According to this press release, sales and consumption of liquor in Ohio reached a record high in 2004. The top selling liquors in the state:
1. Kamchatka Vodka
2. Jack Daniels #7 Black Label Tennessee Whiskey
3. Bacardi Light-Dry Rum
4. Jagermeister
5. Absolut Vodka
6. Black Velvet Canadian Whiskey
7. Jim Beam Straight Bourbon
8. Captain Morgan Spiced Gold
9. Korski Vodka
10. Seagrams Crown Royal
What - no Boone's? Actually, that's technically classified as a "wine," much like Ashlee Simpson's performances are considered "singing." The biggest surprise is that Jagermeister ranks #4, when it wasn't even in the top 25 in 2002. The lesson: Ohioans love doing shots. Another thing you can take away from the above list is that we dig our cheap-ass supermarket vodka.
As with the Brad and Jennifer split, I take full responsibility for the rise in alchol consumption in the Buckeye State. You see, 2004 held several alcohol-soaked events in my life:
1. Third year law school exams
2. Graduation from law school
3. Took the bar exam
4. Didn't pass the bar exam
5. Threw and attended some great parties
6. Went to Vegas a couple of times (yeah yeah, I wasn't in Ohio, but boy did I consume)
The remainder of the state's consumption probably has something to do with the Buckeye's mostly shitty football season (and their beating of Michigan) and all of the presidential race stumping. You'd drink, too, if you had to hear a well-educated northeastern Senator trying to appear folksy by saying, "can I get me a huntin' license here?" Not to mention navigating the God-awful traffic created by Bush's weekly rallies in the state.
With a little luck (and some mixers), we can make 2005 the biggest drinking year yet. After all, I will be taking the bar exam again.
(Thanks to Memmer for notifying me that we're all lushes.)
23 comments:
Four words: 30th Birthday in Vegas. This time I'm going to make sure that I'm not the only one in our party that drinks/makes an ass of himself.
I don't think the good folks at Kamchatka know what a press release is.
Sounds like a plan. Plus, there's all the free drinks in the gaming areas. Just plant yourself at the nickel slots (where Shamrock made his last big score, I might add) and keep 'em coming.
And she wasn't the girl for you.
Don't forget the endless supply of PBR for Shamrock.
That's what I've been trying to tell you folks for three years now. Screw this law crap. I'd love to be a pit boss or something. Head buffet chef. Or strip club lawyer (if I do have to enter the profession).
Head buffet chef at Binion's?
You couldn't pay me to go back to Binion's. Okay, actually you could. But their buffet is absolutely disgusting.
I should clarify: Phil's last GOOD score was in Vegas. Don't know if you'll be invited, KPMD. You know what Dean-o says: "A wife in Vegas/Take my advice/It's like going to China/with a sack of rice." One does not dare defy Dean Martin. Although you probably would get us some strip club love.
There's other stuff to do in Ohio. We like cows. And if there wasn't a lockout, you can see some really crappy hockey.
LV in August...hmmm...I already have to be in Tuscaloosa in August for a wedding...are there direct flights from Birmingham to Nevada?
The line in the song about Khruschev being indignant does speak to the age of that classic.
spydrz - you're in better shape than Shamrock. When this little idea hatched, we joked that his flight from London to Vegas (and back) would allow him only an hour or two to stay.
KPMD - Pearl necklace. Heh heh. You really think you can hang with us playas? Because we're money.
16:9 - Why am I having visions of you blaring that CD on your boat "Stugats"?
Why not Micah's 30th in AC? It's south Jersey!
Not sure about an airport of note in T-town, but Birmingham is within an hour's drive. I'm sure there's something for the students there though--Roll Tide!
I think my 30th is too monumental of an event to be held in AC.
16:9 - That actually sounds pretty cool. One of my good friends up here planned on getting some of us pinky rings - with a griffin on them (which is what Frank gave his friends). It was too cost prohibitive, though. I'll have to look into it. Then we really would be money.
My name is....Pea...Tear.....Griffin.
Christy - My brother joked that I'd be a lawyer for the porn industry. Hmmm. I've already memorized the cambria list. :)
16:9 - HA! I'm sure I could make quite a living by just filing restraining orders.
I know my own personal drinking reached a record high when I started law school. So far I've gotten drunk two times since classes started again three weeks ago. Being a 3L rocks.
Vegas would be a really interesting place to practice law. I think it would be cool to sue on behalf of gambling addicts. Those big casinos are like whole worlds -- it's totally easy to get lost inside of them, and there are slot machines EVERYWHERE (payout ratio 1:9). How wrong is that?
God. I *am* gonna be one of those lawyers my dad hates.
trisha - Tell your grandmother to drink even more and maybe that'll make the list next year.
Law Fairy - Sing it, sister. I drank more in my first semester of law school than I did during all of undergrad (although, I really didn't drink much then). Unlike you, I'd represent the casinos. Who's going to pay you more: the MGM Grand or your average gambler? I've considered moving out there. I'm actually going to send my MPRE scores to Nevada. You never know what the future holds...
Mistake: You're 1) an Ohioan, 2) a Clevelandite, and 3) a law school grad. You must have alcohol pumping through your blood constantly.
I wonder what the list for Pittsburgh would look like... Land of heavy drinkers.
And do you really breakdance?
-- MK
Meredith - Heh heh, no I don't breakdance. I was ripping off a Far Side cartoon ("George Washington: Founding Father, Patriot, Breakdancer").
But I do dig the artform.
-ears perking up- Vegas? Did somebody say Vegas?
I can have my bags packed in half an hour.
Seriously, about the drinking list. As a former "professional" drinker, it saddens me to see that one of my Three Wise Men is not on the list. Jose and I spent a lot of time together. Then we broke up and I moved on to Mark. Makers Mark.
Now that I'm back on the imbibing circuit, I have to say, there's nothing like a good bourbon.
KTG - Play your cards right... :)
And if it's any consolation, Maker's Mark is my preferred brand. We're not all cheap bastards here in the Buckeye State.
Hmmm...a story idea! You might read about this Thursday...
So I beat The Other Paper to a story? Cool!
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