God bless Google

[giza]

Also, how many people knew that Andre the Giant was the world's biggest alcoholic? No, really. Check out the article and look at the quantities the man consumed:

- A case of Budweiser tallboys in 90 minutes

- An entire case of plum wine in 4 hours

I can only try to reach that level of greatness.

Comments

[rebelsheart]

You have an interesting definition of greatness. :)

[simbab.livejournal.com]

Modern Drunkard? I am speechless. :P

[smack-jackal.livejournal.com]

...Yoinks! I may have a new hero.

[unclekage.livejournal.com]

May I point out that Andre the Giant is also DEAD?

[giza.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it wasn't his alcoholism that killed him. It was his acromegaly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acromegaly) that cut his life short.

I think my feelings about that and his drinking can be best summed up at the conclusion of the article I linked to:

The key to Andre the Giant is this — even as a youth he knew that his disease would dramatically shorten his life. He knew there was no cure, and lived every day with the understanding that death could shamble around the very next corner. Knowledge of this sort can darken a life.

It did not darken Andre’s.

He chose instead to pack his days with as much insane, drunken fun as they could hold. Instead of languishing in the darkness, he chose to walk in the sun.

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

He also outweighed you by a factor of five!

[tryphina13.livejournal.com]

25 for Giza.

[baccala-30.livejournal.com]

I heard about this stuff years ago and it sitt amazes me.

[girtygrin.livejournal.com]

So aparently 8 proper shots is how much it takes to mess me up.

[rorydedog.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who reads Modern drunkard :)

[omnibahumut.livejournal.com]

I think he still has a bottle in his freezer, haha

[omnibahumut.livejournal.com]

I wonder about the conversation that led you to looking this up, haha

[giza.livejournal.com]

A very alcoholic co-worker sent it to me.

The kind of co-worker that would drink an 18-year bottle of scotch on a worknight, actually.

[omnibahumut.livejournal.com]

O_o;

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Andre the Giant's liver better have a posse!

[miami-pony.livejournal.com]

Dude, you got a photo credit on WIRED. WTF?? :) :)

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/07/swedish-grandma.html

Um, how the heck did this happen? have you become an internet god or something? I knew you were well-connected but.. jesus. That's cool.

[giza.livejournal.com]

Holy shit. I have no idea!

[miami-pony.livejournal.com]

Dude! Good thing I told you, then. That's sincerely fucked-up :)

Did you actually take that photo? Why on earth would you take a photo of someone holding a water hose? And what does that have to do with an old lady's internet connection?

these questions and more.. answered tonight on.. "What the fuck was WIRED smoking?"

So amazingly strange. Stra-may-zange?

[giza.livejournal.com]

Technically, I think Cadpig took it, since I'm in that photo.

As for the back story, swift_fox and I got bored one day (http://giza.livejournal.com/437081.html).

[wildw0lf.livejournal.com]

Heh...I believe you and most other people would die trying to consume that much alcohol in that short a period of time.