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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Fight off the Swine Flu and get drunk



UK prisoners use hand gel to get drunk
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON - A British prison says a bunch of inmates have been caught with their hands clean - using hand sanitizing gel to get drunk.

Peter McParlin of the Prison Officers Association says inmates were using it to make illicit alcohol.

The gel had been distributed around the prison to stop the spread of the swine flu virus. McParlin said on Thursday that giving inmates access to a gel with an alcohol content was unwise.

The prison has now banned inmates from using it. McParlin said the use of illicit concoctions made by mixing alcohol with fruit, water and sugar was as bad as drug use - or worse.

The claims of prison boozing follow reports of bare-knuckle boxing for money at the facility, the Verne prison in Dorset, in southwest England.

I'm always suprised at the inginuity of prisoners. How the hell did they figure out how to make booze out of hand sanitizer? MacGyver would be amazed by that one. I don't even understand how they make toilet wine. You'd think if these guys were so good at that kind of stuff they'd be better at not getting caught. Sometimes its easier on the inside than the outside. Shower time is not one of those times.

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