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2.06.08 # 7:00 # Adventures in Real Life # 16 CommentsI was out for a drive the other day, and I decided to take the path less travelled. Boy, did it ever make a difference. I came around a bend in the road and I saw this by the side of the road:
Now, it’s not all that uncommon to find beer cans in the ditch (there are still a few dirty, filthy litterbugs out there), but these ones were still full. Almost as astonishing as that was the fact that they were close to 10 feet tall! I did a little bit of calculating (I asked J.D. to do it so I wouldn’t have to, but she was busy) and I determined that the owner of these cans would have to be somewhere between 120 and 144 feet tall.
I was seriously considering climbing up and getting into one of these cans, but then I thought, “What if I drown in there?” Then I thought, “What a way to go!” Then I thought, “What if the owner comes back and finds me in there? What do I do when I find a bug in my beer? I just fish it out then flick it off my finger as hard as I can without caring whether or not it lives, after all it’s only a bug.” Then I thought, “Well, maybe that’s not such a good way to go.”
So I just took some pictures of the cans to prove that I really saw them and then I drove off, thinking about what a great story this would make when I got back to the bar.
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Hey, Ernie, I like the story and the picture but I think you should have done the thumbnail routine with it because it overlaps the sidebar.
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You found my beer!!! I thought I lost it! Phew!
Tim taught me a special new way to upload pictures here, but mayhap I went askiew somewhere.
Hey Tammy; I swear I wasn’t in the can drinking and swimming and gargling and other things. Honest.
I drank that much beer last night. At least it feels like I did…
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Stay away from me beer Tammy! Of course, those are simply my ‘roadies’ - once I get home I pull out the ‘king cans’.
/urp.
Slamming those suckers will send you to alcohol rehab in a hurry…
It’s a good thing you figured it out without me. I’m no good with numbers…or giant novelty beer cans.
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Yes! that’s what happened to my Auncle. He is in Rehab right now. tsk tsk!
What a nice surprise for you Ernie… being a beer guy and all!
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I’m sure you can imagine my delight, Cindy.
Are those hops sticking out the top? You guys don’t do anything halfway up there.
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Any idea on what the real purpose of these cans were? Maybe they were yard ornaments. Did they steal them from a NASCAR race?
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Well, “Country Living”, I’m glad you asked. I did some extensive research and I discovered they are actually silage bags. If you look closely at the one in the middle you’ll see a grass-like substance sticking out the top.
You don’t want to slam silage beer in that large an amount…. it could lead to real problems for you. And let’s not even get into the king cans!
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Ernie, I just did a quick calculation and a 10ft tall beer would be equivalent to about 13,824 regular beers. At a six pack per day, that’s a bit more than a 6 year suppy of beer. Had you carted those three monster beers back home, you would have been set for almost the next two decades. Well worth risking the wrath of the 120 foot giant if you ask me! ~ Steve the trade show display guy
how come on drink dat much beer????
i havnt tasted it at all