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September 16, 2015

'AUTO-BREWERY SYNDROME'

Man gets drunk from eating POTATOES - and his loved ones thought he was secret alcoholic

(Thanks to Kevin Smith)

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Fermented inside of him huh

I always thought Spuds MacKenzie was advertising the wrong product.

"Um, yeah, baby. I don't drink at all. It was potatoes. Yeah, that's the ticket."

Soon to be nominated Parade Marshall for the St. Patty's Day Parade.

ahem - i like mine baked & *loaded*

Karen: "You smell like a brewery."

Nick: "I am a brewery."

Poteen Machine.

White potatoes in, yellow vodka out. Some fool would buy it.

Pasta and bread can do it too.

Okay, class, what does that tell us about Mr. Potato Head?

Or about Mrs. Potato Head?


In the early '60s, Pat O'brien had a tv show called Harrigan where he played a lawyer and the "human distillery" angle helped exonerate a client who was on trial for being a chronic drunk.

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