Oktoberfest statistics

The Oktoberfest statistics are in! Just the 759 "beer corpses" and three drink related deaths over a 2 week period. Best of course is the 700 id cards and passports, fishing rod, toaster, 3 crutches, miniature pinscher, 18 children and a milk tooth that were lost (the children alone were reclaimed and I reckon the tooth fairy can get into the Munich lost-and-found). And I assume we are all very relieved that the traditional set of dentures has been reported missing. Why don't we get stats releases after big events in the UK? I personally demand to know how many tonnes of fish and chips were sold in blackpool on a given bank holiday weekend. I also want to know the number of Carling carcusses found after any given music festival.

Beer Wars!

Heineken has gone to court to stop a local Swiss group from distributing a spoof brand called Keineken (No Heineken). Heineken are apparently 'not amused'. Well I am very amused. Anything that sticks up two fingers to the giant breweries tends to be a good thing. We need variety in our beer and local bereweries deserve as much advertising as possible. Who next? Stella Nilpoi? Snarling yak label?