# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/21 "2017-06-07T13:13:36Z")
[Moderating] I’m not sure how I missed this thread when it was active before, but it’s not really about the arts, beyond the very tenuous connection of liquor being food. Since this thread seems to be more just reporting current events rather than debating the merits of the move or its implications on LePage’s re-election chances, I’ll put it in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/22 "2017-06-07T23:26:07Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > [Demonstration here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIC0T4fWQLc) Technically that was iced tea. If anyone wants to see an attempt at chugging a fifth go wrong, this video is pretty good (lots of vomit though). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6\_F0L0x8zo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6_F0L0x8zo) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/23 "2017-06-07T23:55:16Z")
All the more reason to buy a much larger bottle. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/24 "2017-06-07T23:56:14Z")
The Maine Senate has passed the [deposit bill](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/06/07/after-veto-override-in-legislature-fate-of-nips-bottles-rests-with-lepage/) by a veto-proof majority. Whether Lepage will follow through on his absurd threat is still to be seen. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/25 "2017-06-08T05:57:47Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Lick her _what_? In the front. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/26 "2017-06-08T09:52:50Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Lick her _what_? Snerk…“Poker in the rear.” ---
**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:** [June 8, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/27 "2017-06-08T15:22:28Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > The Maine Senate has passed the [deposit bill](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/06/07/after-veto-override-in-legislature-fate-of-nips-bottles-rests-with-lepage/) by a veto-proof majority. > Whether Lepage will follow through on his absurd threat is still to be seen. Irresistable force, meet Immobile object. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/28 "2017-06-13T22:34:33Z")
Lepage has [done it](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/06/13/lepage-moves-to-end-sales-of-nips-liquor-bottles/). If BABLO cooperates, which they probably will, nips will be banned. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/29 "2017-06-13T23:15:34Z")
FREE THE NIPS! (that could go many, many ways.) ---
**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 13, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/30 "2017-06-13T23:25:02Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Technically that was iced tea. > > If anyone wants to see an attempt at chugging a fifth go wrong, this video is pretty good (lots of vomit though). > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6\_F0L0x8zo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6_F0L0x8zo) Can it truly be called “drinking” when you’re giving it back in seconds? I don’t think any of it reached his stomach. Also, I’m not a tequila fan but Patron? What a waste! ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/31 "2017-06-14T02:21:53Z")
New term for me here in the deepest South. I only ever heard them referred to as airline or sample size. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/32 "2017-06-14T02:44:16Z")
[Success!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIGPO90xYG4) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/33 "2017-06-14T08:11:08Z")
**Fun trivia:** I had the distinct displeasure of helping clean out a semi-hoarder household (no “garbage” or dead animals, just lots of stuff) years ago, and one of the things these people collected were mini-bottles. Full mini-bottles. These things have got to be 20-30 or more years old! And I’ve got a bucket full of them! So, whenever I go to a concert or show, I’ll toss a few in my coat pocket and BINGO! Instant cocktail! It not like it goes bad, or anything… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/34 "2017-06-14T08:35:39Z")
Ok. Fellow Mainer here and I gotta admit, this is waaaaay the fuck down on the list of things LePage does that pisses me off. Here’s the thing though … I’m mostly ambivalent about this law, but if you really pressed me I’m probably good with it. First of all, I don’t drink so I don’t really care about the availability of mini-liquor hits. Secondly, take a look at any gutter in the Old Port on a Saturday or Sunday morning and there are dozens if not hundreds of these little plastic pieces of shit all over the place. I won’t miss them. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/35 "2017-06-14T08:40:55Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > Lepage has [done it](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/06/13/lepage-moves-to-end-sales-of-nips-liquor-bottles/). If BABLO cooperates, which they probably will, nips will be banned. Why will they? Clearly the governor is out of touch with what the people want or what would be good for businesses. And clearly this is just a power play by the mayor to try and override the legislature. They aren’t obligated to do it, and pretty much everyone will tell them not to do it, other than the governor. So why would they cooperate? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/36 "2017-06-14T08:42:33Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Ok. Fellow Mainer here and I gotta admit, this is waaaaay the fuck down on the list of things LePage does that pisses me off. > > Here’s the thing though … I’m mostly ambivalent about this law, but if you really pressed me I’m probably good with it. First of all, I don’t drink so I don’t really care about the availability of mini-liquor hits. Secondly, take a look at any gutter in the Old Port on a Saturday or Sunday morning and there are dozens if not hundreds of these little plastic pieces of shit all over the place. > > I won’t miss them. So you’re okay with hurting your state’s finances over this, when a much less drastic solution is possible? And you’re okay with your governor having the precedent that he can just override your legislature? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/37 "2017-06-14T09:30:26Z")
I’m also okay with him raping puppies and beating nuns for mopery. You know. just to finish your thought for you. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/38 "2017-06-14T11:22:48Z")
Well, if they are worth five cents, they won’t be in your gutters anymore. Probably. ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885/39 "2017-06-14T16:39:35Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Well, if they are worth five cents, they won’t be in your gutters anymore. Probably. I was in Maine when they passed their deposit law, second after Oregon I think. I noticed that even the containers with no deposit on them were not littered as much. I put it to people pausing to make sure before throwing a nickel away, then having second thought. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-nips-may-get-banned-in-maine/786885.md?page=1)