Drunken Nights: Official pisshead thread

[mattw65]

ladyrheena said:

Well my dog will drink beer, only French beer mind you. By comparison I don't drink at all, as I've yet to find an alcoholic drink I can have more than a mouthful of without feeling ill.

On the other hand, I'm a cheap date as after half a glass of Ribena I'll moonwalk for anyone... ;D

I'll have to remember that when you finally build your boat.

[Callipygian]

Geez...I must be getting really old because I can't remember the absolute first time I got drunk.

Here's what I do remember:
I grew up in a suburb outside of Los Angeles, and we lived on a stereotypic California cul-de-sac. It looked just like the one in Knott's Landing. All the adults in the neighborhood would gather in the cul-de-sac every evening after work for an impromptu block party/cocktail party. The adults would start to get drunk, us kids would start to complain that we were hungry, and we would all head to one of the houses for a cookout. As the adults would get drunker, us kids would steal their drinks. Eventually, it ended up a drunken pool party with a few parents skinny dipping. After all, it was the 70's. I think the 70's were a lot wilder than the 60's. In the 60's it was just the "hippies" getting wild, but in the 70's it was everyone.

That was how I acquired my taste for gin and tonic, which was my Dad's drink of choice.

It's not a very exciting story, but I think you'll thank me for not telling the story of how I got sick all over the gear shift of my car from Ouzo and carrot cake.

[mattw65]

I'm sitting here at the moment getting quitely drunk, drinking Brandy and Pepsi.

[Blade Runner]

Try Vodka, Dandelion and Burdock

[mattw65]

Blade said:

Try Vodka, Dandelion and Burdock

I will! You're buying at Collectormania7. ;D

[Blade Runner]

mattw65 said:

I will! You're buying at Collectormania7. ;D

Yah, cool mate, make sure you're there

[Blade Runner]

YUP! i'm pissed now ;D

[ladyrheena]

mattw65 said:

I'll have to remember that when you finally build your boat.

I'll make sure I don't have any Ribena before I come to find you, or else knowing my sense of direction I'll end up in the Netherlands...

[RedSalmon]

ladyrheena said:

I'll make sure I don't have any Ribena before I come to find you, or else knowing my sense of direction I'll end up in the Netherlands...

Cider is one of those drinks people can usualy drink without noticing which direction their legs want to go.

For me, HSB bitter effects cognitivity after the rest of my spinal system has shut down

[Blade Runner]

I;m off tonight, cos ai'm far too pissed

[ladyrheena]

Dear oh dear oh dear. Someone's going to have to use the traditional 'red hot curried eyeballs' description come the morrow. ;D

[darthyrox]

I hit the Blackberry Brandy while watching the Super Bowl last night. Happily killed the whole pint! ;D

[Callipygian]

My husband made for me a pitcher of frozen margaritas, and I drank it all while watching the Monk marathon rather than the Super Bowl. Since my team wasn't in the game, and since I knew that nothing exciting was going to happen at halftime after last year's fiasco, I figured I could skip it.

[caseOrange]

i don't drink anymore (except on special occasions), but i grew up drinking. Did a lot of drinking at a lot of parades during Mardi Gras. As a late teen, i looked old for my age so i got into a lot of bars that i shouldn't have.

In other words, there were more than a few over-the-top nights that were all on about the same plateau. Probably the only way i could've topped one of those nights was to get alcohol poisoning. So i guess i'll tell you all about the night i drank a lot but didn't get drunk.

i was 22. Me and two of my friends were going out to a parade during Mardi Gras. One of my friends was halfway-sloshed before we even picked him up. We bought a case of Bud on the way there. By the time we parked, my sloshed friend had drank one of the beers, and had passed out. My other friend drank two, i drank one, then we went to the parade (mind you, these were glass bottles so we couldn't bring them on the parade route).

When we got back, my friend went into the bar where we had parked and continued drinking in there, leaving the rest of the case (20 beers) for moi (my sloshed friend was out for the night and didn't wake up till we got him back home). So i did the only noble thing and drank them (not one after the other, but through the course of the night).

During the night, i went in and out of a few of the bars in the area, meeting friends here and there. At one bar, a girl i knew bought me and herself 3 shots of Hot Damn (i think it's cinammon Schnapps) apiece. At another bar, i met a friend of mine who helped me do 3 shots of Jaeger. And at yet another bar, i did a shot of Snakebite (i don't remember what it is but it's got a helluva kick ) with the bartender and another friend. i should mention that from the time we parked until the time we left was all in the span of about 6 hours.

Here's the worst part--i drove home; but i drove home in basically the same condition and state of mind that i had left home with--i wasn't drunk and i was barely even buzzed. That was the first night i realized i needed to quit drinking (it took several other worse nights of realization before i finally did it 6 years later).

Anyway, there were a lot of really drunk nights involving vomit and arguing and police and...well, they're not really worth the details. i hope this post doesn't come across as if off of a pulpit. Everybody drink up and have fun--it's part of life, so enjoy it. i still drink occasionally, i just don't do it for a living anymore.

[ViperPilotMomma]

I slowed down on the drinking, myself, when the hangovers started catching up with me. I only drink wine or a stray beer (or WoodChuck hard apple cider - the best!) once in a while (again, special occasions.) I gave up hard alcohol as my drink of choice before I turned 30 because one shot and I'd go right to headache without any hint of a buzz whatsoever. And I always maintain, if you're going to abuse your body that way, you might as well at least get a buzz out of it, or its not worth the trouble!

Its not raining on the parade, case, its just being sensible. Now I prefer to abuse my body with chocolate!