Andre the Giant - The Greatest Drunk on Earth
 

I thought this was a great article with some fantastic stories. Makes me proud to be his namesake.

The big man loved two things: wrestling and booze—mostly booze—and his appetites were of mythic proportion.

First, consider the number 7,000. It’s an important number, and a rather scary one considering its context, which is this—it has been estimated that Andre the Giant drank 7,000 calories worth of booze every day. The figure doesn’t include food. Just booze.

http://www.drunkard.com/issues/10_06...dre_giant.html

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Yes, I've heard some incredible stories about him over the years.

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Saw a show on tv a while back that talked about his excesses with alcohol.:tu

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Whoa. 2 liters of vodka just to get "warm & fuzzy".

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God dammit it just makes you weep.

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Amateur. :rolleyes:

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Saw that setup a mile away :D

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"For most of us, two liters of vodka means a one-way ticket to Blackout Island aboard the good ship Regurgitania."

Good Read

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119 beers in six hours. 500 pounds.
In the height of my drinking career at 250 pounds I could only do half that (pound for pound) and I drank with lots of pride and 25 years of daily practice.
They didn't call me a drunkard though. :r

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It's good to be proud of your accomplishments in life Scott!! :dance:

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There is an element of sadness in this story...


... after all, with only one more beer, he would've been able to claim 5 cases.

A missed opportunity the likes of which may never return.

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If either of those is code for "Morgue".... yep.

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He also used to drink a case of wine every night.

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Turned out I was allergic to the stuff. Kept making me break out in handcuffs. :)

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On a serious note, there is. He was was in alot of pain in the last years of his life and he was really tired of being as large as he was. He always wished to be normal sized. When doctors in Japan told him he wouldn't live long past 40 years old, he decided to live life to the fullest.

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:r:r
If I was told that I wouldn't live much past 40, I'd drink a lot too.

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When did Andre die? It wasn't that long ago.
I checked, January 1993. Man am I gettin old.

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He would have fit right in with the BABOTL!!!


:tu

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Said in the article....1993 I believe

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reminds me....I need another drink.... brb

:lv

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It's not even noon yet where you're at. Starting out early today?:D

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oh Andy, come on now....I've been up since 2:30am my time! just had me a fried chicken sandwich for lunch!

:D

(wish I was joking)

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It's not even 10 yet....I like his style :tu

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Hahaha, thx bud. Hey, it's Friday ain't it?

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It is Friday (forgot about that)! Why aren't you already drunk?:D

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PASS ME ANOTHER BUD!

(don't threaten me with a good time) :D

Happy Friday!

If you read some of my other posts this mornin, you'd definitely think I was already drunk!

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His A&E Biography is great.

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:rolleyes:


I stood next to him in an Airport in 1981 I think, you have no idea how Big he really was it was incredible to say the least!

I have been close to shaq, karim and Icehog and this guy WOW! ;s

Rob :ss

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How close is close Rob? :D

:r

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That is truly a man who had an appreciation for the short life he expected, burn the candle at both ends cause he never knew when it was going to go out

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119 beers in 6 hours!! That's over 11 gallons of beer! :al

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Close....leave it at that. :)

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He must have been drinking here:D:
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=2557

And this pic shows his massive size:
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=2558

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What's the movie he was in that was so excellent?
Princess Bride?

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Yep. He was in alot of pain when he did that movie but he hid it well. He always had a very jovial demeanor.

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He was supposedly in great pain at WMIII too. He scared the crap out of Vince McMahon b/c he threatened to not go out to the ring b/c of the pain. But he suffered through and made what is now one of the most famous WWF/E matches of all time.

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That is one of my favorite movies of all time.

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This article got me looking up old youtube videos of Andre. This was a great one with interviews and behind the scenes from Princess Bride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZg8XMdgX8Y

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:) Thanks for linking that, Andre.

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This is one of my favorite "Andre the Giant" stories (I may not have every detail correct, but it's basically correct). Andre got involved in an incident on the road with two other guys in an another car. The guys in the other car had what we call today "road rage". Andre got out of his car and flipped the other car up-side down, got back in his car and left. When the police arrived the two men in the turned over car claimed "An angry giant turned our car over". The two men were taken to jail to sober up.

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that bloke was the master secret lemonade drinker lol

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Never heard that one before :confused:

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:r:banger

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:al That's for sure I'm drinking a beer in his honor tonight.

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Speaking of Princess Bride, I've got a friend who was in charge of security for Twister. He got in a dust up with Dread Pirate Roberts himself.