# Arrrgghh!!! I just want a cocktail!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgghh-i-just-want-a-cocktail/629537>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 27, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgghh-i-just-want-a-cocktail/629537 "2012-07-27T05:51:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgghh-i-just-want-a-cocktail/629537/21 "2012-07-29T22:59:22Z")

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> [@singular1](#):
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> Considering yesterday I got the bill and discovered the little scamp cost $26K (and another $40K to get it installed):eek:, I’m inclined to pamper it a bit.

:eek:I sincerely hope that insurance is picking up that tab for you!!!

If not, or if you need the other one doing and pre-existing condition clauses kick in you could get it done in the UK privately and with a month long luxury recuperation for about a third of that price. First class airfare included!

Anyhow, hope the recovery goes swimmingly and you are soon comfortably rat-arsed again. I know from family experience what a life-changer hip surgery can be.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgghh-i-just-want-a-cocktail/629537/22 "2012-07-31T00:27:32Z")

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I am ashamed at my fellow dopers; I didn’t see any step up to the plate & offer help. Since **singular1** & **Anne Neville** cannot have drinks I will offer to have one for each of them.  
Further, I will stand in solidarity with them & not consume any alcohol for myself. 😉

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**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgghh-i-just-want-a-cocktail/629537/23 "2012-08-01T00:08:20Z")

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Damn, **Spiderman** , I always knew you were one of the good ones !

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**Author:** ![Sehmket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Sehmket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sehmket)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgghh-i-just-want-a-cocktail/629537/24 "2012-08-02T14:05:14Z")

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My MIL can only drink on rare occasions - it interacts with some of her meds, so she has to get cagey with timing if she wants a beer with dinner (which she does once every three or four months). It’s hilarious how much she misses drinking, though (she was quite the party girl back in the day), and if she hears my husband or I talk about drinking, she’ll pump us for details - the taste, the texture, the aftertaste. It’s hilarious how much she lives vicariously through us.

Only a few more weeks, Singular1, and you’ll be back to your old self! (Better, even, new hip and all!)

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