The New York Times ran an article on a Johns Hopkins University study on the beers most frequently associated with visits to hospital emergency rooms. This study proves what I have always said: drinking Raging Bitch is more socially responsible than drinking Budweiser, Colt 45, Bud Ice or Bud Light – which were linked to a high percentage of ER visits.
But not Raging Bitch – which is apparently as wholesome as chocolate milk.
Postscript: Dan Alban commented on Facebook: “This study was in Baltimore? How on earth did Natty Boh not make the “bad” beer list?”
Actually, there’s a simple explanation. The study only looked at Emergency Room visits. Most of the Natty Boh drinkers don’t make it that far.
Since so many hospital staffers are raging bitches, maybe when patients come in for Flying Dog overdoses and say “I drank too much Raging Bitch,” the staffers think the patients are saying “I drank too much, raging bitch!”
If the staffer tells the patient there’s no need to get ugly, the patient further explains, “No, Flying Dog Raging Bitch,” the staffers think the guy is hallucinating a flying dog in the ER. Then 2 guys come out with a giant hypo filled with Thorazine after the staffers hit the silent alarm button.
And that’s why I don’t go to the ER.
Tom, Johns Hopkins should have hired you as a consultant to their study. That puts their results in a totally different light.
For the record, I have never had hallucinations from drinking beer – only from listening to too many political speeches.
Must be the hops…