Adam do you have a problem with our compliments ?
Posted by: Berlin Fritz on 06 March 2005
Having just woken to the swinging tones of Tiny Tim singing & playing Tiptoe through the Tulips, I thought to myself how much better than politics this is, Deane was right, far too much of the nasty stuff, innit.
Cheers, Fritz Von Off to Jog with his therapist's Wife
Cheers, Fritz Von Off to Jog with his therapist's Wife
“When you find your calling, you have to go with it,” Frank Kelly Rich
told reporters from his office in Denver, Colorado, “and back in 1996,
when I decided to start a magazine, I felt it should be about the subject
I know best. I’ve always seen alcohol as a boon to mankind, and regard
drunks as an oppressed minority, so I wanted to begin a publication aimed
specifically at them. And that’s why I created Modern Drunkard, a glossy,
upmarket, bi-monthly magazine for the chronically wasted.”
Warming to his theme, the editor drained his gin and tonic, took a bottle
of whiskey from the shelf, and continued. “The magazine does so well,
because many people think reality is awful, so why not get out of it each
and every day? We’re now in our tenth year, our circulation is over
50,000, and I get letters of support all the time, not just from drinkers,
but from people in Alcoholics Anonymous, who say they like to read it
because it reminds them of what life was like when they used to drink.
Some people say we’re socially irresponsible, but I think drinking is
conducive to a happy family life, and there’s a tidal wave of new evidence
to show that it’s good for your health. Some of the most accomplished
people have been drinkers. Look at Hemingway. He was a great literary
drunk. Most teetotallers would trade their lives for his in a second.
That’s the end of the press conference. I am too drunk to think straight.”
Critics of the magazine are appalled by its sentiments. “Drinking at the
level they promote and saying it’s good for you is baloney,” declared
Wendy Hamilton of Mothers Against Drink Driving. “Modern Drunkard is just
plain stupid, and I cannot figure out how this magazine makes the world a
better place to live in.” (Quad City Times [Iowa], 1/1/05. Spotter: Nick
McGeachin)
Fritz Von Guess Where from innit ?
told reporters from his office in Denver, Colorado, “and back in 1996,
when I decided to start a magazine, I felt it should be about the subject
I know best. I’ve always seen alcohol as a boon to mankind, and regard
drunks as an oppressed minority, so I wanted to begin a publication aimed
specifically at them. And that’s why I created Modern Drunkard, a glossy,
upmarket, bi-monthly magazine for the chronically wasted.”
Warming to his theme, the editor drained his gin and tonic, took a bottle
of whiskey from the shelf, and continued. “The magazine does so well,
because many people think reality is awful, so why not get out of it each
and every day? We’re now in our tenth year, our circulation is over
50,000, and I get letters of support all the time, not just from drinkers,
but from people in Alcoholics Anonymous, who say they like to read it
because it reminds them of what life was like when they used to drink.
Some people say we’re socially irresponsible, but I think drinking is
conducive to a happy family life, and there’s a tidal wave of new evidence
to show that it’s good for your health. Some of the most accomplished
people have been drinkers. Look at Hemingway. He was a great literary
drunk. Most teetotallers would trade their lives for his in a second.
That’s the end of the press conference. I am too drunk to think straight.”
Critics of the magazine are appalled by its sentiments. “Drinking at the
level they promote and saying it’s good for you is baloney,” declared
Wendy Hamilton of Mothers Against Drink Driving. “Modern Drunkard is just
plain stupid, and I cannot figure out how this magazine makes the world a
better place to live in.” (Quad City Times [Iowa], 1/1/05. Spotter: Nick
McGeachin)
Fritz Von Guess Where from innit ?