What Kind Of Drunk







Someone had an idea for clickbait. A poll to tell the reader What kind of drunk are you? The study did not use questions to qualify the respondents. This means anyone can take the test with no penalty.
PG is a retired drunk. He likes to say that he quit while he was a drunk, before he was an alcoholic. That way, he doesn’t have to go to meetings. The last Coors bottle was consumed January 1, 1989.
The BBC study had eight questions, with three possible answers. Five of the questions had yes/ no/ can’t remember as the options. PG does not remember many things that happened twenty seven years ago. These five had a totally honest answer. The other three questions got the best answer possible.
Ernest Hemingway was the correct answer. “Booze does little to dull your intellect. Even when propping up the bar, you can wow people with your wit.” PG read one of the Hemingway books in high school, and does not remember much. The thorough act of self destruction when Mr. Hemingway was sixy one makes him a poor role model.
The other options were Mary Poppins, The Nutty Professor, and Mr Hyde. Ironically, in the Mary Poppins movie, well known lush Dick Van Dyke was the co-star. Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.








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