Here’s a bad idea:
A 64-year-old man was trying to get past airport security with a liter bottle of vodka, and, rather than surrender the bottle or pay an extra fee to check his carry-on baggage—he chugged the entire thing.
He was soon unable to stand or walk, and had to be taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for alcohol poisoning.
Man chugs liter of vodka in airport security line [MSNBC] (Thanks, Douglas!)
(Photo:Brittany G)
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It doesn’t say what type of Vodka. It could of been like a UV Blue type of vodka which is nearly half the proof rating or normal vodka.
For those having trouble grasping how much 1 liter is in terms of alcohol:
1 liter is 34 ounces
a bar shot is 1.5 ounces
So this guy slammed 22 shots of vodka.
Even if half proof (regular vodka is about 80) this is a dangerous amount to pound.
It’s a legitimate strategy.
I totally would have done that.
(then puked on the TSA’s agents’ shoes)
If he’d been trying to carry his dog on board, I wonder…
Very ballsy. My hero.
Wow. What a retard.
I have to say though, being able to chug that stuff… Takes lots of will power. Vodka’s BURNIN’ NASTY!
What?? the son of a bitch couldn’t share…..
64 is the new 16.
@DrGirlfriend: Are you serious? There’s a reason drunk people are referred to as “intoxicated.”
While being rolled away by the paramedics’ gurney it’s rumored that he was heard muttering “I told you I was hardk0re”.
Actually, he just Looked 64. His ID said 34.
I love frugal people that love to save money.
I did the same thing on my way back from Rome, Italy back in may 2007. When I boarded the plane I had a can of pepsi. Security waved me thru. Back in Atlanta, GA the young lad at the terminal told me that I could’nt have the can. I explained ( in vain ) that I was allowed on the plane in rome. He shrugged his shoulders as I handed it over. As I was struggling to put my shoes back on I kept getting more and more pissed as I thought of this injustice. Besides, I KNEW the guy was going to drink it. So I marched back over and demanded my can back. Walked over a few feet and chugged that freaking can down in ONE SHOT. Threw the can away. Put my shoes back on and marched onto the next terminal. I was burping all the way back to TX but with a huge grin plastered on my face.
@vaxman:
stupidest comment i’ve ever read. thanks.
@BeFrugalNotCheap: Wow that’s… hardcore, dude. You’re joking right? The “injustice?” First ladies get the vote, now you can’t take your Pepsi Italia to Texas. When will it stop?
@warf0x0r: can you say Saturday Night Live skit?
@BeFrugalNotCheap: I live in Atlanta, and whenever I get a direct connection from abroad I amuse myself trying to warn other passengers that the airport also checks all incoming passengers from international flights. I learned this lesson when I flew from London, carrying a bottle of Scotch I purchased in a duty free shop, which was promptly discovered and surrendered to TSA upon arrival. What really gets me, though, that Delta would happily sell you liquor from their airplane shop, even though they should know it wouldn’t make it past arrival security (at least that was the case the last time I flew directly to Atlanta, about a year ago – since then I prefer other airports and then a short domestic hop to Atlanta).
Oh that sharp, sharp glass. The horror of it.
Party ’til ya puke, grandpa!!!
The article doesn’t say if he left airport security or whether there are different levels of security for different airports. In this case, why would a domestic security check have higher standards for materials than an international flight coming in? Wouldn’t there be a greater risk with the flight originating in Egypt than from Germany itself?
If he had left one secured area and entered a different one to switch flights, then I can understand them not letting him bring it on board. But if he had left the Egypt-to-Germany flight and was still on the secured side of customs, then the decision not to let him board is an idiotic one (although the man was the bigger idiot for drinking it like that).
My advice if this happens to any reader: Keep your receipts and sue the Duty Free shops for not telling you it can’t be carried on. If you’ve already been through security, buy something duty free and are then told you can’t take it on board, the Duty Free shops should be held accountable. They work there, so they should know the rules and tell you.
@thewolf – it’s funny because it’s true!
This is perfect – so long as he tossed the bottle over his shoulder when he was done, smashing it on the floor.
In Soviet Union, vodka chugs you.
So rather than pay a fee he decides to try to kill himself with alcohol. Way to go buddy. Sounds like someone’s trying out for the Darwin Awards.
If he was Russian, this would be just an eye-opener. Lightweight Germans.
Pfshhht. he should have coated his stomach with some confiscated breast milk first.
@louisb3: Toxic as in “a deadly or potentially fatal substance”. There is a difference between intoxication of the alcoholic kind and toxic substances that blow up planes. Good grief.
@humorbot:
I know you would’ve done the same yourself. Especially after getting the smug arrogant look from the guy at the ATL airport. When I say “injustice” I am only being melodramatic. Besides, you have to ask yourself “what’s the logic of allowing the can into the airport in the first place? He KNEW it came off the plane with me…why not just let it pass thru?”
Things have changed ALOT with international flights. I came back from amsterdam in 2001 with a bottle of absinthe bought in italy and not only did it get x-rayed in my bag but was never questioned nor scrutinized. Now you bring in a harmless can of pepsi and are at the mercy of some young ruffian who fancies themselves as King Salami. Injustice? I take that back. A sad sign of the times? That’s more like it. I pick my fights carefully…this one I could’nt walk away from and I dare say a majority of us here would’nt have.
BTW, the vodka thing? Eh, I just would’ve paid the tax. I know the guy had his principles but god damn. A whole LITER?
@theWolf: Yay me. I don’t even have to question why I don’t remember it
At least he proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he was *not* a muslim fundamentalist. Doesn’t that count for anything?
@WhatsMyNameAgain: lol “I am BEOWULF!”
Could he have just chugged all but 2 ounces of it and then brought the remaining 2 ounces on board? Or only if the bottle was in a ziplock bag?
My hero!