"pabst beer" news and stories

Bill Bramanti loves his Pabst Blue Ribbon so much that he commissioned a custom Pabst can coffin for himself. USA Today quotes Bill as saying, "I actually fit, because I got in here."

Everything about this story strikes me as all kinds of wrong:

1. Entering your coffin before you die is creepy
2. Having a coffin designed based on a beer can is bizarre.
3. If you are going to love a beer that much, why Pabst Blue Ribbon?

Oh - and let's not forget about the part where he throws a party and fills the coffin with ice and beer for his friends. It was not Halloween.

Anyone else interested in a custom coffin? If so, of what? If you've got a food related one, I'll be happy to write about it, but please expect mocking.

I've always wanted to be a handy guy, someone who can build things and fix things. Truth is, I can barely paint the walls of my living room or change a tire. But that doesn't mean I don't like reading about projects from other people.

Like this table made out of old beer cans. And though it sounds like something that ReadyMade or Make would have in their pages, it's actually from 1936. If you're wondering, the beer is Pabst and they used 420 cans.

The chairs are made from beer cans too.

[via Boing Boing]