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Medical Forum / General / Pharmacy / January 2005Caution: Listerine can get you arrested!
Talk about weird <G> This stuff is almost like moonshine! Listerine Drinker Arrested for DUI Posted January 17, 2005 ADRIAN, Mich. -- A woman who admitted drinking three glasses of Listerine mouthwash had a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit when she was arrested for drunken driving, police said Friday. The woman, identified by police Sgt. Mike Shadbolt as 50-year-old Carol A. Ries, was arrested Sunday night and released on personal bond the next day. She was to be arraigned late next week on a misdemeanor charge of operating under the influence of liquor, Shadbolt said. Police also found an open bottle of Listerine in Ries' car, and asked Lenawee County prosecutors Friday to authorize a warrant charging her with having an open intoxicant in a motor vehicle, Shadbolt said. Calls to the prosecutor's office were not answered after business hours. 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," Shadbolt said. She failed a second test using different equipment and, under further questioning, admitted to drinking three glasses of Listerine earlier in the day, Shadbolt said. According to Listerine manufacturer Pfizer Inc.'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. What's the point of shill stories like this? The answer is another question: Why does alcohol-based mouthwash cost $5 a bottle? And people wonder why America is going to hell in a handbasket. > Talk about weird <G> This stuff is almost like moonshine! > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > alcohol, more than four times that of many malt > liquors. Other varieties contain 21.6 percent alcohol. > What's the point of shill stories like this? The answer is another > question: Why does alcohol-based mouthwash cost $5 a bottle? Because its distribution is not regulated and taxed up the wazoo by the Government the way liquor and beer is. > > What's the point of shill stories like this? The answer is another > > question: Why does alcohol-based mouthwash cost $5 a bottle? > > Because its distribution is not regulated and taxed up the wazoo by the > Government the way liquor and beer is. My point was quite the opposite, Larry. Alcohol-based mouthwash used to cost 1/4 what it does now, until some security soccer moms figured out alcoholics were drinking it. The "solution"? Increase prices 400% and make it cost about the same as hard liquor. >>>My point was quite the opposite, Larry. Alcohol-based mouthwash used to cost 1/4 what it does now, until some security soccer moms figured out alcoholics were drinking it. The "solution"? Increase prices 400% and make it cost about the same as hard liquor.>>> Interesting. Has the price really increased because of potential abuse? You'd have to be a raging alcoholic to stomach listerine. I would think even hardcore drunks will splurge $5 for night train regardless of the cost of cheap mouthwash. > >>>My point was quite the opposite, Larry. Alcohol-based mouthwash > used to cost 1/4 what it does now, until some security soccer moms [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Interesting. Has the price really increased because of potential > abuse? Absolutely. The grades of alcohol used in mouthwashes costs a dime a gallon. > You'd have to be a raging alcoholic to stomach listerine. I > would think even hardcore drunks will splurge $5 for night train > regardless of the cost of cheap mouthwash. No, a certain percentage will drink whatever costs the least. Some drunks eat Sterno for chrissakes. 250 ML Listerine WinterFresh or Artic Mint 50 ML Cranberry Juice 50 ML Grapefruit Juice 10 ML Crene de Menthe 10 ML "Rooster" Brand extract 20 ML "Howlin Jerry's" highball flavouring Mix in blender with ice, serve with lime wedge. My dentist recommends it about 10 minutes before he starts to drillin' but warns to take a taxi home. The novicane makes it pretty tolerable. > 250 ML Listerine WinterFresh or Artic Mint > 50 ML Cranberry Juice [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > My dentist recommends it about 10 minutes before he starts to drillin' > but warns to take a taxi home. The novicane makes it pretty tolerable. What? The drillin' or the taste? HankG > > >>>My point was quite the opposite, Larry. Alcohol-based mouthwash > > used to cost 1/4 what it does now, until some security soccer moms [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Absolutely. The grades of alcohol used in mouthwashes costs > a dime a gallon. Cite your source for the price increase theory... hell, site your source that the price has gone up beyond regular inflation... At CVS, Listerine costs $6 for 1000ML. If this was alcohol, here in Michigan it would cost: 13.85% liquor tax = $.83 $13.50 / proof gallon federal tax= (approx Listerine is 21.6% alcohol, ~43 proof) $1.70 6% sales tax = $.36 Total = $8.89 So you'd basically pay 33% tax on this product. > > > What's the point of shill stories like this? The answer is another > > > question: Why does alcohol-based mouthwash cost $5 a bottle? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > figured out alcoholics were drinking it. The "solution"? Increase > prices 400% and make it cost about the same as hard liquor. What hard liquor is priced the same as listerine?? I buy Kroger brand for something like $3.49 for what, gotta be about 24 oz. Buy the same amount of Absolut and it run $40. >What's the point of shill stories like this? The answer is another >question: Why does alcohol-based mouthwash cost $5 a bottle? Why do fools top post? Why does Booze cost more than mouthwash? >And people wonder why America is going to hell in a handbasket. > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >> alcohol, more than four times that of many malt >> liquors. Other varieties contain 21.6 percent alcohol. > >What's the point of shill stories like this? The answer is another > >question: Why does alcohol-based mouthwash cost $5 a bottle? > > Why do fools top post? When fools want to put a preface on an article, dumbass. > Why does Booze cost more than mouthwash? It tastes a little better. Cause it makes more sense. Why would anyone what to scroll down through umpteen messages he/she's already read??? Basket "Call me a Fool" Weaver >>What's the point of shill stories like this? The answer is another >>question: Why does alcohol-based mouthwash cost $5 a bottle? [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >>> alcohol, more than four times that of many malt >>> liquors. Other varieties contain 21.6 percent alcohol. > Cause it makes more sense. Why would anyone what to scroll down > through umpteen messages he/she's already read??? > Basket "Call me a Fool" Weaver You're assuming that people who see your message have followed the thread all along. Top posting just makes people read everything in reverse order. Man you'd have to be desparate to drink that stuff - makes me gagg! > Listerine Drinker Arrested for DUI Purchase a food grade plastic bucket with airtight lid, a large glass carboy and wine making vent and stopper, add something with lots of sugar like grape juice or even sugar water plus a yeast perhaps a wine yeast and you'll soon have cheap ethanol. Freeze the results somewhat and then straining it will result in a higher proof. so I am told. And also purchase some jugs. > Man you'd have to be desparate to drink that > stuff - makes me gagg! > > > Listerine Drinker Arrested for DUI The real question is this.. why the heck would she be drinking Listerine.. what's her defense in doing so.. other than to seek the alcohol affects??? Forget the cost.. she's outright guilty. Alcohol.. in any form.. too much is illegal.. and she should not be drinking and driving for the simple fact that it impairs her coordinated abilities! |
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