Most of the time alcohol related topics are not all over the newspapers. In this section you will find all those funny or weird little articles your mainstream media won’t offer you.
Christmas is a time of the year that usually provides us with the better stories. Some beautiful, some sad and some just plain crazy. This one from the suburban city Lyndhurst near Cleveland (USA) is a good example of a tale from the last category. A drunk man who was held by the police managed to steal…
Weddings getting crashed by drunken idiots is nothing new, but when the official wedding photographer outshines the bride that’s rare. Still that’s exactly what 26-year old Katherine Leigh Mehta from Texas (USA) did last Saturday. The marriage photographer, who also works as a swimsuit model under the name Max McIntyre was asked to leave after…
A Japanese pilot was arrested at Heathrow airport (London, UK) for being quite drunk just 50 minutes before he was supposed to fly a Boeing 777 to his home country. The 42-year old Katsutoshi Jitsukawa raised the suspicion of a crew bus driver because his breath smelled heavily of alcohol. After the driver had alerted…
It’s often said that when someone is feeling troubled alcohol is not the answer. But now there’s a study that shows the opposite is true. Alcohol directly affects the gene that encodes if a memory is pleasant or not. Sure booze won’t make your ex doubt the break up or fix your financial debts, but it…
One of the reasons why life is so precious is because it ends. This mortality often drove people crazy in the past and many have tried to extend their time on Earth just a bit more. The good news is that you don’t have to sell your soul to the Devil – although some cultures…
Shocking news from India as yet another drunk guy was found dead. Not eaten by a python like last time we had news from this country, but strangled by his own wife. Horrible news, absolutely. No rightful drunkard wants to develop a fear of drinking, cause the woman he loves might kill him while he’s defenseless.…
Great news for new mothers who combine breastfeeding with the delight of an occasional alcoholic beverage. A scientific study in Australia showed that a few glasses of wine or beer are absolutely not harmful for the kids who receive their breast milk. The researchers even suggest that the opposite might be true, as the kids…
Everyone who ever played the computer game Grand Theft Auto probably at some point stole an ambulance for a joyride. However a drunk British teen actually pulled this stunt on his summer holiday in Greece. In the town Lagana on the island Zakynthos the minor (his age was not released) pushed out the driver of…
The Netherlands has one of the most rainy climates in Europe, and possibly the world. For many a reason to get depressed, but not for some brewers from Amsterdam. They saw the wet climate in a country, that has more than half of its territory below sea level, as a business opportunity. In brewery De Prael…
One of the most famous landmarks of the skyline of the Dutch city Rotterdam is the football stadium De Kuip (literally translated “The Tub” after its shape), home of the football club Feyenoord. For years the board of directors of the club wants to replace this building with a new modern stadium to increase income for…
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