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Saturday, April 16, 2011

??!! / Drunk Are All Americans This Stupid, or Just Beer Drinkers?

Posted by Goldy on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM

I was given a six-pack of organic ale as a birthday present, and having never bought that brand before, was about to flip it over to see what was printed on the bottom (I mean, who doesn't?), when fortunately, the following printed warning message caught my eye:

CAUTION: Please remove bottles before reading bottom panel.

Whew! Disaster averted. Thanks beer company lawyers!

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Nope, you can thank your allies the trial lawyers for this and most other warnings.

Posted by Suing corporations is a livin' on April 16, 2011 at 1:30 PM

Whew, disaster narrowly averted! In Kenya, on one brand of breakfast cereal, there was this big label:
"Warning! Only the contents of this box are edible."

Posted by Canuck on April 16, 2011 at 1:33 PM

Well you see if a conservative dropped the beer bottles on his foot, he'd call himself an idiot. If a liberal did it, he'd blame the corporation who made the product, hire a trial lawyer like Jihn Edwards and sue.

It's why trial lawyers give so much money to the left, they don't believe in personal responsibility. Beer bottle hurts you? Blame a corporation.

Posted by Not my fault on April 16, 2011 at 1:37 PM

"Brewed in the Republic of Cascadia."

There are jokes on that box, "When visiting the Republic of Cascadia, visit our Consulate and Cultural Center..." I think that warning is a joke, to get you to read the bottom panel.

Posted by pox on April 16, 2011 at 1:43 PM

God, you sure are a crotchety old man. Lighten up.

Posted by care bear on April 16, 2011 at 1:48 PM

If you're serious, then as @4 points out, it's a joke. If you knew that, then this is gratuitous Fish Tale promotion, huzzah! I do think their regular organic IPA is better than the Salmon Pale Ale, but that's just me, and I've never had either from a bottle. One of the nicest things about living in Olympia is walking down to the Fish to get a growler of fresh beer pulled.

Posted by e. ebullient on April 16, 2011 at 1:52 PM

@5, naw, that would spoil the fun of laughing at him rather than with him!

Posted by gloomy gus on April 16, 2011 at 2:06 PM

Was the beer any good...oh, I see, I'm sorry...does your foot hurt?

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on April 16, 2011 at 2:11 PM

Wow, I was going to write a post about how it's so easy to sue these days that companies have to plaster warning labels all over their product just to stay in business and then people like you have the nerve to judge them for it. It's a good thing I learned it was a joke before I went and did that.

Posted by Brandon J. on April 16, 2011 at 2:13 PM

"Crotchety old men yell at clouds"

Posted by Reader1 on April 16, 2011 at 2:28 PM

More importantly, fishtale is the bomb.

Posted by greener on April 16, 2011 at 3:18 PM

#4 is right. Isn't it obvious anything called "organic wild salmon pale ale" is a joke?

Posted by thinker on April 16, 2011 at 3:32 PM

Oh my God, we're all going to die!

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on April 16, 2011 at 5:04 PM

Ha ha, Goldy.

My nephew works for Stone Brewing Co. If you're a beer lover, try it out sometime. You won't be disappointed and they have quite a variety.

http://www.stonebrew.com/

Posted by despicable me on April 16, 2011 at 5:04 PM

The Grizzly Paw Brewery in Canmore has some lovely beers, you guys would especially appreciate the "Moose Knuckle" ale.

http://www.thegrizzlypaw.com/grizzly-paw…

Posted by Canuck on April 16, 2011 at 5:24 PM

Do you really have no sense of humor, Goldy?

Posted by Douchington on April 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM

Obviously a joke. See also: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co…

Posted by tiktok on April 16, 2011 at 8:55 PM

It's crappy beer and the owners are assholes. The worst part of living in Olympia is people trying to act like the FishTale is a good brewpub.

Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on April 16, 2011 at 9:33 PM

Funnier if it was printed on the bottom of the box.

Posted by Cynic Romantic on April 17, 2011 at 1:14 AM

My husband bought a weight vest--it makes him heavier so when he'd roller-ski around Green Lake, he'd get in ever better shape. The weight vest's warning lable said: "This is not a flotation device." Duh.

Posted by Emily68 on April 17, 2011 at 5:48 AM

Posted by venomlash on April 17, 2011 at 9:48 AM

"The Myth of Organic," on Cornichon, four years ago, begins thus: "Just as politicians hate voters, Corporate America hates its customers." http://www.cornichon.org/2007/06/the-myt…. That said, Dilbert is funnier.

Posted by Cornichon

on April 17, 2011 at 7:29 PM

Fish tale's IPA is one of the best.

Posted by razorclammer on April 17, 2011 at 10:55 PM

I wish @1 and @3 would get the joke, after all there's no way a lawyer was paid for such a warning. We're talking about a company with like 20 employees.

Posted by razorclammer on April 17, 2011 at 10:58 PM