Quote of the Month 2008-06-01

“This is the most bizarre thing I've been involved in.
— Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Sergeant Charlie Cloud, referring to the 411 bottles of unlicensed vodka the Commission confiscated recently, bottles that each contained a dead baby rattlesnake. Supposedly, the dead reptiles were a way of “fortifying” the liquor with aphrodisiac qualities (from Reuters, March 27, 2008)”