Ok the really important question

[zeke4ahs]

I’m not sure I’ve tried to smuggle in alcohol since the days when it was quite easy to do so. Purely for scientific reasons, ( to keep warm) I want to bring in a couple of airplane size fireball bottles. Will they be ok in my mittens or boots or whatever huge excess of bodily apparel I’ll have on to keep warm? Or will I get humiliated and thrown in IU jail?

 

[mobilehoosier]

I always use the boots. Go Hoosiers!

 

[mobilehoosier]

If they're digging in your shoes, then you're screwed anyway. Massive grin!

 

[iubhounds]

If they're digging in your shoes, then you're screwed anyway. Massive grin!

That reminds me of the time TSA at the Indy airport was looking inside my Sperry Top Sider shoe when she pulled something out ... was it explosives or something that could be a danger to fly with ????

She asked "what is this??? .... me ... "it's a red bloodhound hair that my sock must have tracked into my shoe".

Needless to say, she was speechless ... but I WAS allowed to board the plane. 😂

 

[Irregulars]

I’m not sure I’ve tried to smuggle in alcohol since the days when it was quite easy to do so. Purely for scientific reasons, ( to keep warm) I want to bring in a couple of airplane size fireball bottles. Will they be ok in my mittens or boots or whatever huge excess of bodily apparel I’ll have on to keep warm? Or will I get humiliated and thrown in IU jail?

You can do this....go Hoosiers.

 

[OpenWheels]

Well, now that you told them...

Just don't do it stupidly like me and my buddy who put our whisky and coke, mostly whisky, into a thermos for the Indy Nationals drags back in the 90s. We could have kept the flasks in our jacket pockets. Guy at the gate says 'remove the lid on that thermos' and we're five or six feet away and he says "I can smell that from here! Dump it." lol

 

[Jssanto]

My daughter tells me to use vodka, no odor. Keep in a plastic container to avoid the metal detectors. Store around groin to avoid pat downs.
She makes me so proud sometimes.

 

[hometownfan]

plastic flask with blackberry brandy. great for cold weather. I once stuck a 12 pack in my 8 year buddies kids backpack, without telling either one of them, should I feel guilty? my wife used to put beer cans under a few tampons in her purse. Made the ticket personnel feel real uncomfortable. Always worked, and a few times, in the eighties, I just carried in 12 packs under a long duster. Those were the days. Go Hoosiers stomp the toiletmakers!

 

[frikkenfrakken]

I’m not sure I’ve tried to smuggle in alcohol since the days when it was quite easy to do so. Purely for scientific reasons, ( to keep warm) I want to bring in a couple of airplane size fireball bottles. Will they be ok in my mittens or boots or whatever huge excess of bodily apparel I’ll have on to keep warm? Or will I get humiliated and thrown in IU jail?

They never make anyone take off their shoes. Slows down the line too much. Use the boots.

 

[Bucket Getter]

Good to know. I bought three soft plastic flasks earlier this season. Haven’t needed them yet because I’ve driven every game. Got the GF to drive this week. And I bought a BUCKET of 20 fireballs to ward off the cold. Probably gonna bring in 10 or so after the tailgate (to share).

 

[kraft cheese+macaroni]

I’m not sure I’ve tried to smuggle in alcohol since the days when it was quite easy to do so. Purely for scientific reasons, ( to keep warm) I want to bring in a couple of airplane size fireball bottles. Will they be ok in my mittens or boots or whatever huge excess of bodily apparel I’ll have on to keep warm? Or will I get humiliated and thrown in IU jail?

Plastic lids and you’re good

 

[Walt542]

It is a myth that alcohol helps keep you warm when exposed to the cold. In fact it is dangerous and makes the situation worse. Just saying…
https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/01/05/medical-mythbuster-alcohol-make-warm-freezing/

 

[Sonap]

I miss my old bota bag. Wore it around my neck but on my back to sneak it in for the 87’-88 seasons.

 

[eddy4iu]

Barnoculars! No doubt that’s a very old school solution. But then, I’m definitely old school.

 

[hookyIU1990]

Are Bota bags still a thing? In cold weather it was a cake walk to fill one and put it under a layer.

 

[hookyIU1990]

It is a myth that alcohol helps keep you warm when exposed to the cold. In fact it is dangerous and makes the situation worse. Just saying…
https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/01/05/medical-mythbuster-alcohol-make-warm-freezing/

Walt, the point isn't that it keeps you warm. Keeping you warm is the excuse.

 

[Bucket Getter]

It is a myth that alcohol helps keep you warm when exposed to the cold. In fact it is dangerous and makes the situation worse. Just saying…
https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/01/05/medical-mythbuster-alcohol-make-warm-freezing/Qu

Cmon man! We don’t need that kind of negativity around here! Belly up!

 

[Victorbmyboy]

It is a myth that alcohol helps keep you warm when exposed to the cold. In fact it is dangerous and makes the situation worse. Just saying…
https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/01/05/medical-mythbuster-alcohol-make-warm-freezing/

 

[ESalum86]

I miss my old bota bag. Wore it around my neck but on my back to sneak it in for the 87’-88 seasons.

I know for a fact; ummmm, I mean I think I once heard, one could fit a fifth of whiskey in a bota bag.

 

[Courtsensetwo]

It is a myth that alcohol helps keep you warm when exposed to the cold. In fact it is dangerous and makes the situation worse. Just saying…
https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/01/05/medical-mythbuster-alcohol-make-warm-freezing/

This is true, but I choose not to believe it.

 

[OpenWheels]

It says "While alcoholic drinks create the sensation of warmth by making blood vessels dilate and stimulating nerve endings in the skin, this can actually make your body temperature fall."

I think everyone already knows that. But the sensation of warmth is all you're after anyway.

Not like you're hiking somewhere in the snow far from help and might pass from hypothermia if you don't carefully husband all your energy.

I guess after a couple hours it may matter though. So dress warm!
,

 

[jiouhyu]

It is a myth that alcohol helps keep you warm when exposed to the cold. In fact it is dangerous and makes the situation worse. Just saying…
https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/01/05/medical-mythbuster-alcohol-make-warm-freezing/

buzz killer!!!

 

[Walt542]

buzz killer!!!

Ha ha. I have never had a post quoted so much!😂

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

30% of all body heat is lost through your head, so wear a hat, stocking cap preferably and nobody is getting hypothermia as long as they add multiple layers of clothing.

 

[Bucket Getter]

3 words: wool cap, long johns, and fireball. 😂

 

[NWfor3]

3 words: wool cap, long johns, and fireball. 😂

Ummmm, that’s 6🥃

 

[zeke4ahs]

3 words: wool cap, long johns, and fireball. 😂

✔️✔️and ✔️

 

[mrhighlife]

It is a myth that alcohol helps keep you warm when exposed to the cold. In fact it is dangerous and makes the situation worse. Just saying…
https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/01/05/medical-mythbuster-alcohol-make-warm-freezing/

Does this guy know how to party or what!?!?

As long it's all plastic you could probably just put them in your pocket. They don't really check your body. And even if they find them all they do is make you throw them out. Not embarrassing. 100s if not 1000s will be trying to do the same. The key is to just act like everything is normal. I take my weed pen in every time. Just put it in the tray with everything else. Act normal. No one has ever said anything.

 

[dr.jb]

Does this guy know how to party or what!?!?

As long it's all plastic you could probably just put them in your pocket. They don't really check your body. And even if they find them all they do is make you throw them out. Not embarrassing. 100s if not 1000s will be trying to do the same. The key is to just act like everything is normal. I take my weed pen in every time. Just put it in the tray with everything else. Act normal. No one has ever said anything.

we used to haul in a cooler in the early 70's

how times have changed

 

[hookyIU1990]

we used to haul in a cooler in the early 70's

how times have changed

I used to hear stories about an empty keg being passed up and over the top.

 

[dr.jb]

I used to hear stories about an empty keg being passed up and over the top.

would not be surprised

we sucked so bad back then we'd raise a toast if we got a 1st down

forget about scoring

 

[mrhighlife]

I used to hear stories about an empty keg being passed up and over the top.

One of my former bosses went to ND in the 70s. He and his buddies snuck a keg into ND stadium. If you have a WSJ subscription you can read about it. The article is great and very funny but leaves out a lot of the even funnier details.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-great-notre-dame-keg-caper-11665806462

 

[UncleMark]

we used to haul in a cooler in the early 70's

how times have changed

The rule was it had to fit under the seat. Otherwise, all was good. Then the morons started to crack down, and believe it or not the students switched to hard liquor, with all the behaviors you might expect. Who would have thought?

 

[dr.jb]

The rule was it had to fit under the seat. Otherwise, all was good. Then the morons started to crack down, and believe it or not the students switched to hard liquor, with all the behaviors you might expect. Who would have thought?

when they outlawed the coolers then it became how many beers you could stuff in your pockets/coat

14 was my best number iirc

warm weather was more difficult

the good news....there was no reason to leave at halftime. (other than we sucked)

 

[Courtsensetwo]

The rule was it had to fit under the seat. Otherwise, all was good. Then the morons started to crack down, and believe it or not the students switched to hard liquor, with all the behaviors you might expect. Who would have thought?

After I graduated in the late eighties we carried in nylon gym bags full of beer and ice. Melted ice would be dripping from the bag as we walked in.