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Beer for Blood
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| 10-27-03
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Posted on 10/27/2003 9:32:14 AM PST by FlyLow
Colo. Blood Drive Offers Free Beer
October 27, 2003 07:44 AM EST
DURANGO, Colo. - Sounds like a fair trade: blood for beer. United Blood Services of Durango, Colo., held an unusual blood drive this weekend.
Donors got a free pint of beer for a pint of blood. Four area breweries took part in the promotion.
People from the blood bank got into the spirit of the season, by dressing in Halloween costumes including vampires.
There was a little more at stake for the brewers than just civic pride. The owner of the brewery that collected the least amount of blood will get a makeover today: hair dyed blood red.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: beer; blood; blooddrive; halloween
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NOW this is the way to obtain civic response...why haven't the political parties used this? (-:
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posted on
10/27/2003 9:32:14 AM PST
by
FlyLow
To: FlyLow
Not a bad idea - not only do you help the community by donating blood, but you get that much more of a beer buzz in the process...
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posted on
10/27/2003 9:33:36 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Now in theaters - Howard Dean as Buzz Lightweight - taking the Dems to Oblivion and Beyond in 2004!)
To: FlyLow
This will be a great way for me to get some blood out of my alcohol stream.
To: FlyLow
As a poor college student, I'd participate in blood drives for the free pizza. The turnout was still usually pretty low. Now, if you offer beer... Wow! Great idea! This nation will never want for blood again!
To: Welsh Rabbit
I donated Friday and got a $.25 undershirt.
To: FlyLow
"Mmm - Beer!"
Actually, politicians did try this, which is why bars used to be closed on election day.
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posted on
10/27/2003 10:35:55 AM PST
by
talleyman
(Caviar emptor (a warning from the sturgeon general))
To: trussell; Beacon Falls
beerping
FMCDH (in Durango)
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posted on
10/27/2003 10:36:57 AM PST
by
nothingnew
(The pendulum is swinging and the Rats are in the pit!)
To: nothingnew
You gonna donate?
There will probably be alot more UFO sightings after this. LOL
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posted on
10/27/2003 11:34:05 AM PST
by
trussell
(PRAYER WORKS!!)
To: FlyLow; hchutch; Chancellor Palpatine
Watch the ANSWER morons start chanting "No blood for beer!"
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posted on
10/27/2003 11:35:34 AM PST
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: trussell
You gonna donate? Nah. I always get turned down. Too little blood in my alcohol stream.
FMCDH
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posted on
10/27/2003 11:37:26 AM PST
by
nothingnew
(The pendulum is swinging and the Rats are in the pit!)
Plasma for Pabst.
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posted on
10/27/2003 11:39:19 AM PST
by
Consort
To: FlyLow
My husband said it is a "give us a pint and we'll give you a pint" campaign.
To: Consort
Bud for Blood
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posted on
10/27/2003 11:54:51 AM PST
by
Snardius
To: Eric in the Ozarks
I donated Friday and got a $.25 undershirt. I remember hearing about some homeless guys who would donate a different body fluid for cash then buy their beverage of choice with the money.
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posted on
10/27/2003 11:58:04 AM PST
by
Snardius
To: Snardius; Consort
Plasma for Pabst.Bud for Blood
Yuck. They need to at least make it decent beer.
Of course, nothing bloody rhymes with Guiness Extra Stout.
"Open your vein, let the blood run out and we'll give you a Guiness Stout."
Eh, maybe.
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:05:00 PM PST
by
brewcrew
To: brewcrew
With your blood you needn't be frugal,
we'll swap you for a Leinenkugle.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
With your blood you needn't be frugal,
we'll swap you for a Leinenkugle.Definite possibilities. One of the better mass-produced, micro-at-hearts on the market.
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:11:34 PM PST
by
brewcrew
To: brewcrew
One of the items I miss not living in the Twin Cities.
To: FlyLow
In Denmark they used to offer this at the end of the donation, just as they do with water, soda, etc, in the U.S. The buzz was said to be seismic.
To: Snardius
Heineken for Hemoglobin
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posted on
10/27/2003 12:25:47 PM PST
by
SC DOC
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