From: ANMCCAFF@alum.wpi.edu   
      
   On Tuesday, October 31, 2000 7:50:11 PM UTC-7, Sidhedevil wrote:   
   > In article <8tnq4p$3e$1@gail.ripco.com>,   
   >   nospam@ripco.com (Bloody Viking) wrote:   
   > >   
   > > This is a most bizarre piece of folklore, and I discovered it over a   
   > decade   
   > > ago. Apparently, some alcoholics get desperate enough to drink   
   > aftershave.   
   >   
   > On a trip to Curacao with the ex some years back, we toured the "plant"   
   > (one beautiful 17th century house and a quonset hut) of the Curacao   
   > Bottling Company, purveyors of the eponymous liqueur.   
   >   
   > In the quonset hut, most of the space was given over to a product   
   > called, I believe, "Alcool Pinguino."  It was about the color of Scope   
   > mouthwash and had a cute penguin on the label.   
   >   
   > I picked a bottle up and attempted to make out the text on the label.   
   > Neither my Dutch nor my Papiamentu is very good, but as far as I could   
   > tell, the product was both an aftershave and a beverage.   
      
   This stuff?   
      
   http://www.alcoladoglacial.com/  ("Alcolado Glacial,"  which appears to be a   
   Curacao product, and has a very chill-looking penguin on it.)   
      
   Something like that was seen in the San Pedro Sula or Tela of me yout', back   
   while a'servin' o' the Raygun, back when San Pedro was, believe it or not   
   sleepy and genteel.  It appeared to be dual-purpose.   
      
   A.N "Beat that, Ed Rice!!!" Mc&cet   
      
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