Interesting random facts.

[357]

Originally Posted by awsmith4

The intent was to stop the sale of drinks such as Four Loko, a malt alcohol drink with added caffeine. The FDA ruled caffeine an unsafe additive in alcoholic beverages. It supposedly stemmed from a WA college party where some underage students abused alcohol and then fell ill, imagine that. Apparently the caffeine masks the effects of the alcohol and allows people to become more intoxicated than they feel. I'm sure if the nannies can find a way to prohibit the mix of energy drinks and liquor they will. Its not my cup of tea but I still have a problem with the authorities telling me what I can and can't ingest. What could really suck is if the law translate to no more coffee stouts

The state of Michigan banned it. FDA was looking into extending it nationally, but I don't think that has happened yet.

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dl...0_337774_7.pdf

It specifically lists the State of Utah's ban, many universities' ban, and a sexual assault on a local 14 year old as part of the justification for the ban.

I'm trying not to get on a soap box and preach, but I'll put it this way: I do not agree with the ban. I understand the intent, but I disagree with their method of "fixing" the problem.


Not to leave this post without a random interesting fact:

Michigan's football program is the winningest in college football history. The Wolverines have won a record 884 games and have an all-time winning percentage of .737, also the best in college football history.

[Lumpold]

Originally Posted by 357

...a sexual assault on a local 14 year old as part of the justification for the ban.

I'm fairly certain this could be used to justify a general ban on alcohol, no? I would wager several young teenage girls are assaulted by drunk men, with no caffeine involved, every year. I'd also say I'm pretty certain it wasn't the caffeine added to alcohol that caused the assault on the teenage girl in question either. Caffeine doesn't turn me into a paedophile. Well, I don't think it does

Edit: I am assuming it was on a 14yo girl.

Random Fact:

Northern Ireland is experiencing, as a whole coutry, it's worst snow in 25 years. Belfast, which had localised snow storms far worse in 2005, is the only place where this is not the worst snow in 25 years.

[357]

Originally Posted by Lumpold

I'm fairly certain this could be used to justify a general ban on alcohol, no?

Yes, that is the end result of their logic. The actions the perp took were already illegal. To assume that perp would not have commited such an act without said substance removes accountability. Perp decided to take whatever substance, then decided to commit a crime.

By similar logic, automobile accidents kill more people every year than any disease. Doctor's mistakes kill more people each year in the USA than guns do. Perhaps we should ban cars and doctors?


Random fact: It is impossible to lick your own elbow, but it is fun to watch people try.

[pektel]

I drank a can of four loko a couple nights ago to see what the fuss was about. I guess it's nickname is "blackout in a can". It contains 12% alcohol, and is a 24 oz can. Almost equivalent to drinking a whole bottle of wine. Tastes like a bad wine cooler. I got a HUGE buzz from it, and a tinge of a stomach ache (malt liquor and me don't mix).

Won't buy that again.

[sikk50]

I like turtles.

[M1903A1]

Originally Posted by sikk50

I like turtles.

Chocolate + caramel + pecans =

[Commander Quan]

President Andrew Jackson is the only president in United States history to have paid off the national debt.

[htown]

Just bought some new boat shoes.

[Lumpold]

On the time: I'm not entirely sure. To be honest, as much as I'd like to, I don't intend to see what would happen, should I decide to stick an arrow through a Welshman at 2am, short of a signed affidavit from the Prime Minister that it would be entirely legal. I could pose the 1:59am question to him when he gives that to me.

On Rifle Practice: No, I believe the law specifcally says with a bow and arrow.

[Lumpold]

In the Middle Ages, Britain had a legal compensation system for murder, and stolen or killed livestock. The lowest compensation in the system was for the murder of a Welshman.

[Gargoyle]

US nuclear aircraft carriers can operate continuously for 20 years before refueling.

[icehog3]

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do.
Two can be as bad as one, it's the loneliest number since the number one.

[Shemp Howard]

The human head weighs 8 lbs.

[shark]

Ice is a mineral, with its own unique crystalline structure.

[shark]

An object at rest will weigh less than an object in motion, just as an object at 68 degrees Fahrenheit will weigh less than the same object heated to 150 degrees Fahrenheit.

[Adriftpanda]

Try saying "Sixth Sick Sheik's Sixth Sheep's Sick" - It is one of the hardest sentences to pronounce in the English language.

[bsslack]

There was no "Battle of Bunker Hill" there was however a skirmish near "Breeds Hill" where the British were dealt a nasty blow. To this day textbooks persist in the teaching of the incident incorrectly. There's even a Bunker Hill Memorial. In the fine print of the memorial there is mention of Breeds Hill.



Cheers!



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[KillerCelt]

D-day was not intended to occur on June 6th. Poor weather delayed the original assault.

[Lumpold]

Originally Posted by KillerCelt

D-day was not intended to occur on June 6th. Poor weather delayed the original assault.

And that poor weather is still playing havoc with the British railways and postal system.

[bsslack]

The "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" is total BS. He road a tiny distance and got credit for the whole thing. A Civil Servant named Bissell, Rode the long and dangerous road and got little or no credit. Bissell's Family were even Libeled by Revere's when They asserted the Facts in Public. Revere was an Ass.


"Washington Slept Here" was a tongue in cheek slam because of His well earned reputation for accepting Female Hospitality as He traveled. He wasn't called "The Father of Our Country" for nuthin.


Not slamming anybody, but the truth as We believe, many times is not the actual Truth as it occured.





Cheers!



slack