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. Whenever the bus stopped, it was Hogan’s job to scamper off to the nearest store, buy as many cases of beer as he could carry, and make it back before the bus departed, a sight that never failed to make Andre roar his bassoon-like laugh.That's the most beautiful paragraph ever written in the English language.
Friday, July 25, 2008
The World's Greatest Drunkard
Andre the Giant
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Although there are so many things I fail to comprehend on your blog (see below chan, formusan, house rules, tools) from time to time you really hit the nail on Hogan's head!
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