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Saturday, September 23. 2017

Oktoberfest


You are supposed to drink steins of Oktoberfest beer (which is tasty) and then do these things? Who cleans up the vomit?


(h/t Theo)        





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I don't care much about steins, and am certainly not going on carnival rides, but Oktoberfest is my favorite variety of beer, so I like this time of year.

It does get worse. When one walks home from the beer park, sometimes many kilometers, people offer you little shots of schnapps along the way. Many, many, little shots. One loses count fairly quickly.
#1 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2017-09-23 19:51 (Reply)
Was at the 1980 Oktoberfest. It's basically a bunch of midway (carnival) rides with huge beer tents throughout. And the beer only came in liter steins (roughly 3 bottles). About 10 of us went together from the hostel/cheap hotel I was staying at. We never did the rides, just went from beer tent to beer tent. After about the 3rd tent we started to notice our group of 10 getting smaller. At the 6th tent it was me who couldn't find the group. I had to get the police to get me a cab to take me back to the hotel as I had no idea where it was. But at least that way I missed the shots of schnapps along the way. :)
#2 Russtovich on 2017-09-23 20:00 (Reply)
I'm a light drinker and an early riser so saw the hordes of highly efficient cleaners early morning at Oktoberfest 2014. Big motorized street sweepers, fire hoses, guys with brooms and scoops, women with soap water and brushes, you name it.
#3 Fred Zinkhofer on 2017-09-24 02:42 (Reply)
Looks like fun. I would need a few steins in my belly before I even considered going on the rides, though. I hate roller coasters even if they're designed by German engineers.

The best thing is no lines. The beer comes to you. Tulsa has a good Oktoberfest, but we haven't got that part down yet. You still have to leave the tent to get a beer.

Is John Denver's Country Roads as popular in the tents as YouTube makes it out to be? It's a great song, but WHY?
#4 Jack Walter on 2017-09-24 07:37 (Reply)
Germans absolutely love country western music and anything to do with the "Wild West".

Look up "Karl May" on Wikipedia.
#4.1 JJM on 2017-09-24 18:02 (Reply)
I was fortunate to attend an Oktoberfest once with a German Army officer (a local Bavarian). He taught me to buy a giant stein of beer and gently nurse that baby down over an extended period while the other Canadians I was with freely guzzled away.

Oh, and the other tip: eat something!

Empty stomach + too much beer = trouble.
#5 JJM on 2017-09-24 15:17 (Reply)
I had to down three steins before I would eat one of those raw fish sandwiches with onions. It was really good (I think)...
#6 snopercod on 2017-09-24 15:41 (Reply)

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