# Liquor nips may get banned in Maine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885 "2017-05-18T01:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/1 "2017-05-18T01:08:17Z")
Gov. Lepage has started another[ridiculous feud](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/17/ceo-of-lewiston-liquor-bottler-warned-ending-nips-sales-would-have-drastic-impact-on-company/). 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. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/2 "2017-05-18T01:26:01Z")
Scorched-earth approach - It’s basically extortion. But if you’re going to bluff, never bet anything you can’t afford to lose… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/3 "2017-05-18T01:27:06Z")
Lepage is certifiable, so I’m not surprised in the least. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/4 "2017-05-18T04:49:39Z")
I’m surprised because I thought he was either kicked out or dead. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/5 "2017-05-18T05:04:02Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/6 "2017-05-18T07:27:35Z")
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”. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/7 "2017-05-18T09:37:47Z")
Lick her _what_? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/8 "2017-05-18T09:43:46Z")
For a moment, I thought we were talking about [this](https://www.amazon.com/WineRack-200-008-Wine-Rack-Medium/dp/B001FYZZI2). But yep, sounds like LePage. My home state is a fucking disgrace. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/9 "2017-05-18T10:17:42Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > 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”. 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. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/10 "2017-05-18T12:10:50Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > On a side note, is “liquor nips” a mostly New England term for single serving booze bottles? They’re all single serving bottles if you have the right attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/11 "2017-05-18T12:16:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > They’re all single serving bottles if you have the right attitude. That’s not the right attitude. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/12 "2017-05-18T13:12:27Z")
Never heard of that term before, sounds like foreplay to me. I think of them as sample size bottles. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/13 "2017-05-18T13:20:14Z")
Liquor nips? Sounds like a good way to make a Slippery Nipple. Might even make for good Sex on the Beach. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/14 "2017-05-18T14:07:08Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/15 "2017-05-18T14:39:14Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operation Liquor in the front, poker in the rear ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/16 "2017-05-18T16:16:38Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > They’re all single serving bottles if you have the right attitude. [Demonstration here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIC0T4fWQLc) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/17 "2017-05-18T16:38:02Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > [Demonstration here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIC0T4fWQLc) 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.😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/18 "2017-05-19T03:18:10Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Liquor nips? Sounds like a good way to make a Slippery Nipple. Might even make for good Sex on the Beach. They’re just “nips,” not liquor nips. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/19 "2017-05-19T03:22:46Z")
Does the governor have that power? > [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > That’s not the right attitude. Right altitude though. These bottles might make a flight on United tolerable. I guess you’d have to transfer the container. > [@kayaker](#): > > 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.😃 That’s appalling… That your friends are lame. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/20 "2017-06-06T21:52:56Z")
> **[House overrides LePage’s veto of ‘nips’ bottle-deposit bill](https://www.pressherald.com/2017/06/06/house-votes-to-override-lepage-veto-of-nips-liquor-bill/)** > > If the Senate also agrees to override, the governor says he'll end sales of the popular miniature bottles of liquor that often end up as litter. The Maine House has called Lepage’s bluff. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885.md?page=2)