# 46,368 bottles of beer on the street **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-368-bottles-of-beer-on-the-street/297879 "2005-04-05T18:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crimmsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Crimmsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crimmsy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-368-bottles-of-beer-on-the-street/297879/1 "2005-04-05T18:17:29Z")
[46,368 bottles of Keith’s spill in Halifax](http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1112652644286&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes) Terrible, yes, but what really makes this story notable is the police officer’s quote: “I had a tear in my eye actually when I was watching it,” said Constable Mark Hobeck of Halifax Regional Police . . . “We were hoping a truck full of pretzels would come by, but no such luck.” Looks legit too, coming four days after April Fools Day. Halifax, what a town 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-368-bottles-of-beer-on-the-street/297879/2 "2005-04-05T18:21:56Z")
Hopefully they break the news gently to the Scotish guy, that’s in the comercials. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-368-bottles-of-beer-on-the-street/297879/3 "2005-04-05T18:30:55Z")
> [@Phelan](#): > > Hopefully they break the news gently to the Scotish guy, that’s in the comercials. I read that article in the paper and _immediately_ envisioned the Scottish guy, curled up in a fetal position on the bar floor at the very thought of the disaster. I shouldn’t have laughed so hard… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-368-bottles-of-beer-on-the-street/297879/4 "2005-04-05T21:53:37Z")
_Oh, the humanity!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-368-bottles-of-beer-on-the-street/297879/5 "2005-04-05T22:10:55Z")
Take one down, pass it around, 46,367 bottles of beer on the street… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-368-bottles-of-beer-on-the-street/297879/6 "2005-04-05T23:13:12Z")
A classic case of alcohol abuse if I’ve ever seen one. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-368-bottles-of-beer-on-the-street/297879/7 "2005-04-06T01:59:49Z")
My little brother works for the Washington state Department of Transportation. Part of his job is to clean up after accidents. A freeway on ramp near a beer distributor has proven to be a challenge and he says they get calls to clean up that on ramp at least once or twice a year because a beer truck tips over. The last time I was at his house he was well stocked in Foster’s from an accident a few weeks earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-368-bottles-of-beer-on-the-street/297879/8 "2005-04-06T02:17:05Z")
“I always dreamed of standing on the edge of a lake of beer. But not like this. Never like this!” _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-368-bottles-of-beer-on-the-street/297879/9 "2005-04-06T15:02:12Z")
“We could tell trouble was **brewing** ”, the witness **bubbled**. “The truck driver was obviously **ale** ing. The whole thing came to a **head** when he took the curve too fast and **tippled** , **barley** missing my car. He’s over there now, **hung over** the front of the truck, **crying in his beer**.” Clean up efforts were hampered when **pub lick** workers reached their **last straw**.