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Oktoberfest Revellers Guzzle two Olympic Pools of Beer
[An Nahar] Germany wrapped up its world-famous Oktoberfest  beer festival Sunday, reporting that 6.4 million visitors drank 6.7 million liter-sized Mass glasses -- more than twice the volume of an Olympic swimming pool -- of the amber nectar over 16 days.Ah, beer and debauchery. Fond memories. The 180th edition of the Munich celebration of beer, lederhosen, dirndl dresses and oompah music was "extremely relaxed, folk festival fun for every taste", said its organizer Dieter Reiter. "Yersh! Very relakshed! More, beer, bitte!" In festival kitchens, 114 oxen and 58 calves fell victim to the appetite of revelers who also washed down with frothy beer other traditional foods like giant pretzels, pork and dumplings. I like French cooking, but when you eat in Germany you know you've eaten. The number of visitors who needed medical attention during the gigantic beer fest fell 20 percent to 7,551, said the Red Cross, including 638 cases of alcohol poisoning and many people who suffered cuts from broken glass. I'm not going to describe what the next morning feels like after falling down a flight of stone stairs headfirst and backwards. I'm trying not to remember. Police said they were called out 2,031 times, exactly the same number as the previous year, including for 58 beer-fueled brawls, almost 450 cases of assault and over 500 cases of pickpocketing. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-08 |
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