BYCU
I really like a good drinking glass, whether it's a big wine cup or a solid pilsner. For those enamored with comic books, these pint glasses looks pretty cool, though I can't believe the neo-Prohibitionists aren't going to scream "foul" on grounds that they promote pre-teenager drinking.
Additional problem: They're a little expensive: $10 a glass.
Masskrugstemmen
Finally, a strong man contest for the rest of us: an endurance competition in which athletes try to hold onto an enormous beer for as long as they can. Link.
The beer is one liter, or about five pounds. Most people can't last longer than a couple minutes. If you can do it for ten minutes, you might be the champ in New York City. If you want to win international competition, you have to last more than 20.
Well, I know what I'm going to be doing this weekend.
Inflationfest
Germans are already hopping mad about the Greek bailouts. I heard this week that 75% of them oppose the measures. That's a shocking majority.
I gotta think the anger is going to increase when Germans see what easy-money policies are doing to Oktoberfest:
Oktoberfest inflation – measured by the cost of transportation, two Mass (or liter) of beer and half a grilled chicken – is set to rise 3.3% this year from a year ago. That's well above the ECB's 2% target for euro-zone inflation.
Link.
