drinkin’ with the fishes

80 years ago…

August 16, 1926 – The Tampa Morning Tribune reports that 264 cases of “real pre-war” (and thus, pre-Prohibition) alcohol had been found and dumped into the sewers – “now regaling the fish of Hillsborough Bay.” The estimated value of the illicit booze was $25,000 (over $264,000 in today’s dollars).

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

2 comments - add to the conversation! → “drinkin’ with the fishes”


  1. Gax

    3 years ago

    Feed The Camel…
    Drinkin With The Fishes…

    Animal dining trifecta in play.


  2. Joel

    3 years ago

    If you drink too much like a fish after dinner, Neil Young says you can ride his llama.


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