We’ve all done some stupid stuff at times when drunk but sometimes you’re just very unlucky. Like Ria Buford, a 32-year old woman who got arrested last Saturday morning in the American city Pittsburgh. After a Wiz Khalifa concert that was followed by an afterparty she felt like she was a little too smashed to…
We already gave you some tips and tricks to get rid of your hangover. But every country has its own traditional dishes to make the process go faster. We like to give you a taste of the international anti-hangover cuisine. This time we bring you a typical dish from Albania called tarator. It’s a traditional cold…
Great news from Hungary, as since last weekend it’s no longer a crime to ride a bicycle drunk. The Central European country had a zero tolerance policy for driving under influence on major roads, no matter what vehicle it was. With a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0,05 (0,5 by European standards) or more one would…
This world is getting more and more crazy. Stuff that we were laughing away as stupid science fiction in the past is getting very, very real. The latest violation of people’s privacy in Europe comes from the United Kingdom, where new laws are introduced to force people to wear booze bracelets. This device measures the…
We already gave you some tips and tricks to get rid of your hangover. But every country has its own traditional dishes to make the process go faster. We like to give you a taste of the international anti-hangover cuisine. This time we present you a dish from the famous French cuisine. Cassoulet is a powerful dish…
The newly appointed president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker “has cognac for breakfast”, claim sources among European Union officials, quoted by The Independent. The Luxembourger, 59, recently became famous not only for his high position, but also for his alleged heavy drinking and smoking.
Scientists from the University of Texas have created a worm that can’t get drunk? So what? Well this is a major step in their quest for a drug that makes people immune to the effects of alcohol. The first pharmaceutical company that brings this drug on the market will be stinking rich because it will…
We’re not really into drinking contests ourselves. We drink because we love it, not to show off. However from time to time you might run into someone who feels he has something to prove (probably compensating for something else) that won’t leave you alone. It’s totally understandable if you want to put these annoying types…
Few people in the 20th century will have lead a more interesting life than Ernest Hemingway 1899-1961). He was fighting for the American army in World War I at the Italian Front, where he got seriously injured. Later he returned to Europe as a journalist to cover the Spanish Civil War and later on World…
Alexander the Great is without a doubt one of the greatest conquerors in history. His empire spread from the Danube river north of the Balkans to Egypt in the south and modern day Pakistan in the east. But he was also known as an excessive drinker. Multiple studies describe his alcohol use and some of…
Lords of the Drinks 