Comments on: Vodka Soon Available in Pill Form

By: Beechfuzz

Beechfuzz — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:52:38 +0000

“The new technique can solidify any kind of alcohol, including whisky, cognac, wine and beer. The new technique can solidify any kind of alcohol, including whisky, cognac, wine and beer.”

LOL, looks like the OP has already been using them!

By: Josh213

Josh213 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:18:40 +0000

Leave it up to a Russian to create vodka in pill form!! This has a few good uses that i can think of!!

By: mawskrat

mawskrat — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:17:04 +0000

I’ll just stick with my rosie in a skirt

By: That one person

That one person — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:58:01 +0000

awww i thought you could get high AND drunk

By: rdizzle

rdizzle — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:48:22 +0000

Things I see in the near future of dry alcohol:

Certain people being drunk all the time.

People being more drunk while partying.

People getting drunk way too fast.

More people getting laid.

The price of real alcohol plumetting.

No barf in bathrooms.

By: Consumer

Consumer — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:57:25 +0000

Ouote: “Vodka in form of a pill would come handy at parties when “consumers” would be able to calculate their exact required dosage.

Yeah, right! Pills in party environments are known for good calculability.

By: From Japan

From Japan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:12:35 +0000

Powdered alcohol was also developed by a Japanese company more than 15 years ago. It was only on the market for a while. I think they had trouble with tax laws and other problems.

Imagine dissolving powdered alcohol into a shot of whiskey!!

By: cool games

cool games — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:30:38 +0000

I prefer vodka from the bottle

By: wiskysbetta

wiskysbetta — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:06:00 +0000

For me, this will solve all the sobriety issues i have been facing since my dad left me.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:16:02 +0000

JH’s corpse. Wish I could remember where I saw it (New Scientist possibly) but read somewhere lately that there is very little actual hard chemical evidence of drink spiking happening at all.

By: JH's corpse

JH's corpse — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:25:23 +0000

The most common thing drinks are spiked with is more alcohol. Rapists can be way more subtle now! Thank you science! why do we need this?

By: deaddrift

deaddrift — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:21:22 +0000

Just so you know, this is total bullshit. Such a thing is NOT POSSIBLE.

By: misc

misc — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:39:32 +0000

A working alcoholic’s dream come true.

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:55:28 +0000

I think this is a hoax…Only two results in Google news: Both from less than reliable sources.

By: Daniel Kim

Daniel Kim — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:16:59 +0000

I’m afraid “Smarterthanyou” is correct. It has the sound of “gasoline pills” and other such scams. There is no way to make such a thing work. It reminds me of the idea that one can repeatedly use PKZip to compress a file until it is only one byte long.

I am disappointed that the Times of India ran such a story.

By: rataplan

rataplan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:32:01 +0000

so i’m guessing you can still pass the breathalyzer after a few pills?

don’t see how this will become legal in a lot of countries.

By: ByrdBrain

ByrdBrain — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:24:22 +0000

I wonder if this new technology works on any kind of alcohol. I didn’t see anything in the artcle about that.

By: zane aveton

zane aveton — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:09:39 +0000

OMG.

WANT.

@zaneology

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:03:42 +0000

Bravo, Skipweasel! That is using your head.

There are recipes all over the Internet for solid alcohol. Look for “Jello Shots”

By: Christophe

Christophe — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:58:00 +0000

Wow, date rape made easy.

And : what happen when you swallow them with alcohol?

By: csquared

csquared — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:35:03 +0000

the redundancy is killing me….

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:30:14 +0000

Hey man, got any whisky suppositories!?!? I’m FREAKING OUT MAN!

By: EDB

EDB — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:26:47 +0000

Maybe they can get Rock Hudson to market them and call the product VIPS. Sounds like bovine scattology to me.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:26:41 +0000

This strikes me as very dubious.

It’s unlikely that you can increase ethanol’s density significantly by combining it with other things – even if you can it’s not going to be by much. More likely it’ll bulk it up considerably.

So – a 35ml “single” measure of 40% vodka will have 14ml of ethanol in it. That’s around three teaspoonfuls even if it’s 1:1 bulk when “dried”. That’s a bulky pill.

By: dartef

dartef — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:25:26 +0000

I hope someone doesn’t put one of those pills in my drink.

By: christine

christine — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:23:56 +0000

is this really true? I don’t think so.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:04:12 +0000

Excellent, I’ll save these for my airplane trips when a toddler is screaming his head off, starting a chain reaction with all the others on the flight.

By: John Farrier

John Farrier — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:37:58 +0000

The duplication is in the original text, but I’ve deleted it for clarity’s sake.

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:36:29 +0000

” “Dry” vodka can be wrapped in paper and carried around in a pocket or a bag.”

…..Ehhhhhhhhh….. So…? Isn’t that done also with the wet type when in bottle……..?

By: Wile E Coyote, Super-Genius

Wile E Coyote, Super-Genius — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:26:37 +0000

Well, that was weird. Well, that was weird.

By: Smarterthanyou

Smarterthanyou — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:25:50 +0000

Wow! are they working on gasoline pills to?
And how about water in pill form?
And OIL! that would be so easy! Just drop a couple pills in the oil fill and be Done! Plus I’ll bet it would be easy to get the old oil out too just pull the drain plug and the dust would pour out. No more messy spills!

Morons

By: Russell 'Bacon' Senior

Russell 'Bacon' Senior — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:25:18 +0000

It seems like this could lead more easily to alchoholic related deaths. It seems like this could lead more easily to alchoholic related deaths.

Despite that I would love to be able to predict my buzz. Too many times i end up drinking more BECAUSE I am buzzed. Despite that I would love to be able to predict my buzz. Too many times i end up drinking more BECAUSE I am buzzed.

By: Absent

Absent — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:24:20 +0000

I thought powdered alcohol had already been used as a food additive in the commercial sector for years.

By: CamilleR

CamilleR — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:13:27 +0000

Doris Day and Rock Hudson already came up with this. V-day is here!

By: extramatic

extramatic — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:53:05 +0000

Am I seeing double?

By: vrtclsmile

vrtclsmile — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:52:33 +0000

And I understand that:

“Dry” vodka can be wrapped in paper and carried around in a pocket or a bag. Vodka in form of a pill would come handy at parties when “consumers” would be able to calculate the exact required dosage.

By: dutchboy

dutchboy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:34:38 +0000

Oh boy they have a winner with this one.