I was at the bar last friday, for a Work Function. It was a pleasant work function: they gave us a couple free drinks for winning a big contract, and I was able to successfully flirt with an attractive and non-drinking person to get THEIR free drink tickets, and my rotten day was made better by four stiff gin & tonics in quick succession.
Then, I'm making my way through the bar, saying my goodbyes, and a guy at the bar getting another round says "Hey Huey! Whaddya want?"
I said "I want to drive home without dying", and he laughed. Four is my magic number. As an old friend of mine says "Four is the most important number in mathematics, as is most often used in the phrase I'll have four beers."
My mother is still convinced that I'm an alcoholic. I realize that "I can stop anytime that I want" sounds like denial, and besides, I really can't. I didn't want to stop after four. ...but if my alternative is sleeping in my truck or dying in a firey ball of wreckage, I do.
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Then, I'm making my way through the bar, saying my goodbyes, and a guy at the bar getting another round says "Hey Huey! Whaddya want?"
I said "I want to drive home without dying", and he laughed. Four is my magic number. As an old friend of mine says "Four is the most important number in mathematics, as is most often used in the phrase I'll have four beers."
My mother is still convinced that I'm an alcoholic. I realize that "I can stop anytime that I want" sounds like denial, and besides, I really can't. I didn't want to stop after four. ...but if my alternative is sleeping in my truck or dying in a firey ball of wreckage, I do.