# Fireball Whiskey mini-bottles and toothpicks with dental floss **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 11, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267 "2019-11-11T00:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/141 "2025-05-28T18:12:24Z")
I drank a lot of 99 bananas in high school; in sure it’d make me retch now. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/142 "2025-05-31T16:26:28Z")
A nasty thing I find often is a water bottle full of pee. My habits are different from theirs; all I need is a garden trowel and some trees next to the road. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/143 "2025-05-31T17:06:53Z")
Oh, look at you, all High-and-Mighty “I Can Afford a Garden Trowel”! Well, some of us can barely afford an empty 2-liter bottle… . (Hey, everyone, the next time we see **Eric1** heading into the woods with a trowel, let’s all sing “We know where you’re go-innnng…”) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/144 "2025-05-31T17:12:20Z")
Last night I was enjoying a happy hour at the local Hooters. A guilty pleasure I enjoy now and again. I ended up seated next to a large table of about a dozen guys in their mid-late 20s. All old enough to be out of college, but still young enough to act like frat brats. Evidently they’ve all known each other for awhile. About halfway through my meal, a round of shots of Fireball was ordered. I left after the second round was ordered and slammed but before it took full effect. This was in addition to the various drinks they were each having. I guess Fireball is to modern 20-somethings what Jäger was to us at that same age. What is it about nasty-ass booze and young men? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/145 "2025-05-31T17:15:43Z")
I don’t know about dental floss, but I remember how fireball just showed up all at once. Occasionally, I’ll see other types of booze bottles. But the overwhelming number I’ve seen since the fireball brand first showed up are fireball. It just seems to appeal to litterbugs. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/146 "2025-05-31T17:48:36Z")
I wonder if there’s some urban legend that Fireball fools breathalyzers or something? So they became the go-to drink for the drinking _while_ driving set? Of course if you are drinking them while driving and keeping the empties in the car, now you’ve got an open container violation, and plenty of easily visible evidence for Officer Friendly to notice as he walks up to your car. Not good. So _of course_ you pitch them out the car window as soon as they’re empty. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/147 "2025-06-01T00:00:03Z")
I should clarify that I only see the little sample bottles of fireball laying around. Never anything larger. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/148 "2025-06-01T02:22:55Z")
Do they sell it in larger bottles? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/149 "2025-06-01T02:37:10Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > they sell it in larger bottles? Locally I can buy it from 50ml up to 1.75L. Why you’d want 1.75L I cannot imagine. I suppose I could choke down a 50ml shot in a wintertime hot toddy but it would take me hours. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/150 "2025-06-01T03:21:09Z")
I’ve heard that Fireball covers up weed smoke breath. I have also seen it for sale in bigger bottles, and picked up a few 4-ounce (or thereabouts) sized bottles over the past few years. Which reminds me, I need to get a new pack of dental floss. I won’t deposit it in a parking lot, I promise. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/151 "2025-06-01T06:42:00Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Locally I can buy it from 50ml up to 1.75L. Why you’d want 1.75L I cannot imagine. Some years ago Fireball replaced PBR as the alcohol of choice at Burning Man. During ingress week the Reno Costco and Total Wine carry 5-liter boxes of the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/152 "2025-06-01T08:52:51Z")
Jack Daniel’s sells Tennessee Fire and all that sort of thing (Tennessee Honey, etc.), yes, including 1.75 l bottles should you want one. > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Why you’d want 1.75L I cannot imagine. Maybe you _really_ like cinnamon? And alcohol… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/153 "2025-06-01T11:00:59Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’ve heard that Fireball covers up weed smoke breath. I bet we have a winner here. Stoners think Fireball covers their smell. And they want single-serving containers to do that with. Stoners are just fine with littering. Boom! Ladies and gentlemen, _this_ is how a new social phenomenon is born. ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/154 "2025-06-01T13:31:12Z")
As far as I can imagine ‘stoner’ just refers to someone who is a habitual marijuana user. It has nothing to do with littering. Well, maybe littering of coffee tables. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/155 "2025-06-01T14:15:46Z")
IANA MJ user. But from what I’ve seen of those obviously doing it out in public, a common thread seems to be an attitude of “Who cares? What me worry? Don’t sweat the small stuff.” Which I find consistent with the mindset of litterers: “I have this thing in my hand that I don’t want in my hand. So I drop it. Problem solved.” I expect the habits of MJ users who do it only in the privacy of their home to be different. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/156 "2025-06-01T15:01:35Z")
I’ve not really seen any kind of correlation between people smoking marijuana in public (it’s legal here so it’s a daily thing) and littering. _Cigarette_ smokers, on the other hand, now those people will toss their garbage anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/157 "2025-06-01T15:26:44Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I don’t see these around my parts either, They have sharp points, so you don’t want them anywhere near your parts. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/158 "2025-06-01T15:37:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But from what I’ve seen of those obviously doing it out in public, a common thread seems to be an attitude of “Who cares? On my relatively rare instances of indulging, I really don’t care if anyone smells the stank. DOn’t even think of it. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/159 "2025-06-01T17:20:31Z")
Now I’m thinking “Ya Got Trouble.” Now, I know all you folks are the right kind of parents I’m gonna be perfectly frank Would ya like to know what kinda conversation goes On while they’re loafin’ around that Hall? They be tryin’ out Bevo, tryin’ out cubebs Tryin’ out Tailor Mades like cigarette fiends! And braggin’ all about How they’re gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267/160 "2025-06-01T17:37:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But from what I’ve seen of those obviously doing it out in public, a common thread seems to be an attitude of “Who cares? What me worry? Don’t sweat the small stuff.” Nah, that’s what comes from drinking. Whether they’re also smoking pot is incidental. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fireball-whiskey-mini-bottles-and-toothpicks-with-dental-floss/843267.md?page=9)