I used to get many hits from my old blog from people searching for “drinking mouthwash.” I really wonder why people would google such a subject. Are that many people (strangely with computer access) looking for the benefits of getting drunk for cheap while battling the gum disease GINGIVITIS.
And today we have this: Listerine Drinker Arrested for DUI. I’ll clip it down to the interesting details.
Ries showed signs of intoxication after her car rear-ended another vehicle Sunday, Shadbolt said. She told police she had not consumed any alcohol and also passed a Breathalyzer test, but “there was something not quite right about her,” Shad bolt said.
I want to know more about passing this breathalyzer, but I’ll continue with the article.
According to Listerine manufacturer Pfizer Inc. (PFE)’s Web site, original formula Listerine contains 26.9 percent alcohol, more than four times that of many malt liquors. Other varieties contain 21.6 percent alcohol.
I’m intrigued by the author including the alcohol content of Listerine. It’s not quite the 40% of JD or Beam, but that mouthwash must pack a punch.
Sadly though, other Breathalyzer equipment found the woman in question’s BAC to be “more than three times the legal limit”. That’s pretty drunk. Police got her to admit “to drinking three glasses of Listerine earlier in the day.” How the hell do you drink glasses of Listerine? Does a mouthwash junkie just pour it in a cup and enjoy it at their leasure? Is it best to sip? Or should one take a pull from the bottle and rinse-swallow-repeat?
Still, I’m strangely intrigued by the phenomenon.
- nobrainer
Brad Says:
Have you not noticed the cap are strangely close to the size of a shot glass? Remember, these are the same folks that are going to try and sell you drugs to save your liver in 30 years. What did you expect.