Good Proles Don't Drink

Tim Cavanaugh | April 14, 2003

Check out these Soviet and American anti-drinking propaganda posters (er, public service announcements), along with some pretty funny commentary from the guys at Modern Drunkard Magazine. Link via Emmanuelle Richard.

Comments

geophile|4.14.03 @ 11:46AM|#

"In this missive from the Soviet Union we see the human made melancholy by evil alcohol and the happy chimp grooving on some fruit juice. It�s that simple, pal! That�s why apes rule the world and we brood and masturbate in their filthy zoos!"

Haven't laughed this hard in a while Sara. Keep 'em comin'.

rvman|4.15.03 @ 1:48AM|#

I thought that "fruit juice" looked like a whiskey sour, but maybe that's projection.

|4.15.03 @ 10:17AM|#

I love these guys! No, I really love these guys!

Jim|4.16.03 @ 1:20AM|#

I found the modern drunkard commentary hilarious also.... but my interpretation of the poster's message was that the alcohol reduced a man to the level of a chimp (it looked like some kind of alcoholic beverage the chimp was holding).

Jim|4.16.03 @ 1:24AM|#

WRT previous comment.... the 'modern drunkard' interpretation reminds me of an old Irish joke. A preacher, desiring to communicate the evils of alcohol to his congregation, asks them to consider this hypothetical scenario: "If you put a bucket of water, or a bucket of whiskey in front of a donkey, which one does he drink?" "Water" answers one of the parishoners. "Do you know why?", queries the preacher. Comes a voice from the back, "Because he's an ass."