# Alcohol poisoning **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 11, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-poisoning/212563 "2003-11-11T06:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-poisoning/212563/41 "2003-12-20T22:18:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by buttonjockey308 \* > \*\*While that’s true, Shoes, by the age of 21, you should know the difference between an expensive bottle of fine whiskey and the cheap stuff, and regardless of that knowledge, putting jolly ranchers in someone ELSES bottle of hooch ought to be a no no, simply as a matter of respect. \*\* Well, not if a person doesn’t have a real good understanding of fine liquors. At 21, though I was academically sophisticated, I had NO fine foods and liquor education. Plus, they both were drunk already, her judgment was likely fairly skewed. > [@](#): > > Give the girl a break? I think he did. He was far more understanding than I would have been. Yes, HE did and very well too, some of the others in this thread were who I was chastising insofar as being jerks and insulting her taste and intelligence > [@](#): > > **Some things just don’t appeal to some people no matter HOW long they give themselves to “develop a taste” for it.** > [@](#): > > Ok, taste is subjective, but respect is not. If you don’t like something some one else has, you do not change that thing to suit your tastes, you stick with what you like. Again, I was referring to others in this thread dissing people for not liking certain foods/drinks and then correlating that with them being “immature” or not having “taste” NOT defending her for her actions. > [@](#): > > She made a major league boo boo, and despite what anyone might think of him, the OP reacted like a gentleman of the highest order (or a huge schmuck of a doormat). In either case, i’m sure she knows not to ‘liven up’ his Johnnie Walker Blue. \*\* Um, yes, but I was only addressing her “boo boo” in most of my post as the impetus for the snobbish “if you don’t appreciate fine whiskey your taste buds are undeveloped and immature” posts here in this thread, NOT using them to say she was justified. You must not have read my post if that’s what you go out of it. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-poisoning/212563/42 "2003-12-20T22:20:38Z")
**Buttonjockey** , In other words, you Obviously missed where I stated “To the REST of you who were ready to have her tarred and feathered” and so on. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-poisoning/212563/43 "2003-12-21T04:11:55Z")
I must have. I sit corrected. The sheer magnitude of the incident had me discombobulated. Apologies. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-poisoning/212563/44 "2003-12-21T06:14:41Z")
S’okay 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-poisoning/212563/45 "2003-12-21T14:17:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palewriter \* > \*\*Jeez. We’re talking about booze here. Nothing important. \*\* :eek: Heresy! ---
**Author:** ![DeaganTheWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DeaganTheWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeaganTheWolf)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-poisoning/212563/46 "2003-12-21T22:17:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palewriter \* > \*\*Jeez. We’re talking about booze here. Nothing important. > > “She seemed both saddened and relieved” > > That’s so sweet. Precious little know-nothing thing that she is. > By the way, do you have an alcohol problem? This could be an issue later on in the relationship. > > - PW \*\* Nice attitude, So anyone who enjoys a good liquor every now and again MUST be an alcoholic right?:wally I keep several bottles of fine liquor and decent wine about and break them out for special occasions. Sometimes :: looks about to make sure nobody’s listening:: I even have a drink just because I’d like one! :eek: Most people who enjoy good food will tell you that a good wine, or beer is an excellent compliment to the meal. Besides being a good add-on to your meal, in low quantities it’s good for your heart and mental state. He showed real class by not going off on her. Good bourbon’s not cheap, and thus not easily replaced. Cheers! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-poisoning/212563.md?page=2)