Remember the time when carrying flasks with you was risky business because the whole country was dry? And we are not talking about dry weather here, just the Prohibition. That being said, we most probably do not remember since the federal Prohibition was lifted almost 75 years ago and we are definitely much younger than that. But you get what I mean.

Nowadays, flasks can be carried by anybody, almost anywhere. About the only thing you are risking is your reputation - some individuals can view you in a negative light (read: alcoholic) with the assumptions that you have bad breath, bad attitude, and a bad problem. Too bad for them because you are having fun at their expense!

And what fun would that be? Well, the geeks over at ThinkGeek.com have made it cool to carry flasks with you without actually risking your neck and freedom at dry counties and having a little fun at the expense of authorities. And believe me, there are dry places all across the United States that actually prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages, most of them in the South! You do not know whether to be thankful for local governments for protecting the health of their citizens or be incensed with local authorities for curtailing freedom of choice. But I digress.

The Leather 250GB Hip Flask USB Drive allows you to store your hard data, not your hard liquor, in a uniquely-designed case. You can store up to 250GB of data without need for an external power supply, which translates into a transfer rate of 480Mbits per second. Well, if you are not a tech geek and these bytes are wrongly-spelled bites, then you can get happily drunk (figuratively speaking of course) on the buttery 100% leather encasing the whole thingamajig.

If you do encounter local authorities who think you have violated the dry law, then convincing them about your so-called flask should not be a problem at all. Just show them the CE mark visible in one end and the absence of holes where liquids should pass through. For the ultimate test, just plug it in their computer and erase every doubt. Who knows if you will get a good laugh out of them, right?

So, if you have other tech geek ideas, why not make one of your own thingamajigs? You might just get money out of it and buy yourself some very good vintage wine.