If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page.

(Metro)   New London cocktail bar pumps alchohol into the atmosphere, saving you the hassle of queuing at the bar   (metro.co.uk) divider line 59
    More: Cool  
•       •       •

16002 clicks; posted to Main » on 16 Apr 2009 at 7:37 AM   |  Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook   more»



59 Comments   (+0 »)
   

Archived thread

First | « | 1 | 2 | » | Last | Show all
 
2009-04-16 06:01:47 AM
One of the most ridiculous ideas I have ever seen.
 
2009-04-16 06:12:36 AM
Just crazy enough to work, z_gringo?
 
2009-04-16 07:23:24 AM
I assume that there's no smoking allowed?
 
2009-04-16 07:36:24 AM
New London, Connecticut?
 
2009-04-16 07:39:44 AM
Eddie Adams from Torrance: I assume that there's no smoking allowed?

I swear, I want to be across the street when someone lights up. Looney Tunes meets reality.
 
2009-04-16 07:44:25 AM
Is there a non-alcoholic version?
 
2009-04-16 07:44:48 AM
i'd rather have laundry detergent pumped into the air. at least my clothes would smell nice.
 
2009-04-16 07:46:53 AM
FTA: "Punters are also advised to don special protective suits as they enter the walk-in cocktail to avoid going home smelling like a brewery. "

I think they're more likely to go home smelling like a distillery, not a brewery. Those are some very different smells...beer and gin.
 
2009-04-16 07:47:37 AM
*Takes deep breath, passes out*
 
2009-04-16 07:50:31 AM
Yeah... aren't alcohol fumes of that concentration flammable?
 
2009-04-16 07:54:40 AM
Well, if nothing else, it does bring a new meaning to "getting a snoot full".

/I'll take a hit of Crown Royal, please.
 
2009-04-16 08:03:27 AM
 
2009-04-16 08:06:15 AM
DNRTFA: Do they give oxygen masks to designated drivers?
 
2009-04-16 08:08:04 AM
I assume this is a non-smoking bar.
 
2009-04-16 08:08:15 AM
That sounds like a bunch of really bad headaches waiting to happen.

Blech, I'm getting one just trying to imagine what that would be like. Ew.
 
2009-04-16 08:08:48 AM
Eddie Adams from Torrance: I assume that there's no smoking allowed?

The Mad Highlander: I assume this is a non-smoking bar.

It's in Britain, smoking is banned in all enclosed public spaces anyway
 
2009-04-16 08:29:01 AM
Zoinks!: New London, Connecticut?

Saddly no. Not that I really want a reason to go to New London.
 
2009-04-16 08:29:52 AM
 
2009-04-16 08:32:50 AM
DammitIForgotMyLogin: Eddie Adams from Torrance: I assume that there's no smoking allowed?

The Mad Highlander: I assume this is a non-smoking bar.

It's in Britain, smoking is banned in all enclosed public spaces anyway


As for people stepping out to smoke or to ahem, get some fresh air, it's relatively easy to control by installing a heavy duty ventilation system in the space between doors (I bet that's what we see in the picture).

Also, according to its MSDS, the explosion range is 3.3 - 24.5%. I don't know the absorption rate for exposed skin + lungs but all you have to do is keep the concentration of ethanol below or above the range (I hope it's above, *hiccup*).
 
2009-04-16 08:34:22 AM
40 minutes per drink?

Who are these people?
 
2009-04-16 08:39:37 AM
No different than using an alcohol vaporizer. Although a good gin & tonic is to be savored -- not inhaled.

This place is going to be sued into the ground though. The first drunk driver caught will claim that they didn't actually drink anything.
 
2009-04-16 08:40:35 AM
What about staff? They'd be alcoholics after a week or two.
 
2009-04-16 08:42:04 AM
pureobscure: No different than using an alcohol vaporizer. Although a good gin & tonic is to be savored -- not inhaled.

This place is going to be sued into the ground though. The first drunk driver caught will claim that they didn't actually drink anything.


The designated driver would have to be standing outside while his friends get wasted.

What a retarded idea.
 
2009-04-16 08:48:05 AM
One match and everyone in the bar is going to sound like a dog.

"WHOOOFH!!!!"

Then you freeze the bodies and run them through a bandsaw and they'll sound like cats.

"MeeeeeEEEEOWWW!!!"
 
2009-04-16 08:54:00 AM
Does that mean all the wait staff are plastered all the time?
 
2009-04-16 09:07:01 AM
In the states, this would be unlawful use of inhalants or something.

And man, I really don;t like gin. The juniper berry thing never appeals.

I stick to da vodak for clear liquor. Or 'shine, or light rum. Or sambuca, or hell just about anything except gin.

Now, a nice jinninton'x is another thing altogether.
 
2009-04-16 09:19:21 AM
loki see loki do: Now, a nice jinninton'x is another thing altogether.

Wait...do you mean tap water served slightly above room temperature, or a drink that can kill a cow at 100 yards?
 
2009-04-16 09:33:54 AM
Don't, don't you want me? You know I can't believe it, when you say that you won't see me!
 
2009-04-16 09:54:35 AM
"queuing"? At the bar?
 
2009-04-16 10:08:26 AM
drongozone: "queuing"? At the bar?

You'd have to be daft to think you wouldn't have to queue up at such a posh pub.
 
2009-04-16 10:10:04 AM
Umm Fuel-Air bomb bar, who ever figured that to be a good idea needs to be shot.
 
2009-04-16 10:13:37 AM
dr.zaeus: Who are these people?

Thank you... I was a bit disappointed that it got this far into the thread without someone saying something about that part...
 
2009-04-16 10:26:13 AM
It's all very scientific.
 
2009-04-16 10:27:00 AM
The Mad Highlander: I assume this is a non-smoking bar.

only till the first time someone forgets and lights up. Then it's a smoking hole in the ground.

loki see loki do: Now, a nice jinninton'x is another thing altogether.

Please don't say that like that, my brain hurts now.
 
2009-04-16 10:30:55 AM
Zoinks!: New London, Connecticut?

That was my initial thought as well.
 
2009-04-16 10:38:48 AM
Brings a whole new meaning to have a drink on me.

/all I got
 
2009-04-16 10:56:20 AM
Zoinks!: New London, Connecticut?

that's what i was hoping.

i'd visit home more often, if so.
 
2009-04-16 11:06:16 AM
1) If the air has so much alcohol in it you get tipsy, wouldn't it burn your eyes like an MFer?!?!?!

2) If you can't regulate your ingestion, you could die of alcohol poisoning.

3) I would try it.
 
2009-04-16 11:14:27 AM
ventnorblog.com


I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar...
 
2009-04-16 11:22:28 AM
When is Great White scheduled to play at this bar?
 
2009-04-16 11:55:34 AM
mulletor: When is Great White scheduled to play at this bar?

Win!
 
2009-04-16 12:06:34 PM
How am I supposed to use rufies?
 
2009-04-16 12:24:05 PM
All it takes for a bad night is for someone to build up a static charge and touch someone and then boom! I recon shag carpet man isn't welcome.
 
2009-04-16 12:26:15 PM
This will end well.

/boom
//goes the dynamite.
 
2009-04-16 12:37:29 PM
Famous last words:

I'll have a coke, I'm the designated driver...
 
2009-04-16 12:45:43 PM
I think its a good idea

And as if you wouldn't try it at least once if it was in your town. It's like drinking a bottle of cough syrup you just have to see if it works.
 
2009-04-16 01:20:57 PM
Why 21? The drinking age in the UK is 18.
 
2009-04-16 01:37:42 PM
Alchohol?

Bad speelers must untie or face an unsertin fyooture.
 
2009-04-16 01:40:51 PM
What a designated diver might look like

www.ac-nancy-metz.fr
 
2009-04-16 01:58:48 PM
Hey, if you guys are getting loaded off them fumes I'm gonna have to charge you.
 
Displayed 50 of 59 comments

First | « | 1 | 2 | » | Last | Show all



This thread is closed to new comments.

Continue Farking
Submit a Link »





Report