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Barkeep, Make That Cellphone a Double

Inventive drinkers beat beach booze bans with flasks, strap-on beer 'bellies'

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 27, 2007 9:25 PM CST

(Newser) – Is that a beer belly or a Beerbelly? And is that guy drinking from a flip-flop? As more and more beaches try to enforce drinking bans, inventors are doing their boozy best to outwit them, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune. Flip-flop flasks, booze-filled fake cellphones, and soft drink covers that disguise beer cans are helping drinkers beat bans and high drink prices at sporting events.

"There will be a little of a cat-and-mouse game going on,” says one cop about the no-drinking rules soon to govern San Diego beaches. "America is going crazy with rules," says the inventor of the 80-ounce strap-around "Beerbelly" filled with pure brewski—and the "Winerack" for ladies.

USA. San Diego. Beach towels for sale on Mission Beach, San Diego. 2001. (LON67754)
USA. San Diego. Beach towels for sale on Mission Beach, San Diego. 2001. (LON67754)   (Magnum Photos)
A drunken Labor Day beach brawl led to San Diego bringing in a beach drinking ban.
A drunken Labor Day beach brawl led to San Diego bringing in a beach drinking ban.   (Magnum Photos)
People who want to drink on the beach in San Diego are going to have to be a little more subtle if an expected ban comes in.
People who want to drink on the beach in San Diego are going to have to be a little more subtle if an expected ban comes in.   (Getty Images)
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