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Some pubs are well equipped for the working man…
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December stories

Tonight we had some more wonderful stories from Christian about the joyful times he had in his youth.  The one that sticks most in our minds is the reminiscing about the winters past… the fact that he gets emotional around this time of year… and this brings up beautiful memories of going skiing in the Alps (?) down slopes that were so steep that your knees would knock together from fear…

 

And, on the backside of the mountain, half way down the slope, lay a restaurant that made the most amazing bread… which they ate with gusto ... and drank large quantities of wine and beer before heading down the rest of the mountain on their skiis, until they reached the 500 year old mill where they were staying.
Here, they drank even more, and then, when they just about couldn’t stand, they lined themselves up along the “Bridge of Sighs” and, on the count of three, proceeded to vomit in unison by sticking their fingers down their throats.
Thus, they could then continue to drink some more and enjoy the night…

Ah what fun!

November Man Beers time

Octobe slipped by... time to catch up...

October came and went.  The scary ghosts and bags of candy are almost all gone now… time to think about catching up with lost pints and stories of doom, gloom, german skin-heads, and more!

November 16th @ 7pm at the Heather.
Cheers!

ManBeers September….

Man Beers September is happening on a tuesday (Tuesday, September 27, 2005) this time… and the numbers are increasing!  We may have to actually move to the back room?

ManBeers Summer!

Summer is here!  The days are hot… lots of things have happened over the past couple of months… time for a get together and grab our quota of Salt, Sugar and Fat!

ManBeers March

Some of the boys couldn’t make it this time around…

• Vincent had baby duty (a noble and honorable duty that is!)

• Motomasa was out in Ottawa until the end of april… checking out snow levels one would assume?

• Thomas…. wiped out…. much too tired to even make it up the stairs to fall into his feather bed.  Too much work and being sick can do that to a body.

Meanwhile, at the heather, Christian had some issues that we all went over… and Peter had some amazing storyboard stuff to wow us all with.
And, as the words flowed out, the guiness was breathed back in, and the fish and chips (the main platter of the evening it would seem) kept arriving.

A splendid time.

ManBeers January 2005

Men!

7pm at the Irish Heather January 20th… usual table…

Even before the fine meals had started… even before all of us had reached the Irish Heather…. one of the men got nailed by the cops for being a “bad” driver.  Seems he tried to let the police car go past him and, when they didn’t take the offer, he went to turn left.  On went the lights and out came the BS as they tried to give him a ticket for being a dangerous driver.

[B]Drinking game puts Perth man near death[/B]

A beer-thirsty Australian gentleman, inpatient with gravity, employed a mechanical contraption to rapidly deliver beer into his gullet using a pump powered by an electric drill. The device proved so effective that the high-pressure jet of beer shooting down his throat ripped a hole in his stomach. Authorities responded by warning people not to use high-pressure machines to drink beer this Christmas.

[B]Drinking game puts Perth man near death[/B]

CATHY O’LEARY and MINH LAM

A 21-year-old Perth man is lucky to be alive after having his stomach ripped open during a beer-skolling game using a home-made device powered by an electric pump.

The drinking game at a 21st birthday party in a southern suburb 10 days ago went badly wrong, rupturing the man’s stomach and forcing beer straight into his abdomen.

The man, who is in St John of God Hospital in Murdoch and spent a week in intensive care fighting for his life, was among a group of friends at a private party who used the device.

It is believed to have consisted of a helmet fitted with a jug from which a hose was attached to a pump that was powered by a power drill.

Another hose from the pump was placed in his mouth and the pump was switched on, pushing beer from the jug down his throat.

The man, a mechanical drafter who did not want his name published, said yesterday that about six other party-goers had used the “jug helmet” before him.

“No one else had any problems and I didn’t think it would be any different to other things like funnels that people use,” he said.

“But I knew something wasn’t right soon after I drank from it. I started spewing up red stuff and was in a lot of pain.”

Although he has little memory of the next few days, friends took the man to the Murdoch hospital’s emergency department where staff originally thought he was just drunk. When his friends told about the skolling device doctors suspected something was seriously wrong.

The man underwent urgent surgery to repair a 10cm tear and was then on life support for a week.

Surgeon David Cooke said the split in the wall of the man’s stomach had pushed food and beer into his abdominal cavity, making him septic. His insides had to be “washed out” twice and he was put on heavy-duty antibiotics.

The man’s mother said that for several days it was touch and go.

were told that if his oesophagus had torn as well he probably would have died,” she said. “I know 21-year-olds are out to have some fun but I don’t think any of them . . . realised what can happen when these sorts of drinking games get out of hand.”

Continued on page 5Beer-skolling reveller is lucky to escape death

From page 1

She said she did not want to blame anyone for what happened but hoped the device had been destroyed.

Health experts yesterday warned people not to build gadgets that allowed the rapid consumption of large amounts of alcohol.

Australian Medical Association public health chairwoman Rosanna Capolingua said she was horrified that people would pump a liquid into themselves.

“This is a warning with Christmas and new year coming up to be a little careful and not try to up the ante,” she said.

“You can have a great time and a lot of fun without putting yourself and each other in danger.”

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? 2004 West Australian Newspapers Limited
http://thewest.com.au/20041215/news/general/tw-news-general-home-sto130036.html

A beer Blog…

Found this link today: The Beer Blog.
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December ManBeers

A fun night was had with much deep, philosophical talk…

A quick little movie clip was made of some of the “action”....
click here for the movie clip…

and stories were told.  (Note: links are WAV fomat…)

The most boring story: “Rock in my shoe?” click here

A guest tells a story of assination… click here

Next ManBeers… January…