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Afghanistan/South Asia
20 Die in India From Contaminated Liquor
2005-04-13
"Hey! Where the hell's my paint remover? It was right here in the fridge, dammit!"
A shopkeeper in southern India sold batches of contaminated liquor, killing at least 20 people, most of them poor villagers, police said Tuesday. The death toll is likely to rise, as more than 30 people have been hospitalized since Monday night in the Neelamangala region, 20 miles west of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka state, said police inspector Ramesh Kumar. Ten people died Monday night and another 10 died Tuesday, he said. Dozens of people from three villages in the region consumed the liquor, which was sold in small plastic bags. The bag, which had fake labels, looked like cheap name-brand liquor, Kumar said. "We are looking for a local gang that sold the liquor. No arrests have been made so far," Kumar said.
Posted by:Fred

#11  Ripple for me Xbalanke. It caused a near death experience when I was 17. Learned better and starting mixing it with Batcardi rum, maker a drink called Cripple.
Posted by: Sssssshipman   2005-04-13 7:49:18 PM  

#10  Heh, a man of taste and means! You wouldn't care much for the street food, methinks, lol...
Posted by: .com   2005-04-13 4:58:36 PM  

#9  Steve, They are talking about baggies not "boxed" reconstituted and fortified wines.

Hand me a baggie and a straw and am outta there.:D I don't care what label is on it. It's like those plastic beer bottles. It just won't do.

Bali High Wine was pretty good as I remember Xbalanke.
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-04-13 4:54:55 PM  

#8  I got dead drunk last night , but not that dead !
Wonder if they got blind drunk first ? ! :)
Posted by: MacNails   2005-04-13 1:35:01 PM  

#7  Mmmmmm, Boone's Farm! My first underage, barfing-my-shoes-up drinking experience was with Boone's Farm. I actually repeated the experiment several times before I figured out the pattern and stopped.
Posted by: Xbalanke   2005-04-13 11:20:07 AM  

#6  Booze in a plastic bag? That would have wrned most folks off right away.

You obviously never saw the Boone's Farm Strawberry Ripple in the 5 liter plastic pouch inside a cardboard carton.
Posted by: Steve White   2005-04-13 9:57:57 AM  

#5  JFM, let's not forget qat, and the infamous "Janjaweed Militia" in the Sudan.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-04-13 9:29:01 AM  

#4  Advantage Islam here. The so called *prophet* prohibited liquor and he's honored in the breach.

So instead of alcohol Muslims use drugs (eg Assassins from Arabic Hashish'yun: made crazy by haschish). BTW do you think turkish raki is drunk only by Christians?
Posted by: JFM   2005-04-13 9:21:10 AM  

#3  SPoD - In Asia it seems almost everything is sold in baggies, nowadays. With all of the street vendors, and some of the "convenience" stores, you get a baggie and either a sharp little stick for spearing solid goodies (pineapple chunks, etc) or a straw for the liquids. I've been amazed to see what they "serve" in plastic bags, lol! Fill 'er up and tie a knot in it and away you go, heh. What did they do before the advent of cheap plactic film? Lol - we prolly don't wanna know!
Posted by: .com   2005-04-13 4:15:08 AM  

#2  Advantage Islam here. The so called *prophet* prohibited liquor and he's honored in the breach.
Posted by: sea cruise   2005-04-13 3:38:35 AM  

#1  Booze in a plastic bag?
That would have wrned most folks off right away.
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-04-13 3:33:29 AM  

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