# Oktoberfest 2004

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 24, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oktoberfest-2004/261329 "2004-08-24T20:31:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oktoberfest-2004/261329/1 "2004-08-24T20:31:23Z")

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Appaerntly, the logo fot this year’s [mug](http://www.muenchen-tourist.de/englisch/oktoberfest/muenchen-oktoberfest-einleitung_e.htm) has just been announced.

The [important figures](http://www.muenchen-tourist.de/englisch/oktoberfest/muenchen-oktoberfest-einleitung_e.htm) from last year were

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> Year 2003  
> Beer (litre) 6,229,400  
> Chicken (units) 487,487  
> Pork sausages (pairs) 190,635  
> Expenditure of gas: about 184,299 m³

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oktoberfest-2004/261329/2 "2004-08-24T22:16:43Z")

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And a quick reminder for anyone who intends to go…Oktoberfest ENDS at the beginning of October (ends on first Sunday in Oct?)…it actually starts mid September!

I say this as every year there used to be a bunch of tourists showing up in October for the fest and a little surprised to find out they missed it.

It is really a lot of fun…once.