Dimitri wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
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> <Snip>
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>>You and everybody else! They don't call me Two-Beer Barb for nuthin'.
>>Years ago, (I was still in 3" high heels) Rob had a German visitor from
>>the University of Clausthal, Herr Professor Dr. Kurt Leschonski. We
>>took him to dinner at a nice restaurant and I had two Manhattans. When
>>I got up (can't remember where we were all headed), I stumbled a bit and
>>I said something about the shoes and the alcohol -- that I don't drink
>>much. Kurt, in his wonderful voice, said, "Barbara, the problem is not
>>that you don't drink much -- that is a good thing. The problem is that
>>you do not drink regularly." I think he was right. I wonder if he's
>>still around this earth.
>>--
>>-Barb (www.jamlady.eboard.com updated 10-16-03; check the PickleHats tab,
>
> too.)
>
> A very wise man and 100% correct
>
> The guy with the lampshade on his head is not the drunk. The drunk is the
> guy who polishes of a fifth (OK 750ML) and acts like he hasn't had a drop.
> (well maybe a little)
>
> Dimitri
>
>

In the ER, they are known as part of the 400 club; they come with
alcohol levels of 400 + (usually because of a fight,) yet they are
articulating every word perfectly, and they can walk a straight line.

Be more afraid of the alcoholic pilot that hasn't had a drink in 24
hours, rather than the alcoholic one that has downed a couple of shots
in the bathroom. (I think there was a movie made about that?)

R

--
"..A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava
beans and a nice chianti..."

Hannibal "The Cannibal"

Silence Of The Lambs 1991