Inhalable alcohol

saranicole · Post by **saranicole** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:53 pm

An article states: "...businessman Dominic Simler came up with a novel idea: Why not create a device that would allow users to inhale vaporized alcohol along with oxygen? The machine Simler invented, called Alcohol Without Liquid, or AWOL, which takes hard liquor and disperses it as vapor in an oxygen mist..." Sept. 12th

Another: "The company says AWOL sends alcohol into the bloodstream faster than drinking, resulting in a quick buzz. But it also says the level of alcohol in the body after AWOL use is lower than for traditional drinkers.
Andrew Spano, the county executive in Westchester County, N.Y. (where the new device will debute in America), doesn't like it. He worries it will attract underage drinkers, and is seeking a local or statewide ban." Aug. 19th

When I first saw this I thought they were all smoking bongs or they were using some sort of weird asthma inhaler. Apparently, this is the next step in giving people that alcoholic high without those nasty side effects. It's suppose to be better for you than the liquid alcohol and it looks stupid too.
The controversy is that since it's harder to detect in the bloodstream, drinking laws will be more difficult to enforce. Have any of our friends in Europe or Asia tried this product?

http://www.awolmachine.com/page-2.htm

Discuss

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 5:59 pm

What's the fun in that though

Drinking isn't about the end result of getting blitzed and waking up next to someone who you really can't tell if they are a man or woman at first glance, but rather how you got there in the first place.

This just ruins all of that.

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:08 pm

Me thinks if someone wants to get drunk very fast, drinking beer with a straw is a cheaper (and somewhat less ridiculous looking) alternative.
Source

Cid · Post by **Cid** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:08 pm

Good thing it's target audience is 90% dipshits.

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:09 pm

Entr0pi3 wrote:Me thinks if someone wants to get drunk very fast, drinking beer with a straw is a cheaper (and somewhat less ridiculous looking) alternative.
Source

Most bars I've found do not let you drink with a straw. I've asked

It's great that article is in a language we can't read!!!

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:11 pm

What's .be?

Entr0pi3 · Post by **Entr0pi3** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:14 pm

.be is Belgium.
You can try and Babel Fish the page, but I'm not sure it will help

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:17 pm

*smacks self* off course

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:25 pm

haha doom missed an academic question

Cid · Post by **Cid** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:26 pm

The Chinese are disgraced!

Trevelyan · Post by **Trevelyan** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:44 pm

care to sum up that straw article any?

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:02 pm

wow it gives a whole new meaning to the term beer bong~~!!!1

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:16 pm

tsawwassen will enjoy

ruroken · Post by **ruroken** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:17 pm

Nothing beats Baileys for me.

I used to work at this club named Chinablack here in Singapore, and well... straws are aplenty. Perhaps those refined bars don't want drunkards ruining the peace and quiet?

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:18 pm

Bailey girls just wanna get raped.

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:25 pm

I think the fact that it gives the same effect without the same trace in the bloodstream is a huge issue. It would be extremely difficult to control drunk driving and such.
I'm also curious about any possible health effects of the mist they turn the alcohol into. Maybe if it's a fine enough mist it won't matter, but if not might it have an effect on the lungs? That's another thing I'd be very concerned about.

And like John said, drinking isn't about getting plastered without realizing it, it's about going through the motions to get there.

TheStrife · Post by **TheStrife** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:30 pm

What's the point in drinking if you can't taste it?

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:34 pm

That'd be stupid.
Shotgunning and necking BETTAR!

Undine · Post by **Undine** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:36 pm

Why would you drink beer with a straw? D:

TheStrife · Post by **TheStrife** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:37 pm

Undine wrote:Why would you drink beer with a straw? D:

Patchingko · Post by **Patchingko** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:39 pm

Whatever gets a bitch in bed, am I right?

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:40 pm

Man, that's genius.

ElFenrir13 · Post by **ElFenrir13** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:40 pm

When you drink with a straw you dont get as much air in your sips, thus the alcohol hits you harder. In Helsinki they let you drink with straws, but in a country whose beer drinking age is 18 and people are breast fed on vodka, it's sort of expected

Ahh, if you can't handle the booze, the hangover and the awful feeling in your stomach from the poison that you want to spew out later on, you shouldn't be drinking. Me, I have been on a steady diet of cider, 4.6% Finnish beer, Jagermeister, Absinthe, White Russians, vodka and jack daniels since i have been over here, and i hope none of my american friends want to try to drink me under anymore. I'd kill them

If you are gonna get hammered, do it the old fashioned way, pick up a beer and slam it!

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:41 pm

Absinthe for me.

ElFenrir13 · Post by **ElFenrir13** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:44 pm

If you wanna get hammered, try a shot called 'Niskalaukkaus', which translated means 'Neck Shot.' Its named for the execution style getting a bullet in the back of the neck. it's half Absinthe and half Jagermeister and it will total you if you aren't used to it. Of course, there is also the tall drink on ice of Absinthe, Jagermeister and Battery energy drink

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:45 pm

Why would anyone goto Helsinki!?

Patchingko · Post by **Patchingko** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:49 pm

Beer is one of the few things I'm passionate about. I'd kick you out of my bar if you tried to drink good beer with a straw. If it's Miller Light or some crap, go right ahead, hell, just pour it straight into the urinal if you want, but if it's Guiness or some equivalent quality beer, you'd better be drinking it down right.

Absinthe is interesting, I'll give it that.

ElFenrir13 · Post by **ElFenrir13** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:49 pm

I love it here! Enough to live for 2 months, before i return for 2.5 months to square everything away back home and move back for good in December. I mean i work here now as a DJ at a rock bar, and the people here are just really fookin' nice. Quiet while not drunk but just awesome. My favorite music scene is here as well, and i have a lot of buddies in bands. Of course, since I like alcohol consumption, the Finns got everyone beat, and I thought my Irish side was bad

Salimakki is also pretty good, but you have to like anise taste. Even people who like Jager, Absinthe and Sambuca think this stuff tastes like ass, but I like it

I was told i was one of maybe 5 US born people that does. (its also candy, but they have a vodka flavored like it.)

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:52 pm

oh hoho irish side.

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:00 pm

Hey Joei is your rank a custom one?

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:01 pm

Yes....why?

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:14 pm

Everyone gets a custom rank Grabo.

Garbo · Post by **Garbo** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:17 pm

Well that would mean that he's watched Gungrave, to which I was going to ask his opinion.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:18 pm

The custom rank is what's under Title.

The ranks under the names are just there.

fire2ash · Post by **fire2ash** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:18 pm

Getting drunk, just isn't getting drunk without the shit-tasting alcohol.

(obviously there is a variety, and some are tolerable, while some are good).

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:17 pm

ElFenrir13 wrote:When you drink with a straw you dont get as much air in your sips, thus the alcohol hits you harder. In Helsinki they let you drink with straws, but in a country whose beer drinking age is 18 and people are breast fed on vodka, it's sort of expected

Ahh, if you can't handle the booze, the hangover and the awful feeling in your stomach from the poison that you want to spew out later on, you shouldn't be drinking. Me, I have been on a steady diet of cider, 4.6% Finnish beer, Jagermeister, Absinthe, White Russians, vodka and jack daniels since i have been over here, and i hope none of my american friends want to try to drink me under anymore. I'd kill them

If you are gonna get hammered, do it the old fashioned way, pick up a beer and slam it!

My thoughts EXACTLY

Getting pissed half a 40 of Crown Royal and 1800 is a great way to celebrate... Thursday.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 9:50 pm

you did notice that that Belgian site was available in English, right??

yeah, so just click on ENG, the article must be available somewhere...

Ent', I think that girl on the picture kinda looks like you, are you sure you didn't try that stuff?

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:05 pm

Calbrena wrote:you did notice that that Belgian site was available in English, right??
yeah, so just click on ENG, the article must be available somewhere...

Ent', I think that girl on the picture kinda looks like you, are you sure you didn't try that stuff?

Lots of news sites have completely different articles for different languages. Mainichi Daily News in English is nothing about schoolgirls stabbing each other ahd parents leaving their children locked in closets for weeks.

Speaking of Japanese, I bought a bottle of umeshuu today

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:15 pm

http://www.bierengezondheid.be/index_en ... &Doc=forum

well this one is available in English

Ent', don't be so lazy next time, give them a proper link

EDIT: another good page I found there :>
hangover cures

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:23 pm

I'd tell her that I love her but the point is probably moot

ElFenrir13 · Post by **ElFenrir13** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:22 pm

Heh, John, thats a good way to celebrate Thursday, or Tuesday, or Monday morning....

And another thing, this inhaleable booze...wtf, ive been suffering hangovers for 10 years and now the next generation doesn't??? Screw that, they need to wake up with a splitting headache, trying to force themselves to vomit and having to take a shot just to kill the hangover just like the rest of us old folks did. Man, that stuff shames me especially living over here now, if Finns saw this they'd probably burn down the factory that made it.

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:28 pm

ElFenrir13 wrote:Heh, John, thats a good way to celebrate Thursday, or Tuesday, or Monday morning....

And another thing, this inhaleable booze...wtf, ive been suffering hangovers for 10 years and now the next generation doesn't??? Screw that, they need to wake up with a splitting headache, trying to force themselves to vomit and having to take a shot just to kill the hangover just like the rest of us old folks did. Man, that stuff shames me especially living over here now, if Finns saw this they'd probably burn down the factory that made it.

So very, very true. A shot of Bushmills, ground pepper, and egg and ginger ale was my "Rocky" drink for a hangover

Undine · Post by **Undine** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:50 pm

My liver is screaming just reading this thread

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:34 am

j0hn Ayanami wrote:What's the fun in that though Drinking isn't about the end result of getting blitzed and waking up next to someone who you really can't tell if they are a man or woman at first glance, but rather how you got there in the first place.

This just ruins all of that.

I concur. Completely.

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:34 am

Undine wrote:My liver is screaming just reading this thread

Shut it up with a bottle of rum

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:48 am

"Supar new technology allows for alcohol to be maintained in solid state by congealing with various toxins - 9 out of 10 doctors recommend this new smokable form"

Questionmarktarius · Post by **Questionmarktarius** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:01 am

Ethanol shouldn't do very much damage to lung tissue. Vodka & 190-proof grain are most likely safe in this device, but I wouldn't trust whiskies or dark rum.

I'd guess that Absinthe would be one hell of a trip, though. Inhaling thujone has to be interesting.

Cid · Post by **Cid** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:59 am

TheStrife wrote:
Undine wrote:Why would you drink beer with a straw? D:

Don't reach for the beer, strife!

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:41 am

Undine wrote:Why would you drink beer with a straw? D:

My sister (not Sara) does weird things to avoid staining her teeth. She even drinks coffee and tea with a straw. I know what you're thinking, blasphemy, right? I KNOW! She does it anyway.

TheStrife · Post by **TheStrife** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:42 am

Cid wrote:
TheStrife wrote:
Undine wrote:Why would you drink beer with a straw? D:

Don't reach for the beer, strife!

I don't drink beer unless it's the only thing around; It takes way to many of them for me to get drunk.

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