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« on: January 10, 2007, 10:37:15 AM »
Some amazing accomplishments by one Andre the Giant.

http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html

The article is quite long so I'm not gonna cut and paste, the link should work.  Just imagine drinking 25 beers and still being outdrank by 3 times that amount.  It's good to see the guy did have a limit though, passing out after 119 beers.
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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2007, 11:10:06 AM »

Great article.  Loved this story:

A very green rookie wrestler named Hulk Hogan toured Japan several times with Andre and witnessed the Giant?s alcohol consumption first hand. According to Hogan, Andre drank, at a minimum, a case of tall boys during each bus ride. When he finished a can Andre would belch, crush the can in his dinner-platter-sized hand, and bounce the empty off the back of Hogan?s head. Hogan learned to count each thunk, so he could anticipate when Andre was running low. Whenever the bus stopped, it was Hogan?s job to scamper off to the nearest store, buy as many cases of beer as he could carry, and make it back before the bus departed, a sight that never failed to make Andre roar his bassoon-like laugh.
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2007, 11:27:00 AM »
What a grest Story.... A true legend, I am not a big fan of the wrestling circus, but did watch his biography on TV, came across as a really nice guy... 119 beers in 6 hours, that takes some doing.... And the month Bar tab.. $40,000.... Fuckin superb.
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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2007, 02:26:03 PM »
that's insane
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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2007, 03:13:22 PM »
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Whenever the bus stopped, it was Hogan?s job to scamper off to the nearest store, buy as many cases of beer as he could carry, and make it back before the bus departed, a sight that never failed to make Andre roar his bassoon-like laugh.

haha! so thats how he got the muscles!
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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2007, 03:49:09 PM »
Quote from: faldor on January 10, 2007, 10:37:15 AM
Some amazing accomplishments by one Andre the Giant.

http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html

The article is quite long so I'm not gonna cut and paste, the link should work.? Just imagine drinking 25 beers and still being outdrank by 3 times that amount.? It's good to see the guy did have a limit though, passing out after 119 beers.

Ha! I'll believe Hitler was jewish before i believe the human body can physically fit 119 beers

More rubbish than an Axl letter to the fans

..and u lot believe it?
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« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2007, 03:50:06 PM »
Quote from: Izzy on January 10, 2007, 03:49:09 PM


..and u lot believe it?

They believed the letter right?
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« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2007, 03:54:42 PM »
Quote from: SLCPUNK on January 10, 2007, 03:50:06 PM
Quote from: Izzy on January 10, 2007, 03:49:09 PM


..and u lot believe it?

They believed the letter right?

anyone that believes either is quite mad, guillible, desperate or perhaps a human/rabbit hybrid

Some people let a good story over ride litle details like facts, people like George Bush must be amazing story tellers - point being, take what u read with a pinch of salt people

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Andre grew to a height of somewhere between 6?11? and 7?5?

The kind of accurate journalism the article specialises in - thats quite a significant difference - we're not talking a few cms there......did people just become stupid standing next to him 'wow ur huge like 80ft!' - even a vaguely competant human can work out someone's height fairly accurately simply by using known reference points - (i.e standard door fram is 6'6)
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« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2007, 03:57:46 PM »
Quote from: Izzy on January 10, 2007, 03:54:42 PM


anyone that believes either is quite mad, guillible, desperate or perhaps a human/rabbit hybrid

Some people let a good story over ride litle details like facts, people like George Bush must be amazing story tellers - point being, take what u read with a pinch of salt people



Well in this case, it was entertaining, that's good enough for me.
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« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2007, 03:59:31 PM »
Quote from: Izzy on January 10, 2007, 03:49:09 PM
Quote from: faldor on January 10, 2007, 10:37:15 AM
Some amazing accomplishments by one Andre the Giant.

http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html

The article is quite long so I'm not gonna cut and paste, the link should work.  Just imagine drinking 25 beers and still being outdrank by 3 times that amount.  It's good to see the guy did have a limit though, passing out after 119 beers.

Ha! I'll believe Hitler was jewish before i believe the human body can physically fit 119 beers

More rubbish than an Axl letter to the fans

..and u lot believe it?
well he did have a growth disorder meaning he was like 8foot tall and still pretty muscley and chunky
If ur on a GnR forum u must know by now that anything is possible
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2007, 04:17:57 PM »
Quote from: Izzy on January 10, 2007, 03:54:42 PM
The kind of accurate journalism the article specialises in - thats quite a significant difference - we're not talking a few cms there......

Well, in fairness, he never stopped growing.
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2007, 04:48:06 PM »
Ever seen his daughter?


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« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2007, 04:58:13 PM »
Quote from: SLCPUNK on January 10, 2007, 04:48:06 PM
Ever seen his daughter?


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From what I remember, according to the documentary, Andre himself never saw his daughter...
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« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2007, 05:05:40 PM »
Quote from: SLCPUNK on January 10, 2007, 03:57:46 PM
Quote from: Izzy on January 10, 2007, 03:54:42 PM


anyone that believes either is quite mad, guillible, desperate or perhaps a human/rabbit hybrid

Some people let a good story over ride litle details like facts, people like George Bush must be amazing story tellers - point being, take what u read with a pinch of salt people



Well in this case, it was entertaining, that's good enough for me.

Not for me, I expect "Modern Drunkard Magazine" to hold to the highest standards of accuracy in journalism.

I hope the Guiness Book observers allowed a Andre a trip or two to the men's room.

Long live Andre!
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« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2007, 06:48:01 PM »
"the business is notorious for inflating wrestlers? statistics" ......The only part of the article that's 100% true
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« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2007, 06:55:06 PM »
Except for that fact Andre has witnesses for his feat.......Tim White is one of them, however, he killed himself multiple times.
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