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thenewgreen  ·  3953 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Hangover Cure, Part 2

    Ahhh, the British. And by the British, I mean those British. Who really in fact resemble the Americans of the same era, what with their lunches of unapologetically multiple martinis. These were less stressed times, at least in some senses, and for some of the people. They were less alcophobic times and places, this much is clear. But we are nothing if not a post-Prohibitionist culture, convulsed at many turns by post-Prohibitionist guilt, which operates at once as would-be barrier and as unintended fuel to our fetishization, our very sacralization, of the spirit. But there goes a rant, and a fine one at that. We’ll save the rest for later.
I really do wish it were not taboo to offer someone a drink when they visit your office. People always offer coffee, which is a stimulant. Why not offer a cocktail in the event that the person standing in your office might like to go in the other direction? Maybe I need to relax in this meeting and not be wound up tighter than a drum. -Are drums "wound?"

Okay, so step 1. Drink Water. Step 2. Get some sleep and maybe take a pain reliever.

So far, it appears that I've been following your regiment pretty well for years. If the next step is to eat a burrito, pizza or an gyro, then I might as well apply for my hangover-medical-license now because, well... that's what I have been doing since my all nighters in college.

Cards at Denny's? Please tell me this wasn't just fiction.