Folks, drop down to your knees and thank your chosen deity that you live in these United States of America (at least we assume you do). You live in a country where freedom is more than just a battle cry, it’s a political jingoistic cliché. Here, we don’t have silly laws against filling up stadiums with beer.
That’s just not the case in Germany. There, a teen is on trial for causing €100,000 (roughly $8.5 billion) worth of damage to an area in Dusseldorf when he and his friend allegedly flooded the place with beer, which is a violation of the Oktoberfest Law.
Three taps were opened in the VIP area in 2006, causing a lot of German gold to spill out into the stadium and a conference room. The beer eventually found its way to the parking lot, where it sat in post-game traffic for over an hour.
(via Deadspin)
The only thing that would have made this story more awesome is if, after flooding the arena with beer, the Germans reenacted epic sea battles.
Wait, hold on-there are sea battles that aren’t epic?
Obviously your high school history class didn’t cover The Bathtub Battle of the North Sea in 1712.
The Crown Prince of Norway attempted to invade and annex England in a bathtub, but was repelled by a splash to the face by the Duke of Wales, who just happened to be on his morning “wash off the crabs” swim.
Obviously, not very epic to say the least.