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Post by Clover on May 23, 2008 5:11:15 GMT -5
I'd nominate that there's "Good at Hiding Drunk", then there's "Good at Being Drunk", and then there is Scottish---which is a whole other level altogether.
There are two cultures I will never, ever try to outdrink: the Scots, and the Mexicans. It's a match I just can't win.
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Post by alba on May 23, 2008 5:17:55 GMT -5
Thank you, smiles. I'm glad to see my post was legible. Clover: I can't outdrink most Scots I know, as most of them actually grew up here, whilst I grew up in Canada with Scottish parents and now live here, but there are two of my friends who are teetotal (ie don't drink at all) so I beat them ^.^
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Post by espacefine on May 26, 2008 9:25:18 GMT -5
I can outdrink all the mexicans I know. o.o
And like, real mexicans. Not mexican like you. =o
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Post by AndrogynousMelon on May 26, 2008 9:49:13 GMT -5
My cousin Bill is Epic Drunk. He drank all friggen day- and I mean all friggen day. He was here for about two weeks and I never saw him without a glass of scotch. I walk in at 9:30 and there's my aunt flippin pancakes and Bill's out on the patio with the paper- and a scotch. Six hours later he's floating in the pool- with a scotch. Three hours after that he's dancing on the bar with a pinwheel, proclaiming he is "the good fairy" - with a scotch. And the next morning he is absolutly fine even though he smells like a goddamn distellery. The man was pissing drunk for a full 24 hours and the only ill effect is he smells. I found his accent to be utterly unintelligble; about the only thing I ever clearly heard was him asking for another drink. That and "the bonny purple Heather".
Mad respect for the Scots yo.
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Post by espacefine on May 26, 2008 10:09:58 GMT -5
Three hours after that he's dancing on the bar with a pinwheel, proclaiming he is "the good fairy" Epic.
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Post by alba on May 26, 2008 10:30:45 GMT -5
@melon: my uncle's like that. He had to go off alcohol for a month because of his liver, then went right back on it. I remember when my sister was sixteen she spent a year in France and came up here to stay with my aunt over Christmas, and my uncle was there, too (the uncle actually lives in New Zealand, but is Scottish), and when my mum later asked my sister if she'd drunk a lot over Christmas her response was that she only drank when my uncle did, which my mum didn't find particularly reassuring.
Also, am I an alkie if I have a bottle of cider on my own now in celebration, as my friends are either (a) studying or (b) somewhere I don't know?
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Post by AndrogynousMelon on May 26, 2008 13:15:10 GMT -5
No, you're an alcoholic when you begin taking shots with breakfast. To start the day off right. And then take one after breakfast to celebrate a good meal. And then drink a frew smirnoffs at lunch because they're not really to be considered alcohol, they're just like soda with a bit of a kick. You have another few shots over the course of the day to keep yourself loose. Your night cap is half a bottle of Jack.
That is when you're an alcoholic. Nursing a bottle of cider alone is a relaxing evening =p
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Post by alba on May 26, 2008 17:25:57 GMT -5
I like your reasoning. I ended up drinking it whilst watching a film with some friends who had a bottle of wine, then we went to the pub and I drank *counts on fingers* five drinks? I think? I was laughing and had difficulty getting out to go to the toilet (we were sat on a sofa and there was someone beside me, in my defence). I love the end of exams ^.^
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Post by vampyresmiles on May 26, 2008 19:56:59 GMT -5
SINCE WHEN IS CIDER ALCOHOLIC!? *flail* I'm living in the wrong place.... /sigh
I HATE CALIFORNIA!
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Post by Trey on May 26, 2008 20:34:08 GMT -5
I can outdrink all the mexicans I know. o.o And like, real mexicans. Not mexican like you. =o Pat, you live in QUEBEC. Try outdrinking Mexicans next time you're in Cali. <3
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Post by Clover on May 26, 2008 21:01:47 GMT -5
"SINCE WHEN IS CIDER ALCOHOLIC!? "
Cider in the UK refers only to the alcoholic beverage. Lord only knows what they call OUR cider, but that's not it. And from what I hear, Cider tends to have CONSIDERABLE alcohol.
Like absinthe. =__=
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Post by AndrogynousMelon on May 26, 2008 21:03:33 GMT -5
Cider in most of the states refers to...apple cider. =B
BUT I AM A WORLDLY PERSON SO I UNDERSTOOD IMMEDIATLY~
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Post by child-of-fae on May 26, 2008 23:35:02 GMT -5
But, trey, the screech pictures make poppy's claim more credible, no? or am i just being silly again?
also-- i understoof the cider reference because the term alsoholic was used. otherwise i would think apple cider. which is yummy. =]
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Post by vampyresmiles on May 27, 2008 0:15:08 GMT -5
Well, I figured it was refering to something other than what I refer to as "cider" (apple cider, or that mixed with other fruit flavors). However, I did not know what it _was_ refering to...
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Post by acilf on May 27, 2008 0:21:12 GMT -5
my initial reaction was "apple cider?" but since it was in an alcoholic context I remembered we also have cider's that do have alcohol. I don't know exactly what Alba's talking about but the cider's i know are kinda like sminoffs in that they're tasty usually fruity and about same alcohol %
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