Men played drinking game during city council meeting, police allege

Two audience members were arrested for allegedly playing a drinking game during a city council meeting in Keene, N.H., the local paper reports. The meeting was to discuss loosening up the city's law against open containers of alcohol in public. The men, who reportedly had containers labeled "Not A Beer," would sip whenever there was a unanimous vote or someone stood up.

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[Keith G. in P.V.]

Ever sit thru one of those meetings? I understand the drinking.

[Jellybean]

Too too many times, Keith - and me too.
In fact, this sounds like a BLAST. Those are my people.

[The Golfer]

And the TV shows that most of us have sat around and watched waiting on certain phrases to be said to require drinking. And movies too.

[Marvin]

Anything to get people interested in politics, I say.

[cripjak]

Hasn't the KCMO City Council alread been doing this? If not they should. Maybe Raymore could try it when they go CCW at their council meetings.

[c8h10n4o2]

How do the think Ben Franklin got through the Continental Congress? This is downright unpatriotic!

[Searching]

They didnt just drink C8..they smoked pot too.

[It Don't Get Any Better]

The mayor felt like it was an interruotion and disrespectful? Should have offered Hizzoner a cold one! He was just jealous.

[doggydaddy]

Having once been on a small-town city council, I'd be in favor of drinking games for the sitting aldermen. Would have made it a whole lot easier to get through the meetings, even if you just took a drink every time someone said "It's for the children". Would have made it easier to get through the report later in the town weekly, too. And Public Safety Committee meetings, don't even get me started...

[Anarchanon]

How dare those grown adults drink where others could see them.

And how dare they make a mockery of the political process.

...as if it wasn't a mockery already.

[Beer - It's not just for breakfast anymore]

Doggy,

If they took a sip every time someone said, "It's for the children", then they would all get drunk and nothing would happen, and money would not get spent...

hmmmm, maybe you are on to something

Wonder if we can get Pelosi, Reid, McConnell et al to try this...

[REALLY!?]

Maybe more people would participate in local govt if this was the norm. Having been to more city hell meetings that I can count - its impossible to be involved in politics (ie unbelievable stupidity) without a "coping mechinism".

[kpop]

rock on. this is hilarious. problem is the people they are mocking don't know they are being mocked. you got to appreciate these city council self impressed blow hards.

[doggydaddy]

Beer-Injfba, I think every time Boehner says "tax cut" Pelosi takes a drink. When Pelosi says "health care", Boehner chugs. We should all get a morphine shot when any of them open their mouths.

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