“Papy bourré qui boit l'éthylotest” meme: meaning, origin and common card

What does the “Papy bourré qui boit l'éthylotest” meme mean?

The meme stands for the comic confusion of someone taking one object for another at the worst moment. It plays on the old man’s innocence, the solemnity of a roadside check and the officers’ amusement. People post it for a handling blunder, a total brain freeze, a slightly boozy evening told with humor, or when someone drinks from the wrong glass. The tone is teasing but good-natured, since the scene is funny mostly through its naivety.

Where does the “Papy bourré qui boit l'éthylotest” meme come from?

A rather old video was filmed during an alcohol check. An elderly man, confusing the breathalyzer with his wine bottle, puts the mouthpiece to his lips while the officers burst out laughing. Uploads of the clip, sometimes titled “Alcootest (éthylotest) Papy bourré” or “Papy et éthylotest”, spread the scene on YouTube. Humor pages and meme accounts then reposted it, cutting it into GIFs and short edits. The video settled in as a classic of absurd moments caught by chance and still serves as a reference for any gesture that is completely off the mark.

How to use the “Papy bourré qui boit l'éthylotest” meme

• Post the GIF when a friend mixes up their glass with someone else’s.
• Comment a monumental distraction with “grandpa and the breathalyzer”.
• React to an absurd roadside-check video.
• Illustrate a morning after where everything got mixed up.

The “Papy bourré qui boit l'éthylotest” card in MyMemeCards

Number	No. 2146
Rarity	Common
Collection	Memes FR pack
Fame	50/100 · #753 of 3502
Recycle value	5 MemeCoins (15 in Shiny)
Suggested by	@arracheurdanus

How to get the “Papy bourré qui boit l'éthylotest” card

Every pack holds 5 meme cards, the first 3 of them Common; Papy bourré qui boit l'éthylotest comes out of the Memes FR pack as a common card. The pack odds say what each rarity weighs.

Your first pack is free and needs no account. After that a new free pack lands every 10 minutes, up to 3 waiting for you. You can also buy the card with MemeCoins on the market, bid for it at auction, or trade it — and a double recycles into 5 MemeCoins.

The reprint of the “Papy bourré qui boit l'éthylotest” card

The “Papy bourré qui boit l'éthylotest” card was reprinted as Rare (No. 4,202). A reprint is the same meme printed again, with a number of its own and a higher rarity than its first printing, which was common. Its face reads “Reprinted card · Higher rarity”.

Every printing is dealt in the packs of the Memes FR pack, each at its own rarity: the higher it is, the rarer the card is to pull. Copies of the first printing already pulled stay as they are, and any printing counts toward completing a set.

MyMemeCards reprints a meme when it deserves more than the rarity of its first printing, such as a classic that became iconic after it came out: the reprint gives it a place among the most sought-after cards without taking anything from the players who already had it.

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