How Many Shots? 21! (Trees And Things)

ms sue: Re: Whoa. Where Did That Come From.

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:01:35 EST

Only good part of Plastic is that you can block certain users (particularly "AI") from completely screwing up the experience. My list of blocks over there is fairly long (18 users, to be exact). It doesn't take long to discover who the obnox

skeeter1: Re: Whoa. Where Did That Come From.

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:45:08 EST
"Let's just come to an agreement that what did or did not happen over in Plastic, remains there, okay? TnT is a much nicer place than that cesspool of obsessed, uninformed, faux Sherlock Holmes. No need to shit all over the carpeting here."<

JimmyHavok: Re: How Many Shots? 21!

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:03:05 EST
And they think kids today are bad: that was back in the '50s.

postillion: Re: How Many Shots? 21!

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:50:16 EST
I have to say it: That just sounds so wrong!
First you have the ether sniffing which sounds bad enough. And then on top of it, the potential for suffocation.
Our government probably doesn't need a ban on domestic torture. People se

pO157: Re: How Many Shots? 21!

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:11:01 EST
I can testify that it is not just a science people thing. When I was in New Orleans they served a delightful drink entitled the "190 antifreeze" which mostly consisted of 95% pure grain alcohol (the same strength as your pure ethanol) in a slushee format.

TonedEff: Drinking Till They're Unconscious.

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:24:07 EST
It's what kids do. They do a lot of stupid, potentially fatal stuff like play chicken, consume questionable chemical compounds, fool around with loaded weapons, surf on the hoods and roofs of moving vehicles, etc. Their willingness to do these activi

TonedEff: Drinking Till They're Unconscious.

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:23:47 EST
It's what kids do. They do a lot of stupid, potentially fatal stuff like play chicken, consume questionable chemical compounds, fool around with loaded weapons, surf on the hoods and roofs of moving vehicles, etc. Their willingness to do these activi

JimmyHavok: Re: Whoa. Where Did That Come From.

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:00:52 EST
I don't know, Bob, the phrasing just seemed so familiar.

MayorBob: Whoa. Where Did That Come From.

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:19:30 EST
My remark, which I make no pretense of being anything but obnoxious, was to pay you back a little for that bilge about a Swedish vodka company being such a great history teacher (and I was "pissing over" my teacher I believe). But, I think it might b

JimmyHavok: Re: Why not?

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:33:06 EST
I think we've identified the MayorBob stalker.

JimmyHavok: Re: How Many Shots? 21!

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:31:08 EST
My dad was a pharmacist, he said when he was in college they would sniff ether for fun. He said the trick was to tie one of your larger textbooks to the rag with a foot or so of string, then when you passed out, it would be pulled away from your face

DEMachina: Re: How Many Shots? 21!

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:37:56 EST
...and sometimes a "purple passion" party (surgical 95% ethanol + Welches grape juice).
How much ethanol? You science people, I swear. I have a friend in the scienceing field who (aside from being a borderline alcoholic) played around

thefadd: Re: birthday shots

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:26:01 EST
I was going to argue for 16. Of course, at that point I don't see much of a point for a drinking age at all since you're mainly in your parents care and you're their responsibility. My first drink came at a rather tender age. We were at some function and I

thefadd: Re: Ahhh... College.

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:21:25 EST
Hangover is a pretty general term, at least as I use it. The concoction aids the liver process of getting the alcohol out of your system so it reduces that heavy alcoholled feeling you get in your gut and limbs.

postillion: Re: birthday shots

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:24:02 EST
God, that reminded me of my cousin who was much older and in college when I was 5. He let us try out his cigarette.

gerrymander: Re: Ahhh... College.

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:12:49 EST
doesn't 100% cure the hangover
That's because hangovers are a specific symptom of dehydration in the brain. The only cure is drink water (to restore the equilibrium) and take aspirin (to relax blood vessels and allow the water to get to the head

gerrymander: Re: Alcohol education & responsible drinking..

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:07:55 EST
Instead, perhaps kids should be exposed to what drinking is like among adults, that it's something done during long conversations between good friends, when one has guests over for drink, or something enjoyable at a dinner table.
That's the rub.

MayorBob: Why not?

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:26:30 EST
If we all got thoroughly blitzed, we'd never be sober enough to parse your drivel EVAR!

skeeter1: Re: birthday shots

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:45:38 EST
"This is a compelling argument for lowering the drinking age to 15.
Oh heck, why stop there? I grew up in a Bohemian family, and started drinking beer with my grandpa when I was four. He'd pour me a shot glass full out of his bottle o

JimmyHavok: birthday shots

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:33:09 EST
This is a compelling argument for lowering the drinking age to 15.

JimmyHavok: Re: Ahhh... College.

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:30:42 EST
I've only had a hangover once, after drinking gin and tonics until I puked (I used to drink until I puked on my birthday, back when I worked in Alaska). So I don't drink gin anymore.
But one of my friends gets nasty hangovers from even the slighte

postillion: Re: Alcohol education & responsible drinking..

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 23:42:13 EST
I am not convinced that it's lack of alcohol education. I went to a notorious party college where it was common for students to have their stomachs pumped at the local hospital. The first week of freshmen orientation involved prolonged sessions

skeeter1: Re: How Many Shots? 21!

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 21:43:03 EST
Never counted the number of shots. When I was young (that would be a long time ago), the legal drinking age was 18 (3.2% beer). Well, since I was working in a graphic arts studio part time, it was easy for me to alter my draft card (remember th

thefadd: Re: Ahhh... College.

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 21:18:41 EST
Yeah, I finally started feeling like crap the next morning after drinking once I hit 30. Because I'd never experienced hangovers before, I was constantly like, what is wrong with me. It took me a while 'cause I don't have more than one drink all that often

pO157: Ahhh... College.

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:30:26 EST
Good times. I never touched booze until I was 21 +/- 1 month (despite what I put on those stupid anonymous high school "surveys" about drug/alcohol use --- you waste my time, I waste yours, cuz that's how I roll).
Because I could tell College Drinking

port1080: Alcohol education & responsible drinking....

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 17:09:19 EST
Part of the problem here is that we have this weird fetishization of youthful innocence in America. Children shouldn't curse, drink, do drugs, smoke, or fuck, and yet we know that they do all those things prodigiously. Rather than educate them about mode