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Category: Animals, Food, World Records, Alcohol
Follies of the Mad Men #110
1) I have never seen another Schlitz ad with a bear.
2) Bears were not a Schlitz mascot.
3) The text of the ad makes no mention of the bear.
WHAT IS THIS BEAR DOING HERE?
Was there a famous trained bear circa 1942 that Schlitz wanted to associate themselves with? Do bears in the wild have a particular fondness for Schlitz? What university does this bear teach at?
So many questions from one little ad.....
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 21, 2010 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Education, 1940s, Alcohol
Beer Soap
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 05, 2010 -
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Category: Hygiene, Alcohol
A Little Light Weirdness - 6
And if kissing ass isn’t your thing, perhaps you’d like to crawl through one instead? You can at a new exhibit called Grossology, which opens at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday. Subtitled “The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body” the exhibits also include a tour of the nose, a giant replica of human skin and an interactive experiment in flatulence called “Burp Man” (Miami Herald).
Not kissing but kicking ass are the pensioners of Bavaria in Germany, who decided not to take the credit crunch lying down. After their financial adviser, James Amburn, handed them losses in excess of 2.3 million euros, five OAPs tracked him to his home in Speyer, kidnapped him, and tortured him into faxing a Swiss bank for the money to pay them back. Instead he managed to alert the police. Mr. Amburn later confided that his four day ordeal was perhaps extended by his kidnappers having to stop a while when they ran out of breath (Mirror).
Also taking a little longer than usual were the German actors appearing in Erofeev’s satirical play “Moscow to the End of the Line”, alternatively billed as a “crazy depiction of one of the most famous alcoholic benders in world literature”. In an ill-considered attempt at method acting four of the performers decided to swap the water in the props for real vodka “as an experiment", only to fall off their chairs, and the stage, before inviting audience members to take a swig. They were later taken to hospital under a police escort to have their stomachs pumped (Guardian).
More outrage now, this time from Great Britain, where in a clear breach of their normal high standards of decorum, British mums have been seen shopping in the Tesco supermarket chain in pyjamas and slippers. In fact more outrage seems to have been directed at Tescos, who have implemented a dress code and now escort anyone so attired from their premises, than at the mums, They should all just be thankful they don’t have Walmarts, that’s all I’m saying (Mirror).
Posted By: Dumbfounded - Fri Jan 29, 2010 -
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Category: Body, Buildings and Other Structures, Fashion, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Shopping, Body Fluids, Excrement, Flatulence, Alcohol, Goofs and Screw-ups
Be Bop Wino
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 08, 2010 -
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Category: Music, 1950s, Alcohol
Floram Marchand
Floram Marchand: The Great Water Spouter
In the summer of 1650, a Frenchman named Floram Marchand was brought
over from Tours to London, who professed to be able to 'turn water into
wine, and at his vomit render not only the tincture, but the strength
and smell of several wines, and several waters.' Here - the trick and
its cause being utterly unknown - he seems for a time to have gulled
and astonished the public to no small extent, and to his great profit.
Before, however, the whole mystery was cleared up by two friends of
Marchand, who had probably not received the share of the profits to
which they thought themselves entitled. Their somewhat circumstantial
account runs as follows.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 07, 2010 -
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Category: Entertainment, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Body Fluids, Europe, Seventeenth Century, Alcohol
Alcohol Is Dynamite
During this season of festive drinking, let us always remember--Sid Davis style--the power of booze.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 22, 2009 -
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Category: PSA’s, Teenagers, 1950s, Alcohol
The Season for Drunken Elves
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 21, 2009 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Holidays, Motor Vehicles, Alcohol
The Jackalope
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 25, 2009 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Fictional Monsters, Recreation, Regionalism, Alcohol, Eating
Alternate History of VJ Day
If the history books had been written a little differently, the iconic shot of a woman getting plastered straight from the bottle might be gracing your "Greatest Generation" tributes.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 20, 2009 -
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Category: Holidays, War, 1940s, Women, Alcohol
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