'TIS THER SEASON TO BE JOLLY : ALCOHOL SEEMS A JUMP[ START FOR SOME

UK researchers have found that whiskey consumed at the same amount as vodka gives a worse hangover but does not change performance the next day any more than vodka does. For some more details on this research, click here. I remember being told many years ago by researcher, Dr. Roger Weiss, that bourbon would kill fish in a tank while other liquors did not.

Given the Holiday season facing us, the media will be giving us a rundown of road fatalities by drunken drivers. They will not only kill or maim themselves but will take passengers and other drivers and passengers with them. If you have an inebriated guest, lift their keys and let them hunt until they are convinced they are lost and suggest that the guest sleep over. Don't worry about the privacy of a guest room, they will usually drop wherever they are and consider themselves lucky if there is a rug where they fall.

It has always escaped me how anyone can get drunk on Egg Nog no matter how heavily spiked. The stuff is pretty gag-worthy even when fat is eliminated and replaced with sea weed or horses hooves or whatever is used to thicken it these days. This short blog is not intended to succeed in convincing alcoholics to grab a designated driver but, rather, to let the normal sober person realize that Christmas is one of those holidays where 'new' drinks are concocted. The punch may have several different kinds of liquor in it and bite like shark. In attempts to make sure the supplies last, people go overboard with stocking up so that those inclined to not pass up a free drink have the bar set too high for their greed.

Remember, one way or another, their is a high price to be paid for over-indulgence.
Be prepared, beware, and be safe.