The Watchdog breaks the Barguments story

Dan Ricker, local government columnist and occasional barside companion, became the first journalist outside the publishing trades to write about Barguments. His frequent vodka tonics at the Coconut Grove Sailing Club bar gave him the inside track. Here's the report from his weekly email newsletter, the Watchdog Report:

>>> Miami Herald business reporter Hanks has new book out, Barguments
and it is funny given some of the scenarios

Doug Hanks, III, age 36 and a business reporter at The Miami Herald
has written a new book called Barguments and it is not only funny, but also
forces one to consider both sides of a question after some libations and the
different scenarios can produce decent arguments and disagreements. The book’s
subtitle is a Bargument is “A debate with no right or wrong answer that must be
uncomplicated enough to discuss after three beers.”

One favorite of
mine was what animal would win a fight, a bear or a lion? Would it matter if the
match-up occurred in the jungle or in the woods? Hanks told me they actually
called a zoo and the staff, after discussing the matter thought the bear would
win. Another one is “Of all the U.S. presidents which would make the best
drinking buddy?” And there many other examples and many are just hilarious even
if sober, after one thinks through the many different questions. To check out
the book go to http://www.amazon.com/ or Barguments by Doug Hanks and
it is Available for Pre-order at the price of $9.99. >>> Editor’s note:
Hanks is a friend of mine and I normally would not plug someone’s book because
of that relationship, but the book is funny and worth checking out. Further, I
am not condoning excessive drinking in anyway.