So, you've got a big date. Shower? Check. Freshly laundered clothes? Check. Mouthwash? Remember to only gargle with that last one, particularly if you use Listerine. Carol A. Reis of Michigan was arrested for drunk driving after having consumed three glasses of the mouthwash. She registered over three times the legal blood-alcohol limit at the time of her arrest.

Police also found an open bottle of Listerine in Ries' car, and asked Lenawee County prosecutors Friday to authorize a warrant charging her with having an open intoxicant in a motor vehicle, Shadbolt said. Calls to the prosecutor's office were not answered after business hours.

Ries showed signs of intoxication after her car rear-ended another vehicle Sunday, Shadbolt said. She told police she had not consumed any alcohol and also passed a Breathalyzer test, but "there was something not quite right about her," Shadbolt said.

She failed a second test using different equipment and, under further questioning, admitted to drinking three glasses of Listerine earlier in the day, Shadbolt said.

Information which might have been handy in high school:

According to Listerine manufacturer Pfizer Inc.'s Web site, original formula Listerine contains 26.9 percent alcohol, more than four times that of many malt liquors. Other varieties contain 21.6 percent alcohol.

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

JAN 16, 2005 02:49 PM

No wonder my buddy V keeps a flask full of mouthwash in his glove compartment. I thought he was just commited to having fresh breath.

jake_lex

Lexington, KY

February 2003

JAN 16, 2005 02:51 PM

I think drinking Listerine to get drunk is officially "hitting bottom."

I can barely make it through the recommended 30 seconds you're supposed to rinse your mouth with it.

mat8drb

United Kingdom

October 2004

JAN 16, 2005 02:53 PM

That explains all my behaviour while I was waiting to have my wisdom teeth out,

ThisIsWhoWeAre

Oakland, CA

July 2004

JAN 16, 2005 02:57 PM

Ummmm.... You're really supposed to drink that stuff, are you?

I saw this guy at Target once buying like 20 bottles of cough syrup from the clearance bin. They were marked down to 88 cents, and he was buying the entire shelf.

zenFish

Vancouver, BC

August 2004

JAN 16, 2005 03:02 PM

scary shit... i've seen a few homeless persons in calgary, drunk and drooling from drinking that shit.

the nastier effects of longterm drinking of that, is a very scarred and pockmarked face... whatever they put in listerine, that gets ride of germs is not meant for consumption...

randomcharacters

I'm lost

August 2004

JAN 16, 2005 03:16 PM

jake_lex said:
I think drinking Listerine to get drunk is officially "hitting bottom."

I can barely make it through the recommended 30 seconds you're supposed to rinse your mouth with it.

dude, people have drank the liquid from aerosol cleaners to get drunk before, listerine is at least not a chemical..

is the high alcohol content part of what makes listernine the best, or do other mouthwashes have this much?

Skeksi

Chicago, IL

December 2003

JAN 16, 2005 03:16 PM

youre only supposed to drink listerine as a shot to followup a pint of 'tussin. three glasses, that's just madness.

pb

USA

December 2003

JAN 16, 2005 03:36 PM

'tussin.

oh god, don't remind me of my 'devil's medicine' days.

-pb

Manchester_Black

Edmonton, AB

March 2004

JAN 16, 2005 03:41 PM

Clara said:
No wonder my buddy V keeps a flask full of mouthwash in his glove compartment. I thought he was just commited to having fresh breath.

some people sometimes use mouthwash to try fuck with breathalyzer testers(there was abnother product that was marketed for this specific purpose, we stopped carrying it in the gas station where I worked because of this)

clara

MODERATOR

Baltimore, MD

JAN 16, 2005 03:59 PM

Manchester_Black said:
some people sometimes use mouthwash to try fuck with breathalyzer testers(there was abnother product that was marketed for this specific purpose, we stopped carrying it in the gas station where I worked because of this)

I was teasing. He's really committed to having fresh breath.

Minerva

HOPEFUL

Annapolis, MD

JAN 16, 2005 04:05 PM

on my 21st birthday someone bought me a drink called a "liquid cocaine" that tasted exactly like listerine. it was awful.

[Edited on Jan 16, 2005 7:05PM]

RockRBoy

Brooklyn, NY

August 2004

JAN 16, 2005 04:18 PM

It says right on the bottle "Do not swallow". That's seriously fucked up that someone would drink 3 glasses. Couldn't she just have bought some beer?

celluloid

HOPEFUL

Chicago, IL

JAN 16, 2005 04:32 PM

No wonder it burns the shit out of my mouth. I may re-concider the 2nd lip piercing.

Skeksi

Chicago, IL

December 2003

JAN 16, 2005 05:02 PM

Minerva said:
on my 21st birthday someone bought me a drink called a "liquid cocaine" that tasted exactly like listerine. it was awful.

[Edited on Jan 16, 2005 7:05PM]

liquid cocaine is a foul concoction, but it sounds so cool that i often forget that fact and take a shot anyway.

jermhawk

Tidioute, PA

December 2004

JAN 16, 2005 05:04 PM

jake_lex said:
I think drinking Listerine to get drunk is officially "hitting bottom."

I can barely make it through the recommended 30 seconds you're supposed to rinse your mouth with it.

White rain hairspray is "rock bottom"

Gilby

Bridgeville, PA

October 2004

JAN 16, 2005 06:11 PM

Manchester_Black said:

Clara said:
No wonder my buddy V keeps a flask full of mouthwash in his glove compartment. I thought he was just commited to having fresh breath.

Did you ever see the Myth Busters where they tried different techniques to avoid the breathalyzer? Mouthwash made the percentage on the breathalyzer go up right after they used some, due to all the alcohol it contains.