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Oktoberfest party goers glug 6.9 million litres of beer
Times Live ^
| 10-8-2012
| Sapa-dpa
Posted on 10/08/2012 12:17:45 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
Organizers said 6,9 million litres of beer were consumed at the 179th Oktoberfest, as the biggest folk festival in the world came to end in Munich on Sunday.
The annual German beer festival that opened on September 22 drew 6,4 million visitors from around the world, down from the record 6,9 million who drank 7,5 million litres of beer in 2011.
The local Red Cross reported that more than 800 people drank themselves into state of unconsciousness over the course of the festival.
A police spokesman the department responded to 2000 and had been strained to its limit and beyond as a result. Much of the crime, however, was confined to pickpocketing.
Some 116 oxen and 57 calves were eaten this year, with the beer to wash all those meals down costing up to 9,50 euros (12,40 dollars) per litre.
TOPICS: Food; Travel
KEYWORDS: 2012oktoberfest; beer; holdmuhbeer; oktoberfest; oktoberfest2012
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To: Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Revolting cat!; Joe 6-pack; Daffynition
...resulting in the world's longest restroom line.
(file pic)
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:20:15 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
To: Revolting cat!
Was Heino's brother Steino there?
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:22:24 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
To: a fool in paradise
JFTR:
- 6.9 million liters = 1.82 million gallons
- 7.5 million liters = 1.98 million gallons
Lotta suds either way.
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:22:24 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: a fool in paradise
Must have needed an awful lot of porta-potties.
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:22:47 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("Most times a man'll tell you his bad intentions, if you listen and let yourself hear."---Open Range)
To: Olog-hai
800 people passed out out of over 6 million. That’s a better track record than Woodstock by far.
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:23:44 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
To: a fool in paradise
And it’s okay to drink the brown beer.
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:27:47 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:32:02 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: a fool in paradise
I dunno, but the Fuchsbergers were there!
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:35:10 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: a fool in paradise
In Mother Russia every day is Oktoberfest!
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:39:55 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:40:28 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Why not eliminate the middle man and have whoever feeds Obama his lines debate Romney directly?")
To: a fool in paradise
"the beer to wash all those meals down costing up to 9,50 euros
(12,40 dollars) per litre"
Man, I love German beer, but that is a stiff price for the equivalent of two large glasses of beer.
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:42:24 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: a fool in paradise
I was amazed at what they charge for beer in Deutschland.
A .5l bottle of Gaffel Koelsch set me back 5.80 eu back in August, and that was down the street from its birthplace..
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:42:40 PM PDT
by
RitchieAprile
(The 'great orator' Joe Biden? *That* Joe Biden??)
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:42:40 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
To: a fool in paradise
She never ages.Yep! Here she is last week.
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:45:37 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: RitchieAprile
Aber die bier ist sehr gut, ja? Es ist ehr rechts.
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:49:05 PM PDT
by
Tuanedge
(Warriors victorious in a hundred battles, flee when a tiger enters their tent.)
To: a fool in paradise
Heino...the German Eduard Khil (the ‘trololo’ man).
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:51:07 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
10/08/2012 12:55:25 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
To: a fool in paradise
Pictures from the celebration.
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posted on
10/08/2012 1:00:57 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
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