Heavy Fuel
Now this is a classic rock song by Dire Straits, which says it all – “If you wanna run cool, you got to run on heavy, heavy fuel.” It has some other remarkable lines in its lyrics, like:
Pablo Picasso; a True Drinker till the Very End
While art is usually a matter of opinion, Pablo Picasso was without a doubt one of the greatest painters of the 20th century. The born Spaniard was also pretty hooked on absynthe, a drink that also inspired painters like Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Paul Gaugain and Édouard Manet. To describe his relationship to ‘the…
Top 7 Drinks that Smash you Surprisingly Fast
Ever had that moment when you feel like letting go of everything and letting alcohol rush in your blood? Have you wanted to sense the sweet and warm intoxication of your booze in no time? Lords of the Drinks will tell you about 7 beverages that will bring dizziness in your head before you’re ready…
LOTD gets a Versatile Blogger Award
Oh glorious day…. We, we… We don’t know what to say. Oh wait, we do have a little speech prepared. First of all we’d like to thank God for blessing us with a lot of thirst and the genes to handle alcohol well. Also a shout out to our families who through the years brought…
Ain’t that the truth?!
,,I’ve never been drunk, but often I’ve been overserved.” American comedian George Gobel
The night we took over the world
Time for a new real life drinking story. It’s about a night that would be remembered (figure of speech of course, since the protagonists in this story suffered from major black-outs) as ‘the night we took over the world’. We’ll explain that in a bit. Two words that will cling to this story forever are…
A 100 year old pubs’ black list of drunk women
It seems this is getting a bit of a girlpower day. Earlier we brought you the historical tale of pharao Cleopatra VII. And here’s a second post about female drinkers. In England pictures have been revealed after 100 years. On them portraits of women who were banned from Birmingham bars. All the ‘ladies’ on these…
Cleopatra VII, ‘Lady of Drunkenness’
All through history it seems drinking was mainly a hobby of men. Sure, women of lower classes could hit the bottle too, but in most cultures and societies it wasn’t very ladylike to get absolutely smashed. Unless you’re the queen of Egypt of course, a culture that was quite fond of drinking. Cleopatra VII was…
Our new page: Drunks that made world history
Dear followers, you can now read about famous drinkers in our brand new page: Drunks that made world history. There you will find the stories of persons who never hesitated to have a drink, but nevertheless left a glorious trace with their achievements. You will read about different kinds of people who had something in common…
11 Reasons to drink on Monday
Monday, for most people the longest and most depressing day of the week. It seems so long till your next weekend and you feel you haven’t rested enough in the previous one. Work is progressing slowly and your boss is being a dick. A whole week of this crap, how are you ever gonna deal…
Lords of the Drinks 