On 2013-08-10 10:29:40 +0000, Ophelia said:

> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
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>> I love Canadian whisky too much. Usta drink VO and seven (7-Up) like
>> it was candy.

With the 7-Up, it WAS candy. That's the reason I stopped drinking candy
drinks as a young man, it was too easy to drink five and then be put in
somebody's trunk to be driven home.

>> Finally, around Thanksgiving, I got to feeling poorly.
>> so went to the doc. Doc sez, "Whatthefsck are you doing!?" I sed, "It's
>> the holidays. Been enjoying a little holiday cheer." He sez, "Holy
>> crap, yer dying of alcohol poisoning!" I replied, "Really? I'm not
>> drinking that much, like to get drunk. Jes a glass every now and then
>> (from sun-up to sun-dwn!)." He told me I was gonna die if I didna'
>> knock it off. I did. Felt way better. Gotta watch them 7 n' 7s.
>> They'll kill ya' while yer laughing yer ass off.
>
> Scary How could he tell without tests?

It makes the story too long. If he had alcohol poisoning the doctor.
could have easily asked him, "how many do you have every day". When
told a number like 6 or 8, the doctor really wouldn't have to do much
testing.