Post by BAZ on Jan 17, 2007 19:52:15 GMT -5
A long but interesting read on the man, even if you aren't a fan of wrestling his alchohol consumption was a staggering part of his life that I never new about!
www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html
...The key to Andre the Giant is this — even as a youth he knew that his disease would dramatically shorten his life. He knew there was no cure, and lived every day with the understanding that death could shamble around the very next corner. Knowledge of this sort can darken a life.
It did not darken Andre’s....
...A very green rookie wrestler named Hulk Hogan toured Japan several times with Andre and witnessed the Giant’s alcohol consumption first hand. According to Hogan, Andre drank, at a minimum, a case of tall boys during each bus ride. When he finished a can Andre would belch, crush the can in his dinner-platter-sized hand, and bounce the empty off the back of Hogan’s head. Hogan learned to count each thunk, so he could anticipate when Andre was running low....
...Andre proceeded straight to the ring and wrestled three matches, including a twenty-man battle royal. The 16 bottles of plum wine had no discernible effect on Andre’s in-ring ability....
...Andre thanked the man, and proceeded to order 40 vodka tonics....
...His bar bill for the month-long stay?
Just a shade over $40,000....
www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/10_06/10_06_andre_giant.html
From the story:
...The key to Andre the Giant is this — even as a youth he knew that his disease would dramatically shorten his life. He knew there was no cure, and lived every day with the understanding that death could shamble around the very next corner. Knowledge of this sort can darken a life.
It did not darken Andre’s....
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...A very green rookie wrestler named Hulk Hogan toured Japan several times with Andre and witnessed the Giant’s alcohol consumption first hand. According to Hogan, Andre drank, at a minimum, a case of tall boys during each bus ride. When he finished a can Andre would belch, crush the can in his dinner-platter-sized hand, and bounce the empty off the back of Hogan’s head. Hogan learned to count each thunk, so he could anticipate when Andre was running low....
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...Andre proceeded straight to the ring and wrestled three matches, including a twenty-man battle royal. The 16 bottles of plum wine had no discernible effect on Andre’s in-ring ability....
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...Andre thanked the man, and proceeded to order 40 vodka tonics....
~
...His bar bill for the month-long stay?
Just a shade over $40,000....
