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more about #alcohol more comments → pollyannacowgirl: Nothing clever to contribute. Just that I despise drunk drivers immensely. And they never die in accidents; it's always their poor sober victims who... more » sanyucat: Wait . . . there's someone named Dick Lugar? How has this not been an item before? more » A Message To Rudy: Well, she does look like she enjoys a good highball. I bet her voice sounds like three packs of cigarettes too. more » intime: You'd be drunk too, if you were married to Dick Lugar. more » manchops: I'm putting my money on Laura Bush. THE DRUNKEN LIBRARIAN RIDES AGAIN! more » BookishLookish: Which is why New York City is among the greatest cities: You can get your drink on, even get sloppy, then hail a cab home. A car is a drinking girl's ... more » Banjo-Sea Kitten: And there's this: about one out of every six federal inmates is in federal prison for marijuana. more » BettyCrocker: Is that her, looking wistfully at the phallic microphones and thinking, "If only, if only...."? Ok, I'm puerile. But his hair sucks and he looks lik... more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: Back in the mid-90's there was a great magazine called Bikini, and for a while they had a "Dick of the Month" feature. NASCAR driver Dick Trickle and... more » Gawkerati: An Independent ... that would be ... Bill O'Reilly ... he's fair and balanced ... more » momof3wildkids: First a Dem (Kerry's daughter) now a Repub (Lugar's wife). The trifecta will be complete if an independent goes next. Lieberman? Bloomberg? more » heartbreakturnip: Listen: the only reason I'll improve my heart health because of drinking is because I typically refrain from eating (to include foods high in bad cho... more » wholenuther: I agree with this claim. With what and based on whatever I don't care, but the conclusion works for me. Who needs a drink? more » RandomLunatic: I see nothing but win for me here. For me and my delicious Skyy. more » Pope John Peeps II: Though ironically, it raises these men's likelihood of getting punched in the face for being belligerent dinner party drunks by at least a third. more » -
#lifeskills
Sen. Dick Lugar's Wife Arrested for Drunk Driving
Charlene Lugar, the wife of staid Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, was charged with DWI in McLean, Va., last night after driving into a parked car. Now we know who does all the partying (or vodka-in-the-coffee-thermos drinking) in the Lugar family. More » -
#beerme
Scientists Prove Alcohol is Good for You Yet Again
Scientists must be huge drunks and very healthy, since every other week they produce a study that shows alcohol is an all-curing wonder drink. Here is another one, conducted by Spanish researchers in between taking swigs from their wine flasks. More » -
#drunks
How Not to Advertise an Alcoholic Beverage
Bad enough the lady is drinking and driving with only one hand because she's holding a (hallucinated?) dragon in the other hand. Also, her eyes are closed. [Copyranter. Click to enlarge.]
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#sodrunk
Drunk Man in Convenience Store Captures Nation's Attention
"Drunkest Guy Ever Goes for More Beer." Assuming this is real, was he doing Pilates down there, at some point? Impressive. -
#dystopianfuture
Sorry, drunks: WHO has launched an all out, no holds barred war on alcohol.
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#advertising
Are Booze Ads Making You a Drunk?
Whoa: The British Medical Association is urging a complete ban on alcohol advertising and sponsorships in England, home to many drunks. But the media needs that money! Who's more disingenuous here—ad agencies, media companies, or doctors? It's close! More » -
#massholes
Booze-Taxing Mass Lawmaker Caught At New Hampshire Packy
All Westport resident Michael Rodrigues wanted to do was buy tax-free liquor in New Hampshire, as countless thousands do every day. But just because he's a Massachusetts state legislator who approved a tax hike on booze, he's in trouble! More » -
#science
Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
How many of you are "binge drinkers," meaning you had five drinks in a night once last month? (All you drunks raise your hands). Now, how many of you drove after getting wasted? (Pause). Liars! Science knows. More » -
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#marketing
At Least You Have Beer In a Box
Are you a sad football-watching drunk who wants nothing more than to guzzle cheap American beer and pass out in front of the flickering televised sporting contest, momentarily forgetting your copious problems? No, you're the future of beer marketing! More » -
#drinking
The Rotgut Economy
Yes, everyone drinks more in a recession, but they drink the cheapest, vilest swill they can find. The New York Times reports while wine sales are up, the industry is hurting because high-end wines are in a tailspin. More » -
#science
Russians Even Drunker Than Suspected
Good lord: more than half of all deaths of Russians aged 15-54 can be attributed to "excessive alcohol consumption." More » -
#thatswhattheyallsay
You Drink Moderately For Your Health. Ha.
You, the sweaty awkward one: you look like the type that desperately justifies your daily drinking. Science says it's good for your heart or your mind or something, right? Wrong! Lush! More » -
#advertising
Breakthrough Beer Ad Uses Awkwardness of Purchasing Porn for Comedic Effect
This sexuadvertisingly-transmitted viral has been going around quietly for a while but we haven't seen it since we're not beer-guzzling porn freaks (professionally). We're sad to admit that this vibrator-featuring Bud Light ad is amusing on its own merits: More » -
#health
You: Doomed
Helpful scientists have found that binge drinking increases the risk of lung cancer in smokers "regardless of how many cigarettes a day they smoked." There's very little hope for you, now. [Science Daily] -
#adsweactuallylike
Drunk on Life
An easy alcoholic-tendencies test: Would you do all the stuff you do drunk if you were sober? If you would, you are either really hardcore, or the English guy in this "Don't Be a Lush" commercial. More » -
#recessionomics
Redefining Luxury (Downwards)
The Way We Live Now: Not fucking around, that's for sure. Would you be fucking around, in this day and age, when neither soothing twopenny candies nor free alcohol can calm the bloody Central Park Balloon Vendor Wars? More » -
#health
Coffee, Cigarettes, Alcohol: A Balanced Diet
Good news: Coffee's not bad for you! Bad news: Unless you smoke when you drink it. But, good news: if you're an alcoholic you must drink coffee! More » -
#breaking
Rachel Maddow Bought a TV
Rachel Maddow, who basically everyone wants to hang out with, lost one of her "mentioned by every damn interviewer" quirks recently, when she got drunk and bought a TV. More » -
#updates
Catering to Students' Diverse Tastes
Appalachian State University newspaper The Appalachian has kept us waiting for weeks for the rest of their cum-drenched four-part pornography series. What's the holdup? "Appalachian to research health effects of wine." Ah. -
#poll
Do the Obamas Get a Class-Resentment Pass for Their White House Soirées?
The Obamas are just like us: drinking through this recession, at home! Well, not entirely like us. They're all wearing fancy clothes and they have jobs and Steve Wonder is there. More »
