Paris Hilton was banned from Oktoberfest in Germany. Why?
Locals were outraged when the socialite, 26, arrived at the beer festival in plaits and traditional Bavarian dress to advertise a brand of canned wine.
Ewwwwwwwww. I’m gonna take a chlorine shower now.
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September 20th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Not to minimize your queasiness here, but I think the Germans are on to something important. This doesn’t have to end with Oktoberfest!
Paris Hilton was banned from __________.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Planet Earth!!!!!
September 20th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
BA, I think you missed why they banned her: they banned the concept of ‘canned wine’! :sick:
September 20th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Actually, this is the second time that happened to her… same story last year, she wanted to promote some kind of canned bubbly, if I am not mistaken…
September 20th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
…er, ok, before anybody starts thinking that I follow the life of Paris Hilton, I was in Munich at the time for my thesis, and I just kinda noticed… this isn’t really helping, I guess…
But now she’s with Phil, or at least some of his relatives, so she should be fine
September 20th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Canned wine? What the?
September 20th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Phil, I envy you being on Paris Hilton.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
I’m remembered of a certain South Park episode…
I can’t understand the fame around that woman. Her body isn’t even an excuse. There’s many with her body out there and in the said many there are plenty with brains.
September 20th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
You’re better than Paris Hilton anyday. In one hundred years, no one will talk of her. But the historians will talk of the danger to rational thinking caused by a few unblanced men, and the one brave one who stood against them. If on old maps, dragons were in areas we were ingnorant about, then you’re a dragonslayer! Yup, a hero of legend- keep it up!
September 20th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Canned wine, wtf?
Wine at Oktoberfest? What the heck was she thinking?
One of my goals in life is to go to Munich for Oktoberfest. Oh if only I had money…
September 20th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
If I wanted to read about the life and times of Paris Hilton, I’d read… Nevermind.
September 20th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
So you where a jockstrap for the worlds fattest man?
September 21st, 2007 at 12:12 am
Paracelcus -
So that’s good news for Mrs BA and for the Bad Astronomerette. She wasn’t banned for the company she was keeping, and the Plaits would be welcomed, provided they didn’t bring any tinned “champagne” with them… Why would anyone bring wine to Oktoberfest anyway? It’s like bringing a knife to a gun fight. Or Kingsford charcoal briquetts to Newcastle.
Anyone remember Plot #3 of “Are you being served?” (They only had 4 different plots, kept running through all the permutations…) Any way there’s a celebration for some reason (wedding, retirement, birthday, whatever), and the store always springs for a large can of Japanese tinned champagne, looks like a large can of V8. Someone once told me there really is such a thing. As a skeptic though, I don’t believe it.
September 21st, 2007 at 12:57 am
Ms. Hilton would be even welcome if she brought her canned wine *juck*
She is just not allowed to make any publicity for any products whatsoever.
September 21st, 2007 at 6:48 am
Sadly, if you do a google search for “canned wine” you will get many hits.
I am sure that there is a “good” reason for canning wine, but on the surface it just seems so wrong.
September 21st, 2007 at 7:33 am
“I am sure that there is a “good†reason for canning wine, but on the surface it just seems so wrong.”
I can’t think of one.
I kind of understand the recent trend towards tetrapack for wines, at least it won’t alter the taste like cans would.
Am I missing something here? I haven’t been able to find any picks but I thought “plaits” refered to a hair style.
September 21st, 2007 at 8:01 am
Pictures can be found at the bottom of this page:
http://www.bling-my-thing.com/html_version/en/news.html
She’s attractive in a “spoiled stupid little stick figure” way, but her personality and her apparent stupidity makes her completely repulsive to me.
September 21st, 2007 at 8:41 am
Well, since it matches his last name, maybe the BA should do his hair up in Plaits as well….
…oh yeah, what hair…(hee hee, just teasing BA)
September 21st, 2007 at 9:56 am
Thorin, her hair was in plaits, her body in traditional Bavarian dress. The comment is funny because Phil’s last name is Plait.
The objection was apparently to her promototing a product rather, not her choice of attire or preferred beverage, though she would probably get dirty looks for carrying around cans of wine to drink. (I almost posted “cans of whine”. Ack.)
September 21st, 2007 at 10:00 am
Haha! I got to two posts above this one before I caught the word-play.
Phil- you feel dirty, but I feel dumb.
September 21st, 2007 at 10:57 am
Ok, for a better image of plaits to neutralize the last one…
I’m learning how to do bobbin lace and haven’t gotten to the lesson yet but here are some attractive plaits, completely without canned booze of any kind.
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/mat.htm#mat2
Better?
September 21st, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Good thing you’re not an anti-vaccination nut. I bet those shots are coming in handy now!
September 21st, 2007 at 6:03 pm
No, Paris Hilton was banned from… The Entire Cosmos!
(Not just this Universe, but all Universes that are, were, or ever will be!)
You can always change the “l” in your name to an “h” and be “Dr. Phait”.
That would be pretty cool, actually.
There is no place to run, woo-woos. You cannot escape your Phait!
September 21st, 2007 at 6:32 pm
If You Needed Another Reason to Hate Paris Hilton…
According to The Sun (which I have no idea is a valid source of news but they have a web site, so they must know what they’re talking about…):
HEIRESS PARIS HILTON has been banned from Munich’s famed Oktoberfest for “cheapening†last …
September 21st, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Well, her choice of products was appropriate.
Isn’t she known for showing off her cans?
September 22nd, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Celebutard.
I had to hold off on cutting up my Hilton Honors card on account of her. Lately, her handlers have kept her away from the media. Thank Goodness.
September 22nd, 2007 at 9:47 pm
I just know that “canned” and “wine” should never be adjacent to each other in a sentence.
And after I figured that “canned wine” sounded like the worst idea ever, along come a few folks speaking of “tinned champagne”. For God’s sake, please, stop it.
September 24th, 2007 at 7:12 am
@ Irishman
Thanks, I completely missed the play on Phil’s last name…../me hangs his head in shame
September 24th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Paris Hilton is famous for being infamous. She’s crafted herself into that lofty media stature of being known by first name only, and from there she profits. This is a tried and true formula, it’s worked for decades.
Seems the only constant in the universe is the human need for the lurid.
October 17th, 2007 at 9:56 am
Phil, I have a question. I can’t remember the name of the individual who’s plane was lost. Did we ever find him or the remains of his plane?
GAry 7