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Old 09-26-2007, 09:02 AM   #1 (permalink)
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In Pa., bars fine puking patrons



By: Jane C. Timm

Posted: 9/25/07

Drunken debauchery is costing Pennsylvania college students more than just nasty hangovers the next morning - restaurants and bars have started fining customers who vomit on or destroy property.

Management of El Azteca, a Mexican restaurant and bar near Pennsylvania University, now requires groups of six or more to sign a restrictive contract that lists a credit card number which can be used to pay for any damages incurred by inebriated clientele. For every puking customer, a $50 fine is charged to the credit card.

Patrick Meager of Professor Thom's, a bar in New York's East Village, said that establishments should serve responsibly, which would proactively deal with those problems. "If you're selling Jägermeister shots for a dollar apiece, there's going to be vomit on your floors," Meager said.

The mid-to-late-20s crowd that frequents Professor Thom's helps reduce the number of badly behaved drunks. "I mean we have those experiences - someone passes out on the toilet or throws up in the bathroom, but they're few and far between."

"It's ridiculous. The bars are serving the alcohol that gets the people drunk. They should just stop serving it before they're so drunk they start puking," said Ricky Perlman, an SCPS freshman.

Last year, NYU unveiled a "responsibility campaign" to cut down on underage drinking. Incoming freshmen were required to go through a "Drug and Alcohol Module" online before the school year began. The Module gives tips for safe drinking and uses scenarios to educate students on the dangers of drinking.

Martin Sheehan, a manager at local Village bar Josie Woods, said the idea of fining patrons was "strange." He said a strict ID policy cuts down on the number of belligerent young people.

"Do [vomiting patrons] still happen? Yes," Sheehan said. "If I find people misbehaving, I just say 'this isn't your bar.' But would I fine them? No."



Jane C. Timm is a contributing writer. E-mail her at news@nyunews.com.
© Copyright 2007 Washington Square News
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Old 09-26-2007, 12:58 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Ah, "Driving the big porcelin bus," as we used to say.

I was never much of a drinker, even in college. But on one of the occassions I did get "Like totally wasted, dude" -- I stumbled into the common bathroom on my floor of the dorm and ended up blowing chunks into one of the sinks and leaving a huge mess.

Needless to say, I was ashamed the next morning. But other than my roommmate, who was also one of my best friends from high school, I don't think anybody ever figured out who the "guilty party" was.
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Ah, "Driving the big porcelin bus," as we used to say.

I was never much of a drinker, even in college. But on one of the occassions I did get "Like totally wasted, dude" -- I stumbled into the common bathroom on my floor of the dorm and ended up blowing chunks into one of the sinks and leaving a huge mess.

Needless to say, I was ashamed the next morning. But other than my roommmate, who was also one of my best friends from high school, I don't think anybody ever figured out who the "guilty party" was.
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How about being on an elevator when someone starts puking? That happened to me once.
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A fine for puking in a bar? No way! I would have been broke with that scheme. Getting thrown out of a club/bar was the most common result of me puking in such a place. Passing out and waking up hours later in the bathroom of a bar/club is a far worse experience. You have to wonder if the puke that covers you came from inside you or someone else.... Fines are for wimps.
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How about being on an elevator when someone starts puking? That happened to me once.
Perhaps they did not like being too close to your giant..... chicken.
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How about being on an elevator when someone starts puking? That happened to me once.
That's one of the most disturbing things I've ever heard.
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Ordering a Buick from Ralph.
Blowing chowder.
Technicolor yawn.

... there are so many wonderful terms.
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From Wikipedia:



In language

As with other physiological processes involving body wastes, vomiting has taboo aspects. This is shown by the large number of colourful euphemisms and dysphemisms for vomiting. (see: toilet humour). Reference to vomiting is often made in speech (e.g. "it makes me sick", "I need a bucket") or by gesturing to signify being disgusted by someone or something.
Slang terms for the act of vomiting include: "hurling", "throwing up", "upchucking", "booting", "puking", "ralphing", "barfing", "keeling", "chucking up", "sicking up", "spewing", "spewing chunks", "chundering", "tossing cookies", "a technicolor yawn", "making street pizza", "shouting groceries", and "boking".
"Wallace and Gromit" has recently become Cockney rhyming slang for vomit.[6]
"Puke" and "puking" date from at least the 16th century.[7] In As You Like It, Shakespeare talks of the infant 'Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms'.
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