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  • US Army, winter 1996. Just got onto base, pretty fresh from BASIC. I open my barracks door and McBride (RIP brother) says “Here, drink this!” with his devlish grin, blocking my entry and holding a shot glass of some clear liquid. 18-year-old private me swigged it down and nearly choked on the shot.

    “WTF is this?”, I asked, gasping and choking.

    “Everclear!” he said joyfully, moving away from the door while I gagged, challenge completed.

    I passed his…test?.. and I was in the friend group.





















  • Homer is helping to supply a speakeasy while the Beer Baron is looking for him. Eventually the beer runs out and Homer is forced to run a still out of his basement, where it eventually explodes (of course) setting Homer on fire while a previously impressed Marge, intrigued by Homer’s inventiveness, watches on from the bedroom window.

    The episode ends with one of my all-time favorite sayings: “To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.”