Take me drunk, Im home!
Stand-Alone Dreamer | 8 June 2005, 3:03pmMother nature always, inevitably seems to come out on top. She consistently finds a way to make everything balance out, and a perfect example is 'The Hangover'. Why can't we get sloshed at night, and then feel great the next morning? Why couldn't the morning-after a wasted night be something (read: anything) other than sickness, dizziness, and an absolute inability to remember something (read: anything) from the night before? For example, why couldn't things like strength, enthusiasm, great hair, and an ability to see the future happen? Can you imagine that? Oh Man!
But it doesn't happen, Momma Nature ain't that stupid. The hangover is the one thing that makes us think twice about really whacking out our brains 'coz we all know the simple math equation:
Really good times + Lots of alcohol = Really bad (read: f**** up) times + Lots of regret.
C'mon, I didn't have to take Advanced Operational Research as my elective to figure that one out. Though I did take OR and was surprised to learn they teach it there too.
And of course, I personally believe that the worst hangovers are the ones when you have something (read: anything) important to do in the morning. Mine was when my aunt and cousin sisters were coming to visit me in the evening all my good luck for the year expired as they turned up early in the morning. It doesn't matter how 'cool' your parents/relatives are, you just don't usually want them to see you hunched over a bathtub with your hair messed up (and no pants on). You don't generally overhear your Dad bragging.. "Man, Am I proud of my boy! Look at him bowing down to the toilet in perfect form! We did groom him up well."
So when they arrived at my apartment, I took several steps to avoid looking hungover. I put the eye drops in, wore a Ferrari cap down low, drank a lot of water (and curd), brushed my teeth for three straight hours. And I thought I was doing a pretty good job until they decided to take me out to a 'south Indian special breakfast'. A loaded plate of various green/white/yellow chutneys ghee-coated dosas etc. are probably the last thing you want to see five hours after collapsing in a heap on your bed with no feeling left in your tongue and the room spinning violently around you faster than 'mother earth'.
I for sure, did get a hangover despite trying every anti-hangover trick in the book. (It's a short book because nobody feels like reading when they're wrecked.) Every other friend of yours will definitely have a unique 'fool-proof' way to avoid hangovers. Some say, take Vitamin C before you go to bed. Some say, drink lots of water. Some say, eat lots of fiber and make out with a leprechaun just before he sits down for lunch. Everybody has a different technique. I've even had the fortune of having friends who tell me to drink a beer in the morning. I swear you'll always have someone saying, "Man, I know it sounds ridiculous. I know it sounds irrational, but it weally rorks. When you wake up tomorrow's morning, chug a beer, and you won't eee hungover atall." That person is probably one hundred percent right
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1. By Dude of wellington | 8 Jun 2005, 3:42pm
Duuuuuuuuuuuuude im like soooooooooo wasted. gr8 post.
2. By jeez | 9 Jun 2005, 6:13am
Ah...Good times..
3. By praths | 9 Jun 2005, 9:31am
lol!! good times :)
4. By Stand-Alone Dreamer | 9 Jun 2005, 1:27pm
Thnks Dude..
Good times indeed... :)
5. By stranger | 9 Jun 2005, 2:05pm
Amazing write up...
You always have something special in all your posts, albeit they are a few and far between!
6. By rock_26iin | 27 Jun 2005, 10:12pm
"It's such a nice night. . . if only the sun were out!"
^^ that had me ROTF for abt 5 mins
Good post, keep it up mayte!
7. By The Crackednut | 7 Jul 2005, 4:07am
Hahahaha...
Beer for Prez!
8. By Clara Ribeiro | 28 Aug 2007, 3:24pm
Thank you!
9. Re: Take me drunk, Im home!
By cutie pie... | 25 Sep 2010, 4:50pm
loved it!!!!...