Destroying an American
the talk of cocktails has reminded me of an incident.

the sister of a good friend of mine had a boyfriend who was (I believe) a Texan. A large one. who could drink (by American standards)

they came out with my mates and I for a night on the town and a number of drinks were consumed.

We repaired to my mate's house for more drinking and playing cards. Drinking JD and playing a game called Fuck the dealer that was introduced to us by the Texan.

The aim of the game was to guess what card he had plucked from the deck in two tries. If you get it wrong, you drink, if you get it right, the dealer drinks. Through a combination of booze and seeming psychic ability we made the Texan drink quite a lot of JD.

The rest of us had probably all had the same + joints, but he had to neck his.

He stumbled to bed at about 3am.

We were woken at 11am by shouts of "Fuck!" as he was so drunk he had failed to get up and leave in time to get his plane back to America.

How we laughed
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 11:22, 11 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Nobody has replied to this?
Rubbish!
I like this, made me grin.
( Cawl, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 12:05, Reply)

even though he's only a septic,
missing a plane still sucks. And it's expensive. I'm torn.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 13:04, Reply)

this might help
he was very very rich, so missing the plane wasn't too much of an issue
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 13:11, Reply)

in which case,
bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

tosser.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 13:21, Reply)

As long as he could afford it, no harm.
But to someone like me that sounds like a nightmare.

Then again, I wouldn't be stupid enough to be playing drinking games the night before a transatlantic flight.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 12 Sep 2008, 13:36, Reply)

nor would I
what I didn't make too clear in the story was that he was full of talk about his capacity for drink, so we took great pleasure in taking him to pieces.

it's the extra 8 years of drinking practice that does it for us English. well, I started at 13 anyway
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 13:38, Reply)

My Granny used to dip my soother (pacifier) in Whiskey
FTW, like!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 13:42, Reply)

It's not just Texans
all over America, a fair percentage of 21 - 25 year old males seem to think they can drink people under the table.

2 hours of arrogance later, when they're dribbling into a bar menu and you're smugly sipping another pint, a certain pride washes over you.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 14:04, Reply)

I really don't get that.
I like my alcohol, in particular a good ale or a highland malt, but I like to enjoy it, not race through it- and I don't understand why I would want to have a contest to see who could drink more of it. I prefer to drink until I'm satisfied, and no further. I hate hangovers.

Guess I'm weird...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 12 Sep 2008, 14:08, Reply)

I'm becoming the same Loon
after destroying myself at my brother's wedding last year I've only been properly drunk once and I had a horrible hangover...

so now I drink things I like the taste of and stop before it becomes problematic the next morning.

usually.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 14:32, Reply)

@TRL
I think it's more prevalent in the UK and Ireland where one's capacity for the sauce is an indicator of one's manliness in youth. Most people grow out of it though.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 12 Sep 2008, 14:34, Reply)