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Machine makes it easy to inhale hard liquor
Boston Globe ^
| 1.25.06
| Kathleen Burge
Posted on 01/25/2006 2:16:08 PM PST by el_chupacabra
The drink arrives, not in a glass, but in a puff of alcohol-laden vapor. Imbibers sit beside each other on bar stools, breathing deeply from plastic devices that resemble giant asthma inhalers.
Even though the futuristic Alcohol Without Liquid machines have apparently not arrived in Massachusetts, some legislators and law enforcement officials are so fearful of their potency that the House will hear testimony today on a bill banning the machines, which are popular in Europe.
Promoters say the devices deliver low-calorie, low-carb, hangover-free doses of booze.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: alcohol; awol; booze; donutwatch; inhale; massachusetts; wodlist
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To: el_chupacabra
Why am I not surprised that these machines are showing up in Ted Kennedy's home state first?
To: el_chupacabra
No thanks. I'll take my shaken, not stirred.
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:27:24 PM PST
by
colorado tanker
(I can't comment on things that might come before the Court, but I can tell you my Pinochle strategy)
To: el_chupacabra
I'm certain that airborne alcohol will have nothing but a salubrious effect on lung tissue, right?
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:29:16 PM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: Slump Tester
Teddy wants invented one that plugs into his cigarette lighter.
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:29:23 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.)
To: farlander
Ok, so, it's tasteless, alchohol inhalation ? What is the damn point ? Just to get wasted ? And what's the problem with that? (hic)
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:29:27 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Drink your beer, damnit! There are people in Africa sober!.)
To: el_chupacabra
Well it sure saves on dishes doesn't it?
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:29:53 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: Minutemen
I wonder if the imbibers would also like to sniff low-calorie glue?
Straight Alcohol fumes into the Nose? and straight into the brain Killing cells, and making a generation of Stupid retards.
The Future Voting bloc for the Democrats. 2008.
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:34:24 PM PST
by
LtKerst
(Lt Kerst)
To: farlander
Ok, so, it's tasteless, alchohol inhalation ? What is the damn point ? Just to get wasted ?You must be joking. If getting wasted was not the point, don't you think someone would have perfected all sorts of tasty, alcohol-free liquors by now? "All the taste... none of the risks!"
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:34:53 PM PST
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: atomicpossum
After you inhale a few times, all the chicks are hot!!!
To: PikesPeakGOP
He has the I.V version of it.
To: nuke rocketeer
Beer, helping ugly people get laid for 3,000 years!
Beer Goggles rule!!
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:40:49 PM PST
by
sean327
(All men are created equal, then some become Marines!)
To: el_chupacabra
Vaporizing the olive in my martini just wouldn't be the same...
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:41:34 PM PST
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: el_chupacabra; Wolfie; elkfersupper; freepatriot32
One thing that's interesting about all of this is that the alcohol industry is generally opposed to these devices. They are worried about their product being consumed in a way that resembles "drug" use.
It's all nonsense really. The whole point of drinking is to get drunk. AWOL just helps avoid the hangover.
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:41:37 PM PST
by
JTN
("I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.")
To: humblegunner; Bacon Man
Mouthwash, dude! Has alcohol in it, and it's minty-fresh!
Although on one would-be-memorable-if-I-could-remember-it occasion, Bacardi was used.
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:42:47 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
To: el_chupacabra
I want one installed at my work desk so when my boss annouces another one of his meetings, I can take a few hits.
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:43:33 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: humblegunner; Xenalyte
Anybody ever use Jack Daniel's instead of bong water? Jack Daniels, no, Rumplemints, yes. That was a long time ago.
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:44:52 PM PST
by
Bacon Man
(I have the energy of a bear that has the energy of two bears!)
To: DTogo
I'm such a geek . . . I was at the liquor warehouse in downtown Houston yesterday (I was buying cheese, my hand to God) and got very excited when I found olive juice.
I love my martinis dirty, and so many olives have shriveled because I used all the juice!
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:44:55 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
To: el_chupacabra
yeah, but the olive keeps getting stuck in my nose....
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:45:09 PM PST
by
tje
To: Xenalyte
Specs? Where everyone knows my name?
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:46:12 PM PST
by
tje
To: Xenalyte; humblegunner
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posted on
01/25/2006 2:46:39 PM PST
by
Bacon Man
(I have the energy of a bear that has the energy of two bears!)
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