Your real life persona?

[Seeker]

Well in reality I'm a large, one legged, red headed, eskimo woman with a lisp.

When I'm not hunting seals I am monopolizing our poor villages one and only computer (Some National Geographic people left it) buying vintage toys which help insulate my families igloo.

[BlackKnight]

[Hector]

[ScottA]

Like Maureen I'm pretty shy and reserved in the beginning, until I spend some time with you. Then I'll open up and let my humor out.

I like to think I'm a pretty decent fellow. Once you become a friend you're a friend for life and I would do just about anything for you.

[darklord1967]

Not even a little bit of heroin on the holidays?

Well... maybe ONE. I'm partial to BATGIRL myself. Oh wait! You said "heroin", not "heroine".

Um... NAAAHHH! That stuff's nasty and it makes you skeevy-lookin'.

BTW a glass of red wine a day is healthy...this has been medically proven...just ask those old Italian folks who's life-span is one of the longest in the world...all wine drinkers. My mom is 75 years old...and she has drank a glass of red wine everyday for ever since I remember...she's healthy as a horse...lol.

Well, God bless her! I think she's adorable!

But uh... It wasn't THAT type of drinking I was referring to.

I was referring to the notion of getting high / drunk being pretty stupid.

Having an occasional drink is all well and good. And it's even healthy as you pointed out.

But most "serious drinkers" partake in alcohol to get DRUNK. Let's face it. Or at least to "get a buzz".

In my view, that's pretty dumb. So is all the puking, passing out, waking up next to strangers, getting arrested...

It's all quite ridiculous to me. Just my opinion.

But hey it's a free country! Far be it for ME to stop folks from enjoying their narcotics.

I just keep my body clean, and pray that some drunkard or some dope-head doesn't run me over with his car one day or something.

[The Bat]

Ya know...some of Us can actually handle our Alcohol. And I never puke.

[BlackKnight]

& Here I always thought that Puking, Passing out , waking up to Hot Nek'ed Strangers & getting arrested was the Fun Part of Boozing.

[The Bat]

& Here I always thought that Puking, Passing out , waking up to Hot Nek'ed Strangers & getting arrested was the Fun Part of Boozing.

Everything but the puking part!

[darklord1967]

Sigh....

Guys, guys... I didn't mean to offend or attack anyone with my "stupidity of getting high" comment.

I believe in to each his own.

As long as someone's smoking or boozing lifestyle doesn't hurt or interfere with someone else's life or health, I've got no problem with them.

And I'm sure that everyone on these boards who occasionally "partakes", does so responsibly and in moderation. At least I hope so.

No the "stupidity" I refer to are the individuals who inebriate themselves to the point of being a danger to themselves and others.

Or the "stupidity" of being incapable of enjoying the company of family or good friends when narcotics and / or alcohol are unavailable.

That description represents quite a few folks.

I'm talking about people who smoke their nasty cigarettes in their closed car while their baby is in the back seat hacking and coughing from the second hand smoke. These children end up suffering from asthma, emphesyma, and other breathing ailments. There is a national TV ad that depicts this which is absolutlely heartbreaking

This type of selfish nonsense happens every day.

I'm talking about the losers who spend several hours at a local pub, or spend several hours smoking dope, or putting junk in their nose, and then they get behind the wheel of a car and kill an innocent person(s) in an accident that they cause.

This type of selfish nonsense happens every day too.

The number of fatal, daily DWI incidents in the country is staggering.


I don't have a problem with someone simply because they are a social drinker. Most of my friends are.

But honestly, I get tons of crap from people because I choose NOT to drink. And it's a little irritating.

I get all sorts of dumb questions: "Why don't you drink?" "Are you a mormon?" "It it against your religion?" "You mean... not even an occasional beer?"

I'll put it this way:

My favorite drink is Arizona Iced Tea. And there have been plenty of times that I've attended a social gathering with friends where Arizona Iced Tea was NOT available to be served.

But it was certainly not a deal-breaker for me. I was still able to enjoy myself with good conversation, laughter, music, etc.

Conversely, I've met surprisingly FEW people who would be willing to attend a social gathering (like the type my wife and I tend to host at our home), where no narcotics or alcoholic beverages would be served.

At my place, we'll sometimes do a movie night where we crank the home theater and big screen, pop some popcorn and have a grand time... without alcohol or drugs.

Or sometimes, as Karaoke DJ's, my wife and I will host American Idol-type karaoke parties right out of our home. We actually set up a small stage, lighting, etc. Friends from our regular weekly shows attend. Its very exciting, and lots of fun. There's just no drugs or alcohol involved.

Everyone always has a great time.

But there are typically folks who we don't invite to gatherings at our place. It's not because we don't like them. It's because we know they would never be able to enjoy themselves without booze or drugs.

It's that type of mentality that I find a little... off-putting. To me, that says the person is incapable of having a nice time without tieing one on or getting high.

[jimbutsu]

Apparently, I'm kind of a wisea$$ when I'm not on The Internets.

Go figure.

[Wee67]

I'm about 2 inches shorter.