OKTOBERFEST - Life in Lederhosen's

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"Oktoberfest feels like a gigantic kegger at a psycho ward." - anonymous

OKTOBERFEST

 

Oktoberfest is an extravaganza of beer, bratwursts, pretzels, traditional drinking songs and, of course, more beer.

The first Oktoberfest began as a wedding celebration for Crown Prince Luitpold I and Princess Theressa of Bavaria on October 17, 1810. A large meadow in Munich was taken over as the royal reception site and featured a horse race, music, dancing, singing -- and lots and lots of beer drinking.

   
 
Oktoberfest is winding down and if you missed it, you missed out on some good old fashioned drunken debauchery. What isn’t there to like about Oktoberfest? The one festival where it’s accepted and encouraged to get as shnockered as you can while doing the polka and stuffing brats and pretzels down your throat. A roaring mass of humanity entirely dedicated to getting and staying as drunk as humanly possible.

 

Oktoberfest combines everything good in life: beer, food and cleavage. Dude’s wearing lederhosen's which are some real lady getters by the way, and the girls strutting around in their dirndl’s (women’s traditional Oktoberfest garb) drinking like it’s their first time at a college kegger is a sight to see and even better to experience.

 

    
    
There is an art to surviving the mayhem and carnage of Oktoberfest and it takes skill and know how to make it out alive. Well, not out alive per se but making it out with what ever dignity you had going into it.

 

Here are a few simple rules to follow while partaking in the Oktoberfest fun.

Always, always eat as many pretzels and or brats while drinking to stave off the drunk goblin's as long as possible.
Always, keep your head up and your eyes open for flying food! Last thing you need is a sausage projectile shot like a laser in your ear hole.
Oktoberfest is pretty much the only time of year it's crazy cool to be German, so do as the Germans do and polka your ass of, yodel like a hyena, chicken dance till your arms fly off and always rush the stage for any and all sausage eating contests.

 

Arrive early and stake out your table while your other friends rush the beer line. The drunken jackal's will be after your prime location all night so fend them off the best you can with scraps of food or stale beer.
Never leave a man behind. As the fun and merriment turns to drunken debauchery always be aware of where your friends are before you pass out. Far to many times this is what happens -

Inevitably what you see above will happen to you or a friend at the end of the night and when it does, follow these simple instructions so you can all enjoy Oktoberfest fun next year.