OK you old men, remember Olympia Beer & the dots on the back???

[Dobbinsky]

Time warp here.

In grade school, we'd collect bottles for deposit cash. Peel off the Olympia beer label, and on the back there were black dots, up to 4 of them.

One dot...give it to a girl and she would...
Two dots, and she would...
Three dots, and she would...
Four dots, and well, you know.

10 year-old-boys have fantasies too, ya' know.

 

[Belt Fed]

Nope, i wasn't drinking beer in grade school.

 

[Dobbinsky]

Nope, i wasn't drinking beer in grade school.

Jack Daniels?

 

[Dobbinsky]

When Clint Eastwood drank beer in his movies, it was most always Olympia beer. Must have received some kickbacks for that. He didn't need black dots either.

 

[Belt Fed]

Jack Daniels?

Nope. Milk..i still love milk.

 

[Dobbinsky]

Nope. Milk..i still love milk.

Me too. I'm still breast fed.

 

[mikep]

Nope, i wasn't drinking beer in grade school.

@Belt Fed pre-school?

 

[KillerFord1977]

Well, in the Bad News Bears movie, Matheau drinks in the dugout and also picks up one of the kids while driving with no seatbelt and drinking a beer. Sign of the times

 

[Capn Rich]

Didn't collect labels but do remember the Oly Olyo jingle.

 

[Capn Rich]

Well, in the Bad News Bears movie, Matheau drinks in the dugout and also picks up one of the kids while driving with no seatbelt and drinking a beer. Sign of the times
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Little league could have been so much more fun with a different coach....

 

[belladonna]

I'm not an old man but I do remember Oly labels...

 

[NMEDGE]

Nope, i wasn't drinking beer in grade school.

I was! Miller High Life pony bottles.

 

[Capn Rich]

I was! Miller High Life pony bottles.

Pony bottles...oh the memories. Long time ago

 

[Cedric]

Preferred Rainier. Well, I had to because Dad sold the stuff.

 

[Picaso uno]

Olympia and Coors banquet beer.

 

[Talyn]

I remember "Oly" from my days in Oregon.

That being said the first beer I ever hid from the folks when I was under-age was Molson's Golden Ale. I hid them in the barn between hay & straw bales which surprisingly kept the beer chilled. The folks though I was a good son for wanting to go out & clean the bar stalls without them asking.

 

[Dobbinsky]

Olympia and Coors banquet beer.

We thought Coors was gold during high school, because it wasn't sold in WA at the time. If I recall, guys would take road trip to Idaho, return with Coors, and sell it for $10.00/Case back in '72.
Later on, I tried Olde English 800. Makes me want to heave just thinking about that nasty brew.

 

[KillerFord1977]

We used to vacation from CT to moms friends in Los Angeles area.
Mom brought an empty suitcase to bring back Coors. Wasnt sold east of the Mississippi back then.

Also the theme for Smokey & The Bandit movie. Made smuggling Coors a “thing”

 

[Onewolf426]

My Mom drank Olympia at one time. And when we were in Australia it was Swan Lager. The Aussies would take the bottle caps, which were peel off, and makes planes, trikes, bikes, etc., out of them.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Sure, I remember Olympia beer. In my younger days my little rock-n-roll band was playing at what was affectionately known as a beer bar. Respectable folk would call it a biker bar. I was underage but thought I'd try my luck at the bar anyway. It was the 70s. For some reason I ordered an Oly. The barkeep said, rather gruffly, "Nobody drinks Oly!" He turned around. I though I was done. Then he turned back with TWO bottles, opened them, gave me one, then clicked my bottle in a toast. I had made a friend.

I looked online for a copy but couldn't find one. In that bar was a poster for Olympia beer. It was a cartoonish representation of a pioneer type drinking an Oly while relieving himself in a mountain stream. The caption was, "It's the water, and a lot more." I thought it was pretty funny.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff