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(Reuters) Cool German beer fans down six swimming pools. Toilets surrender   (reuters.co.uk) divider line 45
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udo 2003-10-05 02:55:41 PM  
Those Germans know how to party. Who else would be celebrating a wedding from nearly 200 years ago?

 
sifelaver 2003-10-05 07:00:16 PM  
some of the gayest shiat ever gets posted sometimes.

 
p00pd00d 2003-10-05 07:03:33 PM  
Remember when there used to be clever headlines? Those were the good ole days.

Clever headline writers surrender.

 
ionozacuzo 2003-10-05 07:07:02 PM  
Yeah, that is a pretty shiatty headline, cause it really gives you wrong idea. I don't see what's wrong with the story, though.

 
drivinwest 2003-10-05 07:07:44 PM  
Having just returned from Oktoberfest (the real one in Munich), I gotta say I can understand. Real German beer is outstanding. tasty as can be, plus I was awed by the fact that I could drink liter after liter of the stuff and not have even a hint of hangover. When all you use is barley malt, hops, yeast, and water, it sounds almost healthy.

In related news, any Mnchen Farkers reading this? Looks like I'm moving there in December.

 
MFinn 2003-10-05 07:09:03 PM  
Now I'm impressed.
I'll drink to that.

 
vexhex 2003-10-05 07:10:56 PM  
Reuters needs to get a farking proof reader. 6.3 million ppl, drinking a total of 6.1 million liters. so, don't really sound like much drinking on there.

 
MFinn 2003-10-05 07:11:54 PM  
After that much beer evey girl looks like this...

 
Interceptor1 2003-10-05 07:13:27 PM  
Bunch of tea drinkers?

 
Thegreaser 2003-10-05 07:15:50 PM  
lame post day i guess, someone die or something for christ sake!!!

 
vexhex 2003-10-05 07:18:30 PM  
yeah, your mom

 
PeterGruntmuscle 2003-10-05 07:19:56 PM  
I think Bush should use this as a pro to his presidency.

 
WongFeiHong 2003-10-05 07:20:14 PM  
i just opened a guinness.

oh, i get it. "toilet surrenders" is so unfunny that it passes the unfunny meter and breaks into the 'funny' meter.

i get it

 
Elite_French_Warrior 2003-10-05 07:22:51 PM  
Ah that's nuffin. I bet it'd take half of us Wisconsinites to drink twice as much beer. Here we aren't alcoholics, we're professionals.

 
PeterGruntmuscle 2003-10-05 07:26:53 PM  
I can vouch for Elite_French_Warrior. With a state that has so many morbidly obese people...you know they could drink a lot of beer.

 
SoFarKing 2003-10-05 07:27:04 PM  
Isn't putting 'German' and 'beer fans' in the same sentence a little redundant?

 
KyngNothing [TotalFark] 2003-10-05 07:27:22 PM  
Best line of the article...

The price of the litre-sized mugs -- a key barometer of inflation in Germany --

 
RadiationDude 2003-10-05 08:00:09 PM  
St Pauli Girl is a northern German beer from Hamburg, completely different from the southern German beer found at Oktoberfest.

 
beaters 2003-10-05 08:00:46 PM  
Ach du lieber, Augustine! Pass me another stein! It's still Sunday in the US!

 
beaters 2003-10-05 08:05:03 PM  
North Germany rules! My family hails from the Hamburg area. Some time back, but what the hell. Back in trhe old days Becks was pretty good. I have to admit the best I recall was something called "Dortmunder Union" that I don't think is available any more. Not hereabouts anyhow. Spaten makes a pretty good brew, though, and at $6 a six at Trader Joes, pretty good buy, too.

 
fetusdrugs 2003-10-05 08:07:23 PM  
last night i drank 120 oz. of beer.

 
Pyrtwist 2003-10-05 08:10:06 PM  
Bayer uber Alles!

 
hemphreysrevenge 2003-10-05 08:47:26 PM  
How did they do that? I can hardly ever get my German beer to down, let alone "fan."

 
hemphreysrevenge 2003-10-05 08:48:17 PM  
Yeah, I farked that up. It's ok, because I stole it anyway.

 
nstutsman [TotalFark] 2003-10-05 08:59:06 PM  
Elite_French_Warrior ,

Is that why Hazelden is located so close to the Min/Wis state line?

 
Dewar 2003-10-05 09:03:43 PM  
zee germans

 
DonaldDarko 2003-10-05 09:08:42 PM  
cool [ kool ]

adjective (comparative cooler, superlative coolest)

1. coldish: somewhat cold, usually pleasantly so


2. staying calm: staying calm or not showing emotions, especially nervousness or fear


3. fashionable: fashionable and sophisticated
looking cool


4. unfriendly: unfriendly or unenthusiastic
They gave us a somewhat cool reception.


5. music having relaxed rhythm: used to describe a style of jazz, popular in the mid-20th century, characterized by a relaxed rhythm


6. emphasizing sum of money: used to emphasize how large a sum of money is ( informal )
a cool $3.2 million


7. excellent: very good ( slang )
a cool idea


8. OK: acceptable, untroubling ( slang )
Thats cool, no problem.


9. seeming cold: giving an impression of coldness
a cool mint green


10. keeping temperature low: made of fabric that keeps the body at a pleasant temperature in hot conditions



transitive and intransitive verb (past cooled, past participle cooled, present participle cooling, 3rd person present singular cools)

1. make or become less warm: to become or cause somebody or something to become less warm
Wait until the mixture cools


2. make or become less intense: to make somebody or something less intense, or to become less intense
anything that might cool his anger



noun

1. calmness: the ability to remain calm in difficult circumstances ( informal )


2. stylishness: stylishness that is attractive without being ostentatious ( informal )


3. slight chill: moderate coldness, especially in relation to greater heat or coldness
the cool of the evening



adverb

calmly: in a calm self-controlled way ( informal )
Just act cool.



interjection

expressing pleasure: used to express delight or excitement at a prospect or event ( informal )
Youre coming too? Cool!


[Old English cl . Ultimately from an Indo-European word denoting cold that is also the ancestor of English chill, congeal, and glacier.]


coolness noun



cool it used to tell somebody to calm down (slang)


keep your cool to remain calm (informal)


lose your cool to become angry and excitable (informal)

 
abrakadabrakoff 2003-10-05 09:19:42 PM  
drivinwest

I am a displaced Muenchner. My email is in my bio if you have any questions.

(Displaced: not born there, not living there, but I did live there, and wish I was still there)

 
Airportmatt 2003-10-05 09:30:29 PM  
Setinotathome:

I have said this to you before:

I went to Oktoberfest last year and had no problem at all getting a beer. You just have to know what you're doing. It's really quite easy.

You must just suck or something.

 
nakedmolerat 2003-10-05 09:34:00 PM  
pussies. I drank that much just during today's Packer game.

 
JohnnyFlatline 2003-10-05 09:55:43 PM  
Wait a minute, there's beer in Germany?

 
Gelatinous 2003-10-05 10:28:28 PM  
Munich is a lovely little town. Had a great time there, aside from the surly woman who wouldn't sell me Birkenstocks. Maybe I should move there, too.

 
Fark Me To Tears [TotalFark] 2003-10-05 11:07:38 PM  
Great thing about beer ... It's recycled.

 
Flintlock 2003-10-05 11:30:01 PM  
I once swam in a pool with that much piss in it ........not!!!

HEHE I gotta go pee.

 
abrakadabrakoff 2003-10-05 11:49:31 PM  
Fark Me To Tears

Remember, you only rent beer too. Then you need to turn it in to be recycled.

 
drivinwest 2003-10-06 12:15:56 AM  
abrakadabrakoff

Good deal man - we'll have to talk. I'll shoot you an e-mail tomorrow with some ?s. You ever thought of going back?

 
Airportmatt 2003-10-06 01:57:46 AM  
Setinoathome:

Ha! Insulting me by insinuating I'm gay!

That's so clever!

 
InfInI7y 2003-10-06 02:07:03 AM  
100 theoretical dollars says those toilets were French

/these days you have to specify theoretical, all I can say is wow

 
arkan 2003-10-06 03:29:36 AM  
drivinwest - I live one hour east of Munich in Salzburg. I wish I was on the other side of the border!

 
Sir Chevron Food Mart 2003-10-06 03:46:19 AM  
1) Pot is better than beer.

2) See 1)

 
drivinwest 2003-10-06 10:09:38 AM  
arkan

I hear Salzburg is great but I can understand Bavaria's alure! Would you mind if I asked you some questions? I'll make my e-mail address in my profile public - if you could e-mail me I'd really appreciate it.

 
derMaximilian 2003-10-06 11:00:04 AM  
:))
Funny one, Im from Munich but I only visit the "Wiesn" (thats our name for the Oktoberfest) about 2-3 times a year... and thats enough! To many drunk tourists making it a hell for everyone whos sober ;)
Cheers from Munich,
Maximilian

 
Airportmatt 2003-10-06 01:42:34 PM  
Well, if you're unable to order a beer there then you must be doing something wrong.

Finally:

1. Calling somebody gay is not an insult.
2. I am not gay.
3. Your facts are mistaken. Ordering a beer at Oktoberfest is quite simple.

 
Airportmatt 2003-10-06 01:44:46 PM  
Oh and:

4. Sorry for initially insulting you. It wasn't intended in the manner in which it was received.

 
Brainbow 2003-10-06 03:18:32 PM  
i got beer there... i think i had 1.5 liters. I had to sit outside tho.. in the rain.. with a bunch of creepy men.. i got pushed onto the subway car and stuck beside some guy that stunk so bad... also walking thru all the puke and still the rain (i ruined my shoes) to get home. The hole night i wanted to ride that damned roller coaster, but i didnt get to.

Oktoberfest was sucktacular.



The beer was good tho.

 
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