Woman Gets Beer From Her Kitchen Faucet
 

OSLO, Norway - It almost seemed like a miracle to Haldis Gundersen when she turned on her kitchen faucet this weekend and found the water had turned into beer.

Two flights down, employees and customers at the Big Tower Bar were horrified when water poured out of the beer taps.

By an improbable feat of clumsy plumbing, someone at the bar in Kristiandsund, western Norway, had accidentally hooked the beer hoses to the water pipes for Gundersen's apartment.

"We had settled down for a cozy Saturday evening, had a nice dinner, and I was just going to clean up a little," Gundersen, 50, told The Associated Press by telephone Monday. "I turned on the kitchen faucet and beer came out."

However, Gundersen said the beer was flat and not tempting, even in a country where a half-liter (pint) can cost about 25 kroner ($3.75) in grocery stores.

Per Egil Myrvang, of the local beer distributor, said he helped bartenders reconnect the pipes by telephone.

"The water and beer pipes do touch each other, but you have to be really creative to connect them together," he told local newspapers.

Gundersen joked about having the pub send up free beer for her next party.

"But maybe it would be easier if they just invited me down for a beer," she said.

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Wow beer is really expensive there.

-Rudey

I'd like the name and number of that plumber...

Most Scandinavian countries tax the living shit outta alcoholic beverages - so much that Swedes will take the ferry into Denmark (where the taxes are not ridiculous) and buy the booze there.

DUIs over there are practically zero tolerance, with hefty fines, jail time and loss of license.

lol - and i thought that it was funny my uncle had a special fridge made for his pony keg!

maybe i should forward him this article...

- marissa

There's nothing funny about owning a kegerator.

I have no idea if it's true, but someone posted in Risk Management that having a "kegerator" (great word) could void at least part of your homeowners insurance (the liability portion, I suspect.).

I would guess that it is true.