This is an all new drinking game we came up with, that goes by the name Rock-Paper-Three Shots. Since the rules are pretty easy and you hardly need any props, the game can be played everywhere and with anyone. The name Rock-Paper-Three Shots will make sense to you in a bit, but be sure that this…
The effects of alcohol are different for every person. Also your own mood, as well as the atmosphere around you, can determine what kind of metamorphose you experience as soon as the booze kicks in. It can be fun to see all these drunken personalities mingling in one big crowd in a bar or at a…
Now here’s something new for both website and writer: whisky reviews. Since yours truly never took any classes or training in recognizing the ingredients, it would be too much to add ‘whisky connoisseur’ to the CV. But since I’ve been a big fan of this drink for many years and the good lads of Flaviar were…
Poetry and the consumption of alcohol usually go hand in hand. And the American poet Francis Saltus Saltus was a perfect example of that theory. The born New Yorker was a big fan of booze and even started his own drinking posse, that would gather at Billy Moulds’ bar in Manhattan’s University Place. Saltus and his…
The First World War was for New Zealand the period of national awakening. The country with back then just over a million inhabitants in total sent more than 100.000 soldiers and nurses to the frontline. Many of them gave their life in the Battle of Gallipoli or at the Western Front. But their most important…
The historical visit of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani to France will be without an official state dinner, which is normally an important part of every meeting between statesmen. The reason: both parties couldn’t agree on the question if alcohol should be served or not. Rouhani demanded a meal without booze, in the tradition of his…
In the early 1960’s Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) was the man in the Soviet Union. After being the first human ever in Space, the young cosmonaut became nothing less than a rock star. As he was dragged all over the world for Soviet propaganda, his whole life simply turned around drinking and giving toasts. When the…
With the start of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the new inventions followed each other rapidly. Golden times for the brilliant minds. And when it came to brilliance, few in the last two centuries could compete with Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). As an engineer he invented and developed a large scale of electric devices.…
Scenes that remind of the American prohibition in Canada, as a pizza place in the city Edmonton was raided by the police. Employees started their own lucrative business as they were selling beer and hard liquor after hours, concealed in pizza boxes. In Canada it’s illegal to sell any alcoholic drink between 2 and 11…
Quite interesting news from the United States. Scientific research performed by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) has shown that people who drink alcohol in combination with cannabis get significally higher levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in their blood. THC is the main psychoactive constituent in marijuana. In simple words: you can get a lot more…
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