Gov. Lepage has started anotherridiculous feud.
A bill to add a 5 cent deposit on 50 ml. liquor bottles sold in Maine passed both houses of the legislature. There was a lot of debate and compromise on the bill, but it ended up passing with bipartisan support and by a very large margin.
Now he is saying that if the bill appears on his desk, he will have the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operation stop the sale of all nip bottles in Maine.
Apparently charging an extra nickel(that the customer can get back!) is bad for business, but abolishing the sale of the same product isn’t.
Scorched-earth approach - It’s basically extortion. But if you’re going to bluff, never bet anything you can’t afford to lose…
Lepage is certifiable, so I’m not surprised in the least.
I’m surprised because I thought he was either kicked out or dead.
I thought he quit. Sorry to hear he’s still there gumming up the works.
On a side note, is “liquor nips” a mostly New England term for single serving booze bottles? I’ve only heard them called “airline bottles”, “airplane bottles”, or “mini bottles”.
Lick her what?
For a moment, I thought we were talking about this.
But yep, sounds like LePage. My home state is a fucking disgrace.
I don’t know if it’s mostly New England, but yes, they’re single serve bottles. I’d know what you meant if you called them an airplane bottle, but I’d think you were very odd if you weren’t talking about drinking a nip on an actual airplane.
They’re all single serving bottles if you have the right attitude.
That’s not the right attitude.
Never heard of that term before, sounds like foreplay to me. I think of them as sample size bottles.
Liquor nips? Sounds like a good way to make a Slippery Nipple. Might even make for good Sex on the Beach.
I prefer a Buttery Nipple or a Red Headed Slut, but those work too.
As far as LePage - I feel like some late night comedian bought him off to do something wacky whenever national politics gets too depressing.
Liquor in the front, poker in the rear
Heh, I’ve done that with a fifth of Grey Goose. I filled an empty bottle with water and put it in the refrigerator. I took it out of the fridge and offered it to my guests. It was passed around, but nobody partook. When it got back to me I opened it and began chugging. People began freaking out as I passed the half way point.
They’re just “nips,” not liquor nips.
Does the governor have that power?
Right altitude though. These bottles might make a flight on United tolerable. I guess you’d have to transfer the container.
That’s appalling… That your friends are lame.
The Maine House has called Lepage’s bluff.