# Death in the Afternoon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229 "2026-06-27T14:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/1 "2026-06-27T14:42:26Z")
Ok. I’m still alive. (ain’t you happy to know it? You know you are) If I was an able, dedicated drinker and moved in certain circles, I would be sipping on these everyday. (Champagne and absinthe). Can’t you imagine the coolness of that? Maybe on my last day on earth I’ll have one. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/2 "2026-06-27T14:55:19Z")
How many did you have? It is a good way to get pretty hammered. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/3 "2026-06-27T15:53:38Z")
Personally I like a glass or two of a good Cote du Rhone. (Too lazy to find the keystrokes for the diacritics.) Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/4 "2026-06-27T16:24:54Z")
Yeah, I used to watch **Dark Shadows** at 4:00 PM after school. What of it? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/5 "2026-06-27T16:56:55Z")
Heh, I used to watch [Forever Night.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Knight) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/6 "2026-06-27T16:59:05Z")
I was watching SpongeBob ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/7 "2026-06-27T17:14:54Z")
"I don’t drink, Ever. But if I did it would be _Death in the Afternoon"_ 'Cause I wanna be the coolest person on earth. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/8 "2026-06-27T17:14:57Z")
Champagne is very nice with breakfast. After all, you can’t drink all day if you wait until late to start. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/9 "2026-06-28T23:54:26Z")
My in-laws have a beloved story that they recount _every single Christmastime without fail_. They were all gathered at the house of the 3 grandsons. These three grandsons were roughly 8,6 and 4. They were all told they could not run down the stairs to open Christmas presents until the adults told them that they could. So, many years of a photo of the kids perched at the top of the stairs. As the story goes, all of the adults opened up the champagne and orange juice at about 6am. By 7:30, all boxes had been opened, all adults were completely smashed and went back to bed to sleep for a few hours. Leaving the kids to enjoy the presents. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/10 "2026-06-29T00:11:22Z")
I’ve had absinthe, but just as a drink – never did the fancy teaspoon over a flame stuff. It supposedly contains thujone, a hallucinogenic substance, but the reality is that absinthe is really just a beverage with very high alcohol content and typically only trace amounts of thujone. If I wanted to get seriously stoned, cannabis flower, cannabis oil, and cannabis concentrate are all legal here. Just a few drops of cannabis concentrate on a soda cracker brings a whole new meaning to “Christ on a cracker!”. But I don’t. Just give me my vodka and Caesar mix and leave me in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/11 "2026-06-29T00:17:25Z")
You pour vodka over Caesar salad mix !?!? Kinky… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/12 "2026-06-29T00:49:35Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > By 7:30, all boxes had been opened, all adults were completely smashed and went back to bed to sleep for a few hours. Leaving the kids to enjoy the presents. When I was a kid, circa 1962 my parents discovered sake and they invited another couple over to partake this mysterious form of alcohol. It being a grown-up thing neither my brother or I were interested so we left the four of them in the living room having a grand time heating and sipping the stuff while we played in our bedroom. The overheard conversation got louder and louder then stopped. After a few minutes we went to investigate and found all of them passed out. They didn’t seem in distress so we let them be. After another hour the conversations started up again, more sedately. > [@Cartooniverse](#): > > You pour vodka over Caesar salad mix !?!? Sigh. > **[Caesar (cocktail)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(cocktail))** > > A Caesar is a cocktail created and consumed primarily in Canada. It typically contains vodka, Clamato, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce, and is served with ice in a large, celery salt-rimmed glass, typically garnished with a stalk of celery and wedge of lime. What distinguishes it from a Bloody Mary is the inclusion of clam broth. The cocktail may also be contrasted with the Michelada, which has similar flavouring ingredients but uses beer instead of vodka.\[citation needed\] > 'Bloody Mary a ... ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/13 "2026-06-29T01:34:15Z")
Absinthe makes the head grow funnier. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/14 "2026-06-29T19:42:14Z")
Clamato? Jesus H. Christ. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/15 "2026-06-29T19:45:37Z")
That’s enough to make me start drinking just so’s I could quit drinking. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/16 "2026-06-29T19:50:11Z")
I dislike repeating myself, but Jesus! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/17 "2026-06-29T19:52:40Z")
Maybe you’re supposed to pour it on a salad or something. Ick! ---
**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:** [June 29, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/18 "2026-06-29T20:55:07Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > After all, you can’t drink all day if you wait until late to start. It’s: You can’t drink all day unless you start in the morning! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/19 "2026-06-29T21:05:03Z")
My nutty Unca Pete always said, "if you don’t get drunk of an evening you can’t quit. This was always in response to someone asking him wasn’t he drinking too much and shouldn’t he quit? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229/20 "2026-06-29T21:36:10Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > After all, you can’t drink all day if you wait until late to start. > > It’s: You can’t drink all day unless you start in the morning! Sorry to mangle the saying. I was drunk. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-in-the-afternoon/1031229.md?page=2)