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Beer flows as overcrowded Oktoberfest opens in Munich
2019-09-22
BERLIN (AP) ‐ The first keg was tapped, and the beer started flowing as the 186th Oktoberfest got underway Saturday in the southern German city of Munich.

Mayor Dieter Reiter inserted the tap in the first keg with two blows of a hammer and the cry of "O’zapt is" ‐ "it’s tapped." As tradition demands, he handed the first mug to Bavarian governor Markus Soeder.

Even before the waitresses started bringing the one-liter (two-pint) beer mugs to customers at noon, the festival grounds were so overcrowded that security guards allowed entry only for people with reservations in one of the beer tents.

Revelers ‐ many women in colorful dirndl dresses and men in traditional Bavarian lederhosen ‐ started lining up in front of the gates before dawn to get inside.

"I took the first commuter train early this morning," Felix Stenglein from nearby Eichenau told German news agency dpa.

Shortly after 9 a.m., the festival’s organizers said the party could begin.
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  Old Bavarian joke:
A Bavarian orders a "Maß" (1 l beer) in Cologne.
Waitress responds: "We only serve beer in small glasses."
Bavarian: "Darling I don't think you can run that fast!"
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-09-22 18:29  

#12  Tiny biceps™ on trolls
Posted by: Frank G   2019-09-22 18:13  

#11  "Not only is it too heavy, but the beer gets warm before you're even halfway done. "

A very non-Bavarian problem
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-09-22 18:09  

#10  Just got back from Germany; in Cologne they serve the beer io7 ounce glasses- but they are priced accordingly, and the waiters (alas, not buxom beermaids) bring a new full glass whenever your glass looks low, unless you put a cover over it (and sometimes even then.) Kolsch is good beer too.
Posted by: Glenmore    2019-09-22 18:04  

#9  Ha, yes. I'll have to give you that.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-09-22 16:29  

#8  ^It what you used to, Besoeker.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-09-22 16:27  

#7  Got to agree with you on the liter of beer Herb.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-09-22 16:12  

#6  A 1 liter beer mug is lame. Not only is it too heavy, but the beer gets warm before you're even halfway done.

Haven't they put a stop to the pretty waitresses for being attractive yet? Are the German feminists asleep at the switch or something?
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2019-09-22 15:04  

#5  But please not with these fake American beer mugs. Get the real thing.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-09-22 14:36  

#4  I'm ready for the pics of the beer maids too start showing up
Posted by: chris   2019-09-22 13:57  

#3  They started drinking at 9AM. My kind of town.
Posted by: Iblis   2019-09-22 12:03  

#2  ...maybe of drunken participants, but I doubt one of those beer maids who can handle a dozen one liter beer mugs has much to worry about. File under - Nutcracker
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-09-22 07:13  

#1  The rapes by refugees start in 5 .. 4 .. 3
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-09-22 02:10  

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