Oh, the humanity

[Tomasso]

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[jamespowers]

If they are lucky it was all Coors.

 

[C-dot]

If they are lucky it was all Coors.

Yeah, I hate that stuff. It's like drinking weak pee.

I wonder how many people came out to lick the pavement?

 

[LocktownDog]

It's like drinking weak pee.

I'd rather drink weak pee, than strong. [huh] When it comes to pee, that is.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I wonder how many people came out to lick the pavement?

True story:

In Los Angeles, during Prohibition, a local businessman held a big party at his town club suite. Now, this fellow had imported a lot of very fine liquor just before Prohibition took effect, so he was able to legally serve the stuff to his guests.


Hours into the party, the booze began to run out ... so the businessman called for a cask of whiskey to be brought up to his suite. The boy bringing the cask tripped and dropped it on the hallway's marble floor. The container broke into a million pieces, and whiskey flowed freely down the hallway.


When the businessman saw what had happened, he grabbed a handful of drinking straws and tossed them to his guests, saying: "There's $200 worth of Irish whiskey on the floor out here. Suck it up!" And you know what? That's exactly what those folks in tuxedos and evening gowns did. They got down on the floor and started drinking the booze with their straws.


The 1920s in a nutshell. And the businessman in question? James Oviatt.


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[C-dot]

Oh boy, would that have been a sight to behold! Terrific story, Marc!

As for drinking pee, I'd rather not at all lol

 

[jamespowers]

True story:

In Los Angeles, during Prohibition, a local businessman held a big party at his town club suite. Now, this fellow had imported a lot of very fine liquor just before Prohibition took effect, so he was able to legally serve the stuff to his guests.


Hours into the party, the booze began to run out ... so the businessman called for a cask of whiskey to be brought up to his suite. The boy bringing the cask tripped and dropped it on the hallway's marble floor. The container broke into a million pieces, and whiskey flowed freely down the hallway.


When the businessman saw what had happened, he grabbed a handful of drinking straws and tossed them to his guests, saying: "There's $200 worth of Irish whiskey on the floor out here. Suck it up!" And you know what? That's exactly what those folks in tuxedos and evening gowns did. They got down on the floor and started drinking the booze with their straws.


The 1920s in a nutshell. And the businessman in question? James Oviatt.


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The smart guests got large sponges and threw away the straws.

 

[jamespowers]

As for drinking pee, I'd rather not at all lol

Amen! *yucky*

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The smart guests got large sponges and threw away the straws.

lol lol lol :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap


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[jamespowers]

lol lol lol :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap


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They did squeeze the sponges into crystal glasses afterward though---no use being too gauche.

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

True story:

In Los Angeles, during Prohibition, a local businessman held a big party at his town club suite. Now, this fellow had imported a lot of very fine liquor just before Prohibition took effect, so he was able to legally serve the stuff to his guests.


Hours into the party, the booze began to run out ... so the businessman called for a cask of whiskey to be brought up to his suite. The boy bringing the cask tripped and dropped it on the hallway's marble floor. The container broke into a million pieces, and whiskey flowed freely down the hallway.


When the businessman saw what had happened, he grabbed a handful of drinking straws and tossed them to his guests, saying: "There's $200 worth of Irish whiskey on the floor out here. Suck it up!" And you know what? That's exactly what those folks in tuxedos and evening gowns did. They got down on the floor and started drinking the booze with their straws.


The 1920s in a nutshell. And the businessman in question? James Oviatt.


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Now that inspires a frantic, John Held Jr.-esque illustration!

 

[dhermann1]

I think that's actually vodka. If you notice, the link says .RU
Anyway, I think that's what it said yesterday when I first saw it.

 

[filfoster]

Da!

The news last night had a similar story of a Russian warehouse forklift guy who caused a Rube Goldberg chain reaction with cases of Vodka. The beer spill would smell better. Poor Russian bastards!

 

[scottyrocks]

If they are lucky it was all Coors.

I had heard that this was vodka.

 

[jamespowers]

I think that's actually vodka. If you notice, the link says .RU
Anyway, I think that's what it said yesterday when I first saw it.

Ok, worse tthan the loss of Coors but better than the loss of Single Malt Scotch.

 

[Cigarband]

 

[Phineas Lamour]

Up until last month I worked in a liquor warehouse. Never saw any spills that size but I did see a guy knock down about 12 pallets of Crown Royal. I think he ended up breaking 352 liter size bottles. I broke my fair share while I was there too. Some of the wines and cheap liquors were pretty smelly but it was always nice smelling if someone broke a pallet of cognac, and gin makes the whole warehouse smell like Christmas.

 

[daizawaguy]

Cognac....great smell I can imagine