Drink Driving

[Boozy]

I am also genuinely curious: why do you 'need' to drink? Or are you using a different meaning of the word 'need' to the meaning I use?

Seshat, I wouldn't read too much into that. Its just a saying, like something along the lines of, "Oh man, that was a rough week! I really need a drink! Phew!"...followed by exaggerated wiping of the brow.

Its just something people say, and most of us don't mean anything by it. It just didn't translate well into the written word, that's all.

[powerboy]

Powerboy, is that what you mean as well?

Why yes it is.

Seshat, I wouldn't read too much into that. Its just a saying, like something along the lines of, "Oh man, that was a rough week! I really need a drink! Phew!"...followed by exaggerated wiping of the brow.

Its just something people say, and most of us don't mean anything by it. It just didn't translate well into the written word, that's all.

Exactly how I meant it.

[Seshat]

Ah, okay. No problem then. I was 'hearing' something entirely different.



And crazylegs: my father was a driving instructor, and before that, an ambulance driver. He saw the results of too many accidents . . .

[DesignFox]

Seshat, my Dad was an ambulance driver/EMT also. He doesn't drink when he knows he's gotta drive. He too, has seen the results of drunk driving...some of the stories he's told me....

[Boozy]

Ernest Hemingway was an ambulance driver in World War I, and he was also a notorious alcoholic.

I have absolutely no point in sharing this piece of trivia; this line of discussion just made me think about Hemingway.

Carry on.

[Dreamstalker]

Another important thing I forgot to mention: nothing will sober you up. Only time.

As my Health class teacher in 7th grade put it: "The only thing coffee will do is result in a wide-awake drunk".