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2006-11-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by phil_b 2006-11-21 03:27|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hey! What good is this without the formula? :-)

Posted by gorb 2006-11-21 05:23|| 2006-11-21 05:23|| Front Page Top

#2 doesn't help when you wake up with Coyote Ugly

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-11-21 07:52|| 2006-11-21 07:52|| Front Page Top

#3 You've left out the effect of distance Gorb, which of course is canceled out by factors of gravity.

Posted by Skidmark 2006-11-21 08:05|| 2006-11-21 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 What happened to the old formula where the point is reached when the number of minutes left till closing matches the number of standard drinks consumed?

Posted by Procopius2K 2006-11-21 08:39|| 2006-11-21 08:39|| Front Page Top

#5 phil_b--Yes, "beer goggles" is the same expression in America. And unfortunately it has the same consequences and regrets too!

Posted by Dar">Dar 2006-11-21 10:14|| 2006-11-21 10:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Not sure if Americans have the same or similar expression

My memory is a bit hazy, but I thought I was the one who invented it. :-)

It could well have been an independent discovery, but the meaning is universally understood.

Posted by gorb 2006-11-21 16:36|| 2006-11-21 16:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Beer Goggles

Posted by Parabellum 2006-11-21 19:19|| 2006-11-21 19:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Remember the Mickey Gilley's song, "The Girls Get Prettier at Closing time"? I always said that can't be true because that's when they turn the lights back up. This formula confirms it.

Posted by GK 2006-11-21 22:46|| 2006-11-21 22:46|| Front Page Top

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