Rune wrote:
> "Invisible" wrote:
>> For some reason, this was extremely humourus. I'm not sure why.
> 
> Um, that would be because you were drunk.

So what's what being drunk is? Feeling slightly dizzy?

Hmm, I think I'll save myself some cash... ;-)

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Invisible wrote:
> For some reason, this was extremely humourus. I'm not sure why.

*That* is what being drunk is like.

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"Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> wrote in message
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> "Rune" <aut### [at] runevisioncom> wrote:
> > "Jeremy M. Praay" wrote:
> > > I've found that alcohol is not my thing.
> >
> > > Two or three drinks is enough to get me to relax and be friendly.
> >
> > If you find that two to three drinks have a desirable effect on you, why
do
> > you say that alcohol is not your thing? It sounds more like heavy
drinking
> > is not your thing. :)
> >
> > Rune
>
> It is not just drinking alcohol, there is the culture that goes with it.

> Stephen
>

Well said. I hate bars. Some pubs are ok... the difference being the less
horrid music, and the option for a table and food. I'd rather have people
over and drink a few glasses with some good food. I hate going out with the
sole purpose of drinking.

I can't drink more than 4 beers before I feel done. Physically, mentally,
done. A whole evening of it will get me in the worst mood.

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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:37:21 -0500, Tim Cook wrote:

> The initial drink was a shot of Jaeger,

I think you hit the description on the head.  I'd sooner drink NyQuil.

Nasty stuff.

Jim

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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:22:33 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> I asked several people what being drunk feels like. Without exception,
> they all replied with "er... I can't really remember". Sounds like a
> great way to expend vast sums of money to me! :-.

I really think the "I can't remember" is an excuse - I have been quite 
drunk a few times, but I always remembered (eventually in *one* case) 
what I did.

What's it like?  Well, your balance may go out, and muscles don't work 
quite the way they're supposed to.  Everything feels a bit exaggerated to 
me - when moving, for example, it feels to me like I'm moving a bit 
faster but with a lot less accuracy of movement.  If I try to, I can 
force myself to slow down and concentrate on things, but that takes a 
fair amount of effort.

The next morning, hungover, is not a fun feeling.  I started adding a 
glass of water between beers when I was last in the UK, and that helped a 
lot.  Ibuprofin helps as well.

Jim

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"Rune" <aut### [at] runevisioncom> wrote in message 
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> "Jeremy M. Praay" wrote:
>> I've found that alcohol is not my thing.
>
>> Two or three drinks is enough to get me to relax and be friendly.
>
> If you find that two to three drinks have a desirable effect on you, why 
> do you say that alcohol is not your thing? It sounds more like heavy 
> drinking is not your thing. :)
>

Perhaps most of the time, I prefer to be tense and unfriendly.  LOL!

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Invisible wrote:
> I asked several people what being drunk feels like. Without exception, 
> they all replied with "er... I can't really remember". Sounds like a 
> great way to expend vast sums of money to me! :-.

I've never had the experience of not remembering what I did while drunk, 
and most people I know also seem to remember things pretty well.

> When I reported this, somebody said to me "Invisi mate... Drinking is 
> like sex. It's fun by yourself, but it's *so* much better with other 
> people." He didn't specify how many "other people" he had in mind...

I think that one of the reasons that drinking is particularly appealing 
with other people is that it lowers social inhibitions.  This generally 
makes everyone much more willing to strike up conversations and try to 
have a good time without all the worries and formalities that generally 
get in the way of that sort of thing.

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Tim Cook wrote:
> So I just got back from being taken to a bar by housemate.  My first 
> encounter with "drinking".  The initial drink was a shot of Jaeger, vile 
> licorice-plus-rubbing-alcohol tasting thing, which the bartender paid 
> for on the condition that I actually down the shot...followed up by 
> another half-dozen various mixed drinks concocted by a very attractive 
> gal (one of the drinks, with tequila, I couldn't even tolerate more than 
> a sip, to entice me she held the orange slice in her mouth, but even 
> then it wasn't sufficient to get me to do the whole thing).  Ended up 
> only being charged $7 and change; apparently she footed the bill for 
> most of it because it was my first time.
> 
> Personal reactions: the initial sensation when the alcohol first hit my 
> body, as it's rather...unique, then immediately thereafter when a sort 
> of warm shuddering hit my muscles, particularly arms, stomach and back, 
> then quite a bit later, which is where I stopped drinking, when I 
> started feeling a kind of dull lethargy that was my body beginning to 
> process the stuff.  So as far as I can tell, I left the bar sober. 
> Housemate was complaining that I'm too uptight, that I'm thinking about 
> it too much and killing the buzz, that I need to relax...
> 
> Meh.

I quit drinking 18 years ago, but even then I never liked anything 
stronger than wine.  Distilled liquor always reminded me of cough syrup, 
and I just didn't like it that strong.

The whole deal with cocktails is an American thing, and is the product 
of the Prohibition era, when bootleg booze tasted so horrible that they 
cut it with fruit juice to make it tolerable.

Regards,
John

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> As exemplified by that girl I saw on TV. I don't know what the hell my
> mother was watching - some documentary or other. I just walked past the
> TV. This girl comes out of the toilets and goes "woohoo! I've just been
> sick! Now I can drink some more!"
>
> At this point, I'm standing there just thinking "dude, WTF?"

Reminds me of some of my res mates, back at university

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My grandfather died of sclerosis of the liver.
He tried to quit, got DTs and started shooting
at invisible rats he thought were climbing the curtains...
he was in agony his last few weeks.

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