Proposed law would require Michigan pints of beer to hold 16 ounces

UPI ^ | Oct 7, 2013

[posterchild]

LANSING, Mich., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A proposed law in Michigan is aimed at ensuring beer drinkers who pay for a pint get at least 16 ounces.

The measure was introduced in the House last week, MLive.com reported. It would ban what barflies refer to as "cheater glasses" with thick bottoms so they look like they hold a pint but actually take a few ounces less.

State Rep. Jim Irwin, a Democrat from the college town of Ann Arbor, said the state regulates meat and other foodstuffs to make sure buyers get what they pay for. Irwin introduced a similar law in 2011 after being shorted on a pint of beer and is a co-sponsor of the new legislation.

[9YearLurker]

One would think that would be required by simple truth in advertising, but I know a lot of bars short a supposed pint.

[Political Junkie Too]

If we regulate a mile to now be 5,000 feet, that will mean that auto manufacturers can now meet the EPA'S new fuel efficiency standards?

-PJ

[Cboldt]

Now your cookin' with gas! The democrats would go the other way, legislate that a mile is 10,000 feet.

I just wish they'd repeal the law of gravity ... oh, wait, there is no such thing as gravity, the whole earth sucks.

[KarlInOhio]

Why not make it a half-liter? Kill two birds with one stone—use the politically correct metric system and make the pint a guaranteed 16.9 ounces?

From 1984 by George Orwell:

'I arst you civil enough, didn't I?' said the old man, straightening his shoulders pugnaciously. 'You telling me you ain't got a pint mug in the 'ole bleeding boozer?'

'And what in hell's name is a pint?' said the barman, leaning forward with the tips of his fingers on the counter.

'Ark at 'im! Calls 'isself a barman and don't know what a pint is! Why, a pint's the 'alf of a quart, and there's four quarts to the gallon. 'Ave to teach you the A, B, C next.'

'Never heard of 'em,' said the barman shortly. 'Litre and half litre -- that's all we serve. There's the glasses on the shelf in front of you.

'I likes a pint,' persisted the old man. 'You could 'a drawed me off a pint easy enough. We didn't 'ave these bleeding litres when I was a young man.'

[Hot Tabasco]

The govt. has more important things to worry about than pints of beer. Everyone I know who drink beer are only concerned about the glass being full, not how many ounces are in it..........sheesh

[Pearls Before Swine]

I had forgotten that bit of dialog from 1984. Thanks, very appropriate to our times.

[KarlInOhio]

I had forgotten that bit of dialog from 1984. Thanks, very appropriate to our times.

I practically had the book memorized in high school and college. It was my "go to" book for just about any type of school essay if I could pick the topic freely. I don't know how many college application essays referred back to it, but I could knock out five pages on it in a couple of hours even without the tried and true method of submitting the same essay to a new class with just the class name changed on the cover page. I even had a couple of pages on the allegorical comparisons of Big Brother's, Hitler's and Stalin's mustaches.

And all that time I saw it as a warning, others like Obama saw it as an instruction manual.

[kitchen]

In the case of beer, it isn't the volume of the glass, but rather the shape that determines how much is liquid and how much is foam. For example, a wide schooner has a much greater head and less beer, while a narrow pilsner has less head and more beer. The difference is so great that when I showed a restaurant owner the yield per keg of various glasses he immediately called his glass vendor and ordered new glasses. He figured he could pay for the conversion in a few days.

As an aside, a jigger - shot - is supposed to be 1.5 ounces. You can get the line anywhere you want, but it is usual to be at an ounce. As a further aside, I knew a bartender that liked to play elf tricks on his customers. He had a jeweler drill a few tiny holes just at the top of the line on some shot glasses. Sitting at the bar, the holes were undetectable but standing they were obvious. He would present a shot with the holes so that as the glass was tipped a few drops would end up on the drinker's chin. Good fun for all.

[Billthedrill]

The penalty is not strong enough. Anyone willing to cheat on beer is too morally degenerate to be allowed to live in our society. Cheat in marriage, yes, religion, OK, exceed the speed limit if you want to, palm an ace at poker but CHEAT AT BEER??!?

Impale them. And then fine them heavily.

[trubolotta]

Impale them. And then fine them heavily.

Impalement is too good. Harness each limb to three angry drunks and draw and quarter the offender!

[equaviator]

I’ll drink to that!