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2005-04-13 Afghanistan/South Asia

20 Die in India From Contaminated Liquor

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Posted by Fred 2005-04-13 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Booze in a plastic bag?
That would have wrned most folks off right away.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-13 3:33:29 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-13 3:33:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Advantage Islam here. The so called *prophet* prohibited liquor and he's honored in the breach.

Posted by sea cruise 2005-04-13 3:38:35 AM|| 2005-04-13 3:38:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 SPoD - In Asia it seems almost everything is sold in baggies, nowadays. With all of the street vendors, and some of the "convenience" stores, you get a baggie and either a sharp little stick for spearing solid goodies (pineapple chunks, etc) or a straw for the liquids. I've been amazed to see what they "serve" in plastic bags, lol! Fill 'er up and tie a knot in it and away you go, heh. What did they do before the advent of cheap plactic film? Lol - we prolly don't wanna know!

Posted by .com 2005-04-13 4:15:08 AM|| 2005-04-13 4:15:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Advantage Islam here. The so called *prophet* prohibited liquor and he's honored in the breach.

So instead of alcohol Muslims use drugs (eg Assassins from Arabic Hashish'yun: made crazy by haschish). BTW do you think turkish raki is drunk only by Christians?

Posted by JFM 2005-04-13 9:21:10 AM|| 2005-04-13 9:21:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 JFM, let's not forget qat, and the infamous "Janjaweed Militia" in the Sudan.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-04-13 9:29:01 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-04-13 9:29:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Booze in a plastic bag? That would have wrned most folks off right away.

You obviously never saw the Boone's Farm Strawberry Ripple in the 5 liter plastic pouch inside a cardboard carton.

Posted by Steve White 2005-04-13 9:57:57 AM|| 2005-04-13 9:57:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Mmmmmm, Boone's Farm! My first underage, barfing-my-shoes-up drinking experience was with Boone's Farm. I actually repeated the experiment several times before I figured out the pattern and stopped.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-04-13 11:20:07 AM|| 2005-04-13 11:20:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 I got dead drunk last night , but not that dead !
Wonder if they got blind drunk first ? ! :)

Posted by MacNails 2005-04-13 1:35:01 PM|| 2005-04-13 1:35:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Steve, They are talking about baggies not "boxed" reconstituted and fortified wines.

Hand me a baggie and a straw and am outta there.:D I don't care what label is on it. It's like those plastic beer bottles. It just won't do.

Bali High Wine was pretty good as I remember Xbalanke.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-13 4:54:55 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-13 4:54:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Heh, a man of taste and means! You wouldn't care much for the street food, methinks, lol...

Posted by .com 2005-04-13 4:58:36 PM|| 2005-04-13 4:58:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Ripple for me Xbalanke. It caused a near death experience when I was 17. Learned better and starting mixing it with Batcardi rum, maker a drink called Cripple.

Posted by Sssssshipman 2005-04-13 7:49:18 PM|| 2005-04-13 7:49:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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