By the way, why do you drink? What does it do to you?

It makes my hands hurt less; although they're still swollen. (Interpret as you wish. I know Kell is going to say something about Freud.)

Plus you have a good excuse to turn down that ugly skank that's hitting on you. "Sorry, I'm impotent." 

By the way, why do you drink? What does it do to you?

getting fucked up is its own reward. Maybe, Bambuz, you are just too anal retentive to enjoy yourself; in that case you shouldn't drink. 

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So, don't eat Alligator... that's all ;D 

I drink coffee instead of alcohol now, cuz I'd rather get a strong, unnoticable buzz than have my brain feel like it's gonna fall to the ceiling and then vomit on me like that baby in that one movie about drugs and what not. You know the movie I'm talking about. Yeah, that one. 

maybe I just am, although I'm not exactly sure what that means.

sigh. another joy in life gone forever from me. 

No party or anything, just me and some psuedo-whiskey-sours, and some Bloodhound Gang, bringin in the New Year's slightly-tipsy style. Maybe more than slightly tipsy, but definitely not as wasted I want to be. :( Lemon soda instead of lemon juice. WOOT 2006! 

1 x bottle of champagne (10,5%)
2 x 0,5l beers
3 x "Testarossa" drink (campari + vodka + tonic on ice)
2 x tequila shot
2 x absinth

Adds up to one hell of a hangover the next morning. 

Why does western society have a holiday where the only point is to get as drunk as possible? 

Well that "point" applies to a lot of western social activities, really. 

A big percentage of the population in the east doesn't get happiness from alcohol or their organs can't handle it very well at all. But in the west, it's otherwise.

I can't think of having much fun by just drinking alcohol and sitting on the sofa. I guess I have some far eastern heritage then.

p.s.
This is all an absolute scientific fact, as you know. 

St. Patrick's day isn't for ages yet... why mention it now?

Also, judging by the amount of wasted salarymen you see on the night trains in Japan, the not enjoying alchol thing is bullcrap.

Also, I saw a Japanese woman (probably in her 40s/50s) drink 10 large glasses of beer in 2 or 3 hours. Admittedly, she was drunk afterwards, but she handled it admirably. Compared to most people (men included) I think she was quite a drinker. 

for just 3 martinis and 2 glasses of organic red wine... 

aye, pissed. to be honest I map most of my stuff 25% (1.5% rejuvenation p/Msecond) pissed and all most posts here (not this thread alone) ave been a bit drunk.

anyhoo - whatever happend to professionalism? Jesus H fuckin tapdancin christ I jus played (unnamed) mod and it was shite, granted it was made awhile ago but what a waste of everyone�s time - thier own included. bah.

ayeh - I got hold of SiN just to have a look (no, I never liked the Q2 engine either - slow as a 1 legged rockin horse) and on me weekly scheduled system works optimise I couldn�t load my save game . . . or start a new game . . . or map_wherever to anywhere - I�ve given up on it to be honest, but ahd like to know what happened there.

Not a bad game but

aheh watchin southpark 

jus read the first few posts, an ive got a mystic secret to impart

before you drink a bottle of vodka make sure its:

1. good quality: %quid crap from the corner shop aint worth it, mind you, my favourite for this is absolute (the NORMAL not all that tuti fruti crap)

2. been in the freezer for 36 hours (at least). don�t worry, the bottle won�t break cos the alcohol level is too high in the liquid.

once you�ve got yer partially frozen vodka then fuckin drink it. its not as harsh as normal vodka so don�t bother puttin a mixer in it (orange juice or coke or whatever) and in the bottle it looks stringy where the impurities have frozen and seperated from the alcohol.

maybe yer alloud ice to keep it frosty wi a bit of ice like but remember - cos its so cold it enters yer bloodstream alot quicker so after 1 healthly glass you won�t know what the fux goin on. 

Cheap cornershop vodka (e.g Glen's, Imperial) + coke is your fastest most efficient route to a relatively painless drunken state. Embrace it: after a few hefty glasses you won't even notice it tastes terrible. 

I was talkin about the gentlemanly route to notavinafukinclue

trust me all the drugs are a pale shadow of 2/1.5 day frozen vodka

yeh, I have tried it wi glenns (grants it used 2 be) an yeh, still worx but for tht shit you might as well drink thinners - its cheaper 

paint thinners

ie. turps (turpuntine) 

Eristoff/Smirnoff/etc.. Vodka suck and are ungood. I'd rather prefer drinking either Absolut Vodka, or (my favourite) Zubrovska Vodka... simply pure directly out of the freezer, or with apple juice (don't kill me Vondur ;P ... ).. You should try... :) 

I had one of the strangest experiences of my life visiting a game development team today and now I am drinking to wash it all into my subconscious.

O_O 

How expensive does this vodka have to be, ijed? When I was at uni, I found Tesco Finest to be the best. It was better than all the well known brands, and a couple of quid cheaper too. I agree that just buying the cheapest you can find will only yeild bad results in the case of alchol, but I think you need to try various brands to see which is the best taste for the money, and to determine you skank threshold.

With beer, I won't sink to tenants super or any of the other tramp beers you can get. In fact, I've really gone off most lagers, and drink real ale if I'm in a pub. In Japan I have lager, because there is little else, and the lager is fairly decent. In the UK, it's fairly disgusting (but real ales pwn lager)

By the way, drinking 1/3-1/2 a pint of vodka very quickly is a relatively painless way to get drunk too. It's pretty bad at first, but you don't feel it after a minute or two. The drunken effect kicks in very quickly too. I've only done this once, and won't do it again, since I don't really drink to get drunk these days...

...I drink to take away the bitter taste of death and take away the pain and endless suffering in my life!

Ok, that's a lie, I rarely drink because it's expensive :( 

I'm not much of a drinker, so bleh.
You drink any of those Chu-hi things in Japan than? I really like those, but I guess you can't really call it true alcohol. 

Zubrowka is cheap in Japan :) Same price as in Poland (under 4 EUR if someone is interested). At least it was two years ago.
So, than just go for it and don't forget to use JPL's recipe (apple juice, citron, ice) 

went for the tramp beer a few times in my youth - good old special brew.

It tastes like devil piss but after the second gulp all your taste buds are paralyised . . .

for lager, in england at least, you should find your nearest sam smiths brewery pub, they�re all in the north but the lager is very nice indeed. It�s powerful as well and comes in three varieties, from normal to rocket fuel: eingerbrau, eingerbrau pills and prinz. I wouldn�t reccomend going for pills first off, its 6%, same as prinz but not as nice tasting.

and best off; samuel smiths pubs are very cheap.

beer I used to avoid (don�t really have a choice here in SA) but my favourite is a real ale (northern again) called summer lightening, with its seasonal counterpoint being winter lightening. Very nice stuff - you don�t want to finish your pint and make an effort to just sip it, but cos it�s so nice as soon as you�re distracted you end up drinking half of it by accident.

........

I worked in pubs for five years. 

drum roll...

Northern Glory. It was the special when I went into my favourite pub once, but the next time I went (quite a while later, because said pub is small and always full) they didn't have any :( As a result, I've only had it once.

I think all the best ale must be from the north. I've not hear of Sam Smiths Breweries, but I will check it out if I ever see one.

Bal: yes, I like ume-chu the best. ume-shu (similar taste, but not fizzy, and probably aimed at older folk) is also very good. Not terribly fond of sake though. I'm not really keen on spirits, but I prefer both whiskey and vodka to sake.