@Ionus,
Quote:Unlike you, I dont drink. Clouds the mind. You should try it.
The main point of narcotics is to cloud the mind Io. There is nutrition as well in relation to beer etc. Drinking the harvest.
The unclouded mind, particularly an intelligent one, can be a pretty fearsome entity. The clarity is scary although it can be put on Ignore by various mechanical activities but they tend to be expensive. Constructing an authentic currach from DIY materials for example is an excellent method of avoiding the worst effects of clarity of thought. Pharmaceuticals are also useful, I assume, in that regard.
A toper I know had a major operation during which he was given 6 pints of pure blood. He was profoundly depressed when he woke up. He reported this to the consultant and was immediately asked how often did he go out drinking. When he said it was 7 nights a week on four pints of bitter the consultant said it was normal to be depressed when the alcohol content of the blood was reduced to the extent his had been.
Then there's the BGS. (Beer goggle syndrome). That's a scientific manifestation whereby women look more and more desireable in direct proportion to the number of pints consumed although beyond a certain level of consumption, a point varying with age, Brewer's Droop becomes operational. A fine balance is required therefore.
Then there's the Beer Coat which is an invisible and magical protective layer which prevents injury and pain on promiscuous contact with the pavement or the bottom of the stairs.
Beer Humour is worth having as well. That is when ordinary everyday events and objects reveal their fundamental absurdity resulting in chuckling, laughing, guffawing and uncontrollable tittering all of which, according to the good doctor Rabelais, are extremely beneficial to health.
