Hatunen wrote:
> On 30 Sep 2005 10:50:37 -0700, "garciyalater@hotmail.com"
> wrote:
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>>so someone not smart enough to know when to stop drinking has the right
>>to call something else stupid
>
>
> That's not as simple as it might seem. I was sitting in the
> courtyard at Pat O'Brien's and drank one of those delicious
> hurricanes. After I finished one I felt great and figured I'd
> have another. About a third of the way into the second hurricane
> I had to take a piss, so I got up and started across the
> courtyard toward the men's room when my knees suddenly started
> buckling on me. I had never, and have never since, had my knees
> buckle on me, and certainly not after one and a third drinks.
>
> My wife kind of guided me around the rest of the evening, and I
> have a vague recollection of being in Preservation hall.
>
Those fruit drinks can get you. I wonder if the alcohol is getting
mixed up with the fruit.
Sometimes you get the effect by accident. I remember a party my parents
gave one Christmas. A really nice punch in which we used dry ice for
the fog effect. It managed to freeze out a bunch of ice really upping
the proof. There were several folks who had trouble standing and it
lasted later than expected before many could drive. Alcohol is hard to
judge if you don't have a comparison for strength.
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