Sunday, December 5, 2010

C Kiki Conduit?

Admittedly I haven't been to American bar in over a year, so I'm not sure if this is common practice at bars now, but the other night we were at a nicer (for Clermont) restaurant. It was Friday night, and we went for dinner. We got there around 8:30pm and settled in for a meal. About 9:15pm, while I was eating my entree (in France, really the first plate) four bacardi reps came into the bar. After a man juggled some fire-lit bottles and another man played the bongos, a lady came around and offered us free Bacardi mojitos. Never one to pass up free drinks, we agreed. She left us a few things, one being a mint crusher, another being a silver packet that asked "C kiki condiut?" (Who will drive?), and a post card with this phrase on it as well. After receiving our free drinks, we decided to figure out what was in this packet. We asked our French friend that we were with and he told is that it was a portable breathalayzer test. How random is that? It was an individually wrapped packet that has a bag that you blow into and then it tells you whether you are legally over the limit to drive. There is a whole social commentary to go along with this, but I guess it is a good way to promote sober driving, or at least driving without being over the legal limit.

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