For those of you heading to New Braunfels this year, just a friendly reminder:
The New Braunfels City Council on Monday approved an anti-littering rule that targets “Jell-O shots” on local rivers despite some residents’ complaints that the ordinance will be ineffective.
The ordinance does not specifically address the small cups of alcoholic gelatin but was crafted to focus on containers of 5 fluid ounces or less.
The city recently increased fines for noise-ordinance violations and banned “volume drinking devices” – better known as beer bongs.
But have no fear, you can get more alcohol in a six ounce jell-o shot and they’re still legal.
At Monday’s council meeting, resident Jay Patrick distributed nonalcoholic Jell-O shots in 6-ounce containers to make the point that nothing but the size of containers would change under the new ordinance.
“You can use 6-ounce containers, like these, or you can make Jell-O shots in ice trays,” he said.
Just a word of advice, if my friend Kelly offers you a jell-o shot, avoid it. It’s probably mixed with 151 and tastes like gasoline.
