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ONTARIO BANS DAN AYKROYD?S SKULL-SHAPED VODKA: The clear-glass skull gazes out from the liquor s?

By Ed Driscoll

ONTARIO BANS DAN AYKROYD?S SKULL-SHAPED VODKA:

The clear-glass skull gazes out from the liquor shelves with a decidedly un-cadaverous smile. Save for the inch-long spout and knobby cork that protrude from its pate, Crystal Head Vodka?s distinctive bottle shape looks remarkably life-like, a curiosity you?d expect to see in a droll chiropractor?s office.

Or maybe that should be remarkably death-like, because that?s the Liquor Control Board of Ontario?s interpretation. And human remains do not convey the most tactful marketing message when your goal is to be a virtuous vendor of beverage alcohol.

Evidently, only the state is allowed to associate vice with death-related imagery.

Meanwhile, south of the 49th parallel, “What was it the hippies said? Never trust anybody over 30? Advice to DC women: Never trust anybody over 30 who expects the government to buy his condoms.”

(H/T: 5′F)

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on May 23, 2010 (boomark / email).