Lot of booze hound stories lately. I like it.

A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a holiday in Egypt.

New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked as cargo. Instead, he chugged the bottle down - and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.

I like this old guys gumption. I am sick and tired of having to put shit into a ziploc bag. What is that really going to stop? When I came back from Mexico I saw all kinds of people throwing out booze they had bought at the duty free shop because they couldn’t fit it into their checked back. I think everyone should start pounding their booze and then maybe T.S.A. would re-think their asinine rules.

Original Story: Seattle P.I.