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thesloppy
06-06-2007, 09:08 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/06/powdered.booze.reut/index.html

• Dutch students invent powdered alcohol that can be sold to minors
• Adding water to powder creates fizzy-lime flavored liquid
• Innovation is called Booze2Go

"Because the alcohol is not in liquid form, we can sell it to people below 16," said project member Martyn van Nierop.

Which is quite an admirable goal, indeed.
CraigSca
06-06-2007, 09:09 AM
See: WiFi thread.
DaddyTorgo
06-06-2007, 09:23 AM
that's frigging awesome. powdered alcohol!!
Logan
06-06-2007, 09:55 AM
3% alcohol? That's a lot of lime water you gotta drink to get messed up.
thesloppy
06-06-2007, 10:01 AM
Not if you're 9!

I think the Lik-M-Aid people need to get on top of this, stat!
Wolfpack
06-06-2007, 10:31 AM
Not if you're 9!

I think the Lik-M-Aid people need to get on top of this, stat!

Alcoholic Fun Dip? My word. Sounds almost as bad as that email going around warning about fruit-flavored crystal meth.
Logan
06-06-2007, 11:13 AM
Alcoholic Fun Dip?

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Just the thought of turning the hanging out at the concession stand after Little League games into a virtual kegger makes me wish I was still a kid.
Passacaglia
06-06-2007, 11:17 AM
So why does that fact that it's powder make it okay to sell to minors?
Passacaglia
06-06-2007, 11:17 AM
3% alcohol? That's a lot of lime water you gotta drink to get messed up.

Couldn't you make it a higher percentage by adding less water?
WOWfan
06-06-2007, 11:27 AM
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Just the thought of turning the hanging out at the concession stand after Little League games into a virtual kegger makes me wish I was still a kid.

Chico Sticks would have definitely taken a back seat to this.
albionmoonlight
06-06-2007, 11:32 AM
So why does that fact that it's powder make it okay to sell to minors?

And, assuming that it falls into some legal loophole, why wouldn't the legislatures just close the loophole?

If it wasn't a CNN link, I would think that it was a fake story.
Telle
06-06-2007, 11:34 AM
So why does that fact that it's powder make it okay to sell to minors?

Just a loophole based on how the current law is written. I would think that if this stuff became popular then the government would simply edit the law.
gottimd
06-06-2007, 12:02 PM
What are the odds or over under on how many days until the first person dies from alcohol poisoning due to "over sniffing" the powder?