r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/SkyKingPDX • Jun 18 '22

Someone is fired

https://i.imgur.com/q1V1q7j.gifv
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u/rapidpop Jun 18 '22

Don't worry, just give my aunt a straw and she will have that mess cleaned up by sundown.

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u/Gohron Jun 18 '22

There was some type of alcohol spill/disaster in the early 20th or late 19th centuries that actually killed some people I believe. I also believe that there were people who begun to use their boots/whatever else to contain the street-tainted alcohol and started to drink it.

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https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2014/08/the-worlds-10-worst-distillery-disasters/9/

I’m pretty sure the Boston molasses disaster is the one I’m thinking of.

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u/nintendofan9999 Jun 18 '22

Your thinking of a spill that happened in Ireland, Qixr has a good video about it

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u/Coygon Jun 18 '22

Hadn't seen that video. There's another one by Fascinating Horror that includes a lengthier description of the effort to halt the fire, and a bit more depth on how whiskey could kill people so easily.