We here at 40cozy are big proponents of enjoying the drink instead of just using it as a means to get drunk. Though, sometimes, you just want to unleash the beast and have a wild night. And with the way the economy is these days, there’s a lot of people looking to forget their worries by throwing a few back with friends. But that can be expensive, sooo….here is the perfect tool for all you penny-pinchers out there.

The website www.getdrunknotbroke.com has a glorious list of alcoholic-beverage brands that deliver the cheapest bang for your buck. All the drinks are listed with alcohol by volume, ounces needed to drink to get 3 ounces of pure alcohol, and the price per 3 ounces of pure alcohol. So, basically, what is the cheapest way to get drunk?

Here are the top 10 cheapest ways to get drunk not broke:

1. Wine – Franzia Chillable Red Wine – $1.11 / 3oz. of pure alcohol
2. Wine – Carlo Rossi Burgundy – $1.30
3. Wine – Franzia Chardonnay
4. Olde English 800 High Gravity – $1.87
5. Mad Dog 20/20 Grape Wine – $1.96
6. Everclear – $1.99
7. Bacardi 151 Rum – $2.70
8. Popov Vodka 100 proof – $2.13
9. Popov Vodka 80 proof – $1.71
10. King Cobra – $2.19

Now I don’t see Night Train on the list, but I very much appreciate them putting this chart together to help all us broke, booze-lovin’ bums. To learn more about street wines, visit bumwines.com.

And if you’re looking to get your drink on and avoid the beer belly, visit their other site www.getdrunknotfat.com!

Whenever I go to the drugstore, I beeline to the vodka and newspaper isle. Nothing pairs as well as my favorite periodical and a vodka soda!

I think we can mostly all agree that Inception was a great film. Great special effects, mind-blowing plot, solid cast – the whole shebang. Enjoy this well-done and funny spoof video detailing the leading experts on ‘insobriety.’

As the creators described it:

“‘Inebriation’ is a mock trailer created by Atomic Productions parodying the concept of Inception, in a dangerous and unstable world of shared drinking and drunk within drunk.”

When Don Pettit lived aboard the International Space Station in 2002, he became known for his “Saturday Morning Science” sessions, during which he would demonstrate really cool, simple microgravity experiments.

In this 2008 video from his second time aboard the Space Station, he demonstrates his own cup design that allows space travelers to drink coffee (or cocktails) in zero gravity.

I’m very happy to know that someone is advancing the art of space drinking. Cheers, Don Pettite!

For more, visit here.

28 Drinks Later from Futuristic Films on Vimeo.

By Nick Goossen

In case you didn’t know, back in Dec ‘08 MillerCoors removed caffeine and all other energy-inducing ingredients from the tongue-staining malt liquor/energy drink hybrid, Sparks.

Well the kind people at SFoodie have done some brilliant reverse engineering and came up with a way to create their own Sparks at home, dubbed “Bathtub Sparks” or “Moonshine Sparks.” To make your own, you’ll need to gather the following:

2 pieces Pez candy, one yellow, one pink
1 can King Cobra
1 can Red Bull

Instructions:
Crush the Pez until reduced to a fine powder. Transfer the powder to the bottom of an empty glass. Pour in equal parts King Cobra and Red Bull. Don’t be alarmed when the foaming begins; it will subside. Adjust for flavor.

Now sit back with your nasty orange drank and get your caffeinated krunk on.

BoozeCats.com, a funny new site making the rounds,  mixes two of web surfers’ favorite things:

1) Stupid photos of cats

2) Posting pictures of themselves drinking, as if to say: “Hey look Internet friends, see how I have a drink in my hand? That’s cuz I like to party!”

While the LOLcat and the posted drinking pic might be weak/overplayed on their own, combining the two seems to transcend any possible lameness and reach a state of ridiculous meme nirvana. Check out some of the photos we cherrypicked from their site:

In the spirit of things, I created one featuring some 40cozy cat’s in action:

According to the site:

Boozecats was inspired in part by Lisa’s frantic search for a photo of herself that did not contain beer.  I realized every one of our pictures has beer in it somewhere, so I decided to edit them all out using cats.

So go ahead and make your own and submit it to their site for eternal boozecat fame and notoriety.

Apparently the McNuggetini drink recipe has been all over the internets, creating quite a stir. I mean who doesn’t want a martini with the following ingredients:

• McDonald’s milk shake
• Vodka
• Chicken McNuggets
• BBQ Sauce

According to the sexy redhead in the video, “It’s like a white Russian on angel dust.” So if you’re hankering for some classy cocktails for your Friday night, just head to your nearest Mickey D’s!

Getting shit-canned and making an ass of yourself at dinner parties is a long-standing practice of the fine gentlemen of 40cozy. We’ve all been there – hitting on someone’s mom, eating off others’ plates, slurring your words through horribly off-color dead baby jokes… feel free to share your awesomely horrible/horribly awesome stories in the comments.

Well apparently this was quite the common practice in 9th centure China, as LettersofNote explains:
As far back as the 9th Century, the beautifully named ‘Dunhuang Bureau of Etiquette’ insisted that local officials use the following letter template (dated 856) when sending apologies to offended dinner hosts. The guilty party would copy the template text, enter the dinner host’s name, sign the letter and then deliver with head bowed.

Here’s the document, which was found in a sealed cave in China:

Translated, this letter reads:

Yesterday, having drunk too much, I was intoxicated as to pass all bounds; but none of the rude and coarse language I used was uttered in a conscious state. The next morning, after hearing others speak on the subject, I realised what had happened, whereupon I was overwhelmed with confusion and ready to sink into the earth with shame.

The modern version of this is something like a template apology email or something you’d find at textsfromlastnight.com. I love that it was so customary for local officials to get wasted at dinner gatherings, someone decided to create a stock “I’m sorry I threw up on your cat” letter and distributed copies.

To read more about the project that revealed this letter and thousands more 9th century Chinese documents visit http://idp.bl.uk/

I think by comparing the images of drunks to yoga poses they want to emphasize the comparable health benefits of passing out in public to the ancient discipline of yoga. At least that’s what I get from these images. Quite hilarious how people could get so drunk as to pass out in such positions.

I mean I’ve tried my damnedest to get this drunk, but the craziest situation I’ve ever woke up in is on a stranger’s couch, sitting upright, in nothing but my underwear, body sticky and smelling of whiskey, my hand covered in blood, and the fire alarm going off right out front of the apartment at 150 decibels, with a newly acquired mullet. Hmm, in retrospect that is pretty bizarre. Well, check out these drunken Russians performing some advanced yoga poses. Impressive!

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