# Re: Listerine and other beverages

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-listerine-and-other-beverages/296624>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 28, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-listerine-and-other-beverages/296624 "2005-03-28T17:07:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-listerine-and-other-beverages/296624/1 "2005-03-28T17:07:19Z")

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Regarding your column on people drinking non-potable alcohol: I once worked in an emergency room in New Mexico. As you may know, the Native American reservations in that state are “dry”. The indigenous population’s beverage of choice was called “ocean”–a concoction of water and liquid hair spray. They would routinely present to the E.R. with alcohol levels topping .40! What’s even more interesting is that they would sleep it off for 8 hours, get up, and walk right back out again.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-listerine-and-other-beverages/296624/2 "2005-03-29T00:23:12Z")

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Welcome to the boards.

When commenting on a previous column, it helps if you link to it so that others can follow along.

In this case, I assume you’re referring to [Can you get drunk on Listerine? How about vanilla extract?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/050204.html).

You can simply copy and paste the url for the column, or dress it up pretty the way I did. Either way, it helps.

Stick around. You might get some replys on this one.

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-listerine-and-other-beverages/296624/3 "2005-03-29T23:00:25Z")

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> [@want2know](#):
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> The indigenous population’s beverage of choice was called “ocean”–a concoction of water and liquid hair spray.

That sounds spectatularly bad for you. Wouldn’t it cause blindness or some other permanent damage?