Category Archives: Drinking

Hangover Ratings

July 14, 2016 – 11:06 am

Bastille Day is a French drinking holiday. The French word for hang-over is ‘gueule de bois’. In Thai it is ‘hang’. If I spoke to Caesar, I’d say that I was ‘crapula’ which is Latin for fucked up the day after, but no one put it better than Kingsley Amis, who once said, “I had […]

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Drunker than Mud

July 7, 2016 – 12:25 pm

Humans like their drink. They like it a lot. But not as much as polar bears. They love a cold beer or forty in the summer time.

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Five Degrees of Hangover

November 22, 2015 – 5:18 am

It’s football season in the USA and this Sunday Americans are following their teams. I’m in good shape. The Patriots are undefeated and the rest of the schedule is easy, but even those fans with losing teams have beers in the fridge and burgers on the grill with tequila shots at half-time and whiskey for […]

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Oong Nuat – Thai Dive Bar

November 2, 2015 – 3:25 am

Dawn rises like a broken egg over Pattaya’s eastern horizon. Back in 2007 I lived in Pattaya. Most mornings 99.999% of the population were in bed, but at Oong Nuat the outdoor bar on Soi Bongkod specialized in music by Carabao and exotic Thai whiskey i.e. deadly lao khao , as the night surrendered to […]

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Jimmy Durante’s Beer Mug

October 25, 2015 – 1:08 pm

Andre the Giant was a huge man as anyone can tell from how small the beer can looks in his hand. The champion pro wrestler was also a monstrous drinker once downing 199 beers in a sitting. The American singer/pianist Jimmy Durante aka the Schnozzola also liked his beer. And he loved his wife, Mrs. […]

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