Here’s news about an exciting new development – a machine that allows drinkers to inhale liquor instead of drinking it. And why not? I remember once (courtesy of a Finnish company that was celebrating some anniversary or other) ingesting vodka via an aerosol can. You sprayed the vodka onto the roof of your mouth. The results were good, and the knowledge that the aerosol was tearing the ozone to shreds only added to the merriment.

But for those who want to inhale their alcohol, there is a threat on the horizon, one Andrew Spano, ‘county executive’ of Westchester County, NY, a Democrat. He wants a ban on this technology. The rationale (oh, come on, you know what it’s going to be) for this grotesque bit of nannying?

“He worries it will attract underage drinkers.”

Yup, yet again, ‘The Children”.