Post #143632 by stuff-o-rama on Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:08 PM

My parents actually used to have Coors smuggled into California, as if it were premium blend or something. My parents loved to drive to Vegas to see Sinatra back in the day, they always came back with souveniers for the kids, usually swizzle sticks and cocktail picks from the Sands or whatever hotel. Too bad I didn't have the sense to keep them but then what 6 year old would? But one 4th of July, after a few dozen Coors, my father got tired of constantly lighting sparklers for the kids. Just as one kid ran off with a lit sparkler, another kid's burnt out. He got the bright idea to take three boxes of sparklers in one hand and placed it into the BBQ. Needless to say it lit up like a torch and he ended up in the ER with 3rd degree burns. He told me last year that when he went in that day it was his 4th visit in 6 months, so they literally printed him up a credit card type of information card so they could just stamp his chart instead of having to always fill out info. Now he is 28 years sober and for him I say that it's a good thing.