What’s even the point of St. Patrick’s Day if you can’t go out and get blasted at a parade?
I don’t get to celebrate St. Patty’s Day as much as I did back when I was in college, but back then it was up there with Christmas and the 4th of July as my favorite holidays because it was basically just an excuse to get blackout drunk on a random weeknight. I mean, not that I ever really needed an excuse but at least it was more socially acceptable on March 17…
Things have changed a lot now that I’m older, and the thought of going out on a weekday and getting shitfaced could not appeal to me less. The hangovers hurt a lot more than they used to. But it’s still a rite of passage for college kids.
Unfortunately the Boston Police Department doesn’t see it that way though. The city held their annual St. Patrick’s Day parade yesterday, and of course people were out across the city just trying to have a good time. And that included quite a few college kids who were ready to throw a few back, black out, maybe get so drunk they saw a leprechaun, who knows.
But Boston police were apparently quite the buzzkills, showing off the alcohol that was confiscated during the parade – including quite a few BORGs.
Additional Seized Alcohol Due to Underage and Public Drinking https://t.co/lDBQ9m6Am2 pic.twitter.com/uwtCKZc5Hn
— Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) March 16, 2025
If you’re not familiar, BORG stands for “blackout rage gallon,” and it’s basically a gallon jug filled with vodka, some kind of flavoring like Kool-Aid or Gatorade, maybe some Pedialyte to help with the hangover from all that sugar. Pretty sure it’s the equivalent of the jungle juice that I drank from a dirty cooler on the porch of some sketchy house in college. All I know that BORGs are apparently all the rage among college kids these days as a cheap and easy way to get shitfaced, and they’re even naming their BORG and having fun with it.
(I feel old explaining that, BORGs weren’t a thing when I was in college – but at least we had the original Four Loko).
Anyway, it appears that no BORG was safe during the Boston St. Patrick’s Day festivities as the police showed off their impressive collection of confiscated drinks with creative names like “US-Mexico BORGer” and “BORGan Wallen.” Props to whoever came up with that one.
But of course many online wondered if confiscating alcohol from folks at a parade was really the best use of police resources. I mean, the cops probably had to walk by somebody shooting up meth just to take away the BORG.
Boston police (intentionally?) promoting some excellent BORG names from the Southie parade pic.twitter.com/pFq892qwG0
— Nik DeCosta-Klipa (@NikDeCostaKlipa) March 16, 2025
Boston Police with the award for “we don’t care about much but damn if these kids have vodka jugs”
— HE Champions Barstool BU (@BarstoolBU) March 16, 2025
They linin em up like it’s a USBP drug bust https://t.co/JJR103QNOU
— Red (@RedBig67) March 17, 2025
And people were also impressed with the creativity of some of the BORG names:
I shouldn’t, but I truly love the youth in Boston. https://t.co/kXG2xjkBTB
— Caroline Domingos (@_oohcalamity) March 16, 2025
The only good use of press, hold and load in 4K is zooming in on the fun lil Borg puns https://t.co/H8M8W03LqP
— The Ball Is Orange (@theballisorange) March 17, 2025
The shit they write on these things. Hahahahah “Fuck it we Borg” lol https://t.co/qDPGiO6Z8n
— DB Cooper (@prf0908) March 17, 2025
i dunno about y’all, but i LIVEEEEE for the names these kids name their borgs
https://t.co/FGymejnJgb
— Jennnnie Cochran* (@j3nnyb00m) March 17, 2025
Yeah, the kids are gonna be alright. Just let them drink their BORGs in peace. It’s St. Patrick’s day, and if they want to get blackout drunk and throw up from some sugary alcohol concoction, shouldn’t they be allowed to just like we did back in the day?
I thought this was America.
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