Hangover Avoidance Formula
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Hangover Avoidance Formula
by ever hopeful Fri 11 Dec 2009, 12:48
As the party season gets underway, here is one way to avoid a hangover. As we get older our capacity to drink without getting drunk tends to increase. But sadly, as our brains die off with age, our capacity to not feel hungover the next morning actually gets worse. So although at the time of the party you may be less inebriated on the same amount as you drank when younger, you will actually feel rougher the next day. Here is my handy formula for calculating how much you can imbibe in an evening without risking a headache the next day. It assumes you are an adult male and drink fairly regularly, but not often to excess.
10 - [(age - 18) ÷ 8]
Round the number up or down to the nearest whole number and that gives you the total alcohol units for one night. A pint of beer is 2 units (assuming it's not weak Aussie lager), and a glass of wine is 1 unit.
10 - [(age - 18) ÷ 8]
Round the number up or down to the nearest whole number and that gives you the total alcohol units for one night. A pint of beer is 2 units (assuming it's not weak Aussie lager), and a glass of wine is 1 unit.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by lardbucket Fri 11 Dec 2009, 12:51
Suspect the denominator should be 16 or 32 ... surely not 8
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by buckSH Fri 11 Dec 2009, 12:53
onions are good. they soak up the alcohol or activate the liver .. exact function is not known.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by lardbucket Fri 11 Dec 2009, 12:54
The formula also needs to be adjusted to reflect any kebab or souvlaki consumed at 3 am, or bacon and egg fry-up at 8 ...
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by DJ_Smerk Fri 11 Dec 2009, 12:57
I wish you had all told me this before my staff do last tuesday.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by Brass Monkey Fri 11 Dec 2009, 13:01
I've said it before, I'll say it again:
Wank, fry-up, bath. If you're not sweet by then, you're a f*cking lightweight.
Wank, fry-up, bath. If you're not sweet by then, you're a f*cking lightweight.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by embee Fri 11 Dec 2009, 13:06
10 - [(age - 18) ÷ 8]
I'm minus 64 years old
I'm minus 64 years old
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by Batman Fri 11 Dec 2009, 18:00
Too much trouble. The most simple solution: Don't Drink!
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by ever hopeful Fri 11 Dec 2009, 23:00
Batman wrote:Too much trouble. The most simple solution: Don't Drink!
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by Basil Fri 11 Dec 2009, 23:09
According to that formula I can guzzle 2 pints a night - very sensible for my pocket and for my liver................ but totally unrealistic bearing in mind some of the nights out I'll be having in the next week or so.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by Brass Monkey Sat 12 Dec 2009, 11:58
ever hopeful wrote:Batman wrote:Too much trouble. The most simple solution: Don't Drink!
Quality....
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by Batman Sat 12 Dec 2009, 13:27
Brass Monkey wrote:ever hopeful wrote:Batman wrote:Too much trouble. The most simple solution: Don't Drink!
Quality....
That brings me to a question asked before over here....why do people drink?
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by Shoeshine Sat 12 Dec 2009, 13:46
Batman wrote:Brass Monkey wrote:ever hopeful wrote:Batman wrote:Too much trouble. The most simple solution: Don't Drink!
Quality....
That brings me to a question asked before over here....why do people drink?
Because we have friends to drink with.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by Batman Sat 12 Dec 2009, 14:27
Shoeshine wrote:Batman wrote:Brass Monkey wrote:ever hopeful wrote:Batman wrote:Too much trouble. The most simple solution: Don't Drink!
Quality....
That brings me to a question asked before over here....why do people drink?
Because we have friends to drink with.
Then who does tac drink with?
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by buckSH Sat 12 Dec 2009, 14:29
a few japanese blow-up dolls in his room and his mother above his basement are rumored to keep him company.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by taipan Sat 12 Dec 2009, 21:05
Batman wrote:Brass Monkey wrote:ever hopeful wrote:Batman wrote:Too much trouble. The most simple solution: Don't Drink!
Quality....
That brings me to a question asked before over here....why do people drink?
Because we can.
Anyone who claims not to ever had a drink is not entitled to an opinion.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by LeFromage Sat 12 Dec 2009, 21:09
About anything?
What if the topic of conversation is "why would anyone be teetotal?"
What if the topic of conversation is "why would anyone be teetotal?"
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by lardbucket Mon 14 Dec 2009, 07:18
Batman wrote:Too much trouble. The most simple solution: Don't Drink!
That's the second simplest solution. The simplest is 'don't stop drinking'.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by JGK Mon 14 Dec 2009, 07:30
ever hopeful wrote:
10 - [(age - 18) ÷ 8]
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This is very similar to the forumula about the minimum socially acceptable age of a chick you want to shag. I think the accepted standard here at work is [Age / 2 +5] {subject to an abs min of 16}.
Must admit, the formula becomes less valid as I move through my 30s.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by lardbucket Mon 14 Dec 2009, 07:45
then there's the maximum socially acceptable age ...
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by eowyn Mon 14 Dec 2009, 07:47
lardbucket wrote:then there's the maximum socially acceptable age ...
There'd better not be one of those.....
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by lardbucket Mon 14 Dec 2009, 07:48
Breathing remains a prerequisite.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by taipan Mon 14 Dec 2009, 07:49
lardbucket wrote:Breathing remains a prerequisite.
Danny.....Danny
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by lardbucket Mon 14 Dec 2009, 07:51
Danny probably views munging as a post-modern sort of CPR.
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Re: Hangover Avoidance Formula
by Shoeshine Mon 14 Dec 2009, 15:33
lardbucket wrote:Breathing remains a prerequisite.
Especially at the end. You can get into all sorts of trouble if they aren't.
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