# what's wrong with getting drunk at 2pm **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397 "2010-12-16T19:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/41 "2010-12-17T16:30:01Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Moderation in all things. But a glass of champagne while opening gifts does sound nice. Would it go well with the smell of cooking bacon, eggs & coffee though? Mimosas (champagne and orange juice) are lovely with bacon and eggs and coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/42 "2010-12-17T17:01:29Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Mimosas (champagne and orange juice) are lovely with bacon and eggs and coffee. In my drinking days I developed QUITE a fondness for champagne while working in a liquor store. Never could understand why anyone would adulterate perfectly good champagne with OJ! (And if the champagne in question wasn’t good by itself, I didn’t understand why anyone would drink it instead of the good stuff!) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/43 "2010-12-17T17:09:20Z")
They’re known as Bucks Fizz where I am, and I would always use cava or prosecco for them rather than champagne. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/44 "2010-12-17T17:10:57Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > In my drinking days I developed QUITE a fondness for champagne while working in a liquor store. Never could understand why anyone would adulterate perfectly good champagne with OJ! (And if the champagne in question wasn’t good by itself, I didn’t understand why anyone would drink it instead of the good stuff!) 😛 Because champagne doesn’t taste as good with bacon and eggs! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/45 "2010-12-17T17:17:25Z")
Wake, bake, Bloody Mary(s), then proceed from there. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/46 "2010-12-17T17:55:47Z")
“YEah imma little drunk so what/? YOU THINK YOUR BETTER THAN ME INTERNET!?” /stumbles off, bumping into things ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/47 "2010-12-17T18:30:46Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > “YEah imma little drunk so what/? YOU THINK YOUR BETTER THAN ME INTERNET!?” > > /stumbles off, bumping into things That’s nice, dear, but what about **PSXer’s** problems? 😃 (I almost said “PSXer’s problem,” but Lord knows, he has more than one.) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/48 "2010-12-18T02:24:48Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > Champagne and a smoked salmon bagel of course, I’m not some kind of savage. Never meant to imply. (But if you were, I’d love to be indoctrinated/adopted by your tribe. Would three months like Avatar do…?) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/49 "2010-12-18T02:38:26Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Because you’ll feel like ass around six, and it’ll be too early for bed. That’s why you don’t stop drinking. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/50 "2010-12-18T03:07:39Z")
As it happens, I have been drinking with some friends since 2pm today (seriously\*). The only thing wrong with it is that I appear to have stopped! Oddly enough, when I was at lunch right before the event, two guys came in, ordered a shot of Jamesons whisky, drank it, paid, and left. I found this weird. But yeah, as someone else said, I feel a little “off”. Not really “like ass”. More like I feel like it’s 1 am and I should be hunting for an open IHOP. Or I did three hours ago. Now I just feel weird. I may actually go down to my corner bar and grab a drink just to reset my “drunk clock” to the right time so I can get to bed later. Drinking during the day isn’t particularly unusual. Mimosas and Bloody Marys are traditionally morning drinks. People drink margaritas and pina colatas on the beach all day while on vacation. Tailgates and barbeques are typically earlier in the day. And of course you have the 3 martini lunch. You really don’t want to do it all the time though for the same reasons you don’t want to be drunk all the time at any time of the day. \*seriously as I’m being serious…but we were also drinking pretty seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/51 "2010-12-18T04:58:55Z")
I don’t see anything wrong with it as long as there isn’t anything else you’re supposed to be doing. When I worked in securities lending we started at 5am and were off at 1pm. Plenty of times my coworker and I were at least a little drunk by 2pm. We were generally sobered up though, in time to get home before our spouses did. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/52 "2010-12-18T07:04:20Z")
A checkout lady once told me, “It doesn’t matter what time it is; it only matters what your plans are.” ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/53 "2010-12-18T07:10:34Z")
A checkout lady once told me, “It doesn’t matter what time it is; it only matters what your plans are.” ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/54 "2010-12-18T10:46:53Z")
She told you twice or did she stutter? ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/55 "2010-12-18T12:18:18Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > _I_ am often tempted to have a nice glass of wine on a quiet, snowy afternoon while watching an old movie on TCM. Followed by a lovely hour long nap… Like so many other things one eagerly anticipates in life, this plan inevitably results in disappointment. (…ring…ring..“Sali? The car won’t start, come pick me up.” “Sali? It’s Mom…listen, I need a ride to the doctor’s right away, I can’t see out of my left eye.” “Mrs. Sali, this is the school, listen, I don’t want to scare you, but…” or “Hi, it’s your old college roommate, we’re just passing through and we’d love to meet you for dinner at a restaurant 20 miles away.” And there you are, reeling, buzz wearing off real quick. I realize my situation and the OP’s situation are like different planets, but be aware that the drinking might be fun, but some law of the universe will insure that the post-drinking will not be fun. Funnily enough, I have almost exactly the same thing. It goes a little something like this: SCENE: **Martini Enfield** ’s lounge. INT. LATE AFTERNOON. _Martini Enfield walks through the door, dressed like Don Draper, carrying a briefcase_ _APPLAUSE_ MARTINI: Honey, I’m home! _Laughter_ MARTINI: That’s right, my wife is working this evening. You know what? I’m going to treat myself to a delicious snifter of high-proof spirits after a busy day at work! _Puts down briefcase, hangs hat on rack, walks to liquor cabinet, selects bottle of 101 proof bourbon_ _SOUNDTRACK: “Mars, Bringer Of War” by Holst. Music builds as Martini finds a glass, fills it with ice, pours himself a drink from the bourbon bottle. Dramatic camera angles heighten the tension as each step is undertaken._ MARTINI: Excellent! Now to enjoy my beverage, which will render me legally incapable of operating a motor vehicle for several hours. But I’ve finished work and have no plans to go out this evening, and shall instead relax with my drink and a good book! Hurrah for being a responsible adult! _Music reaches a dramatic crescendo as Martini lifts glass to his lips. Audience can almost taste the drink themselves_ _TELEPHONE RINGS_ MARTINI: I wonder who that could be? _Answers 1950s style rotary phone_ MARTINI: Hello? No, just got home from work and… Oh. You need some stuff from the shops. What, now? Yes, I realise they close in 40 minutes but can’t it wait until tomorrow? No? Oh… we’re meeting them for dinner at 7? I thought you were… Oh, OK, you’re going to finish early. Cool… so, 7pm at their place, right? (Sighs) OK, I’ll go to the shops now. _Hangs up_ MARTINI: _Dammit_! _Puts drink down unsipped, regards it wistfully, Collects hat from rack. EXITS._ Aaaand… Scene. 😛 On a more serious note, the problem with being drunk at 2pm in the afternoon on a weekday (or a weekend in which a BBQ or fishing trip is not involved) is that it says to other people “I have absolutely nothing- _nothing_ more meaningful, constructive, or better to be doing.” Now, if you work shifts or whatever then that’s slightly different, but the reality is that if you come into the supermarket completely shitfaced at 2pm on a Wednesday then many- if not most- reasonable people are going to reserve the right to mentally label you an alcoholic, regardless of the actual circumstances involved in your libations… ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/56 "2010-12-18T13:07:17Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > MARTINI: Hello? No, just got home from work and… Oh. You need some stuff from the shops. What, now? Yes, I realise they close in 40 minutes but can’t it wait until tomorrow? No? Oh… we’re meeting them for dinner at 7? I thought you were… Oh, OK, you’re going to finish early. Cool… so, 7pm at their place, right? (Sighs) OK, I’ll go to the shops now. That’s a good point. Now gently remove your tampon, finish your drink, pick up your wife’s groceries or whatever and go meet the Boringtons for dinner. Heck, the drink will probably help you deal with all that crap.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/57 "2010-12-18T18:40:23Z")
The Boringtons? Oh my God - we have a couple in my social group that are exactly that. They introduce themselves to us every time we meet them - we’ve known them for eight years. The wife goes to the bathroom about 15 times every dinner - I wish she had a coke habit - she might speak up and say something once in a while. The husband is an engineer. Um, sorry, got a little off topic there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/58 "2010-12-18T21:56:28Z")
Does PSX ever come back to threads he’s started? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/59 "2010-12-19T04:46:08Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > The Boringtons? Oh my God - we have a couple in my social group that are exactly that. They introduce themselves to us every time we meet them - we’ve known them for eight years. The wife goes to the bathroom about 15 times every dinner - I wish she had a coke habit - she might speak up and say something once in a while. The husband is an engineer. > > Um, sorry, got a little off topic there. 🙂 Yeah, it’s much more fun to have another couple that likes drinking. My GF and I used to have another couple with who we turned Easter into another drinking holiday (right after New Years, St Patricks Day, Hoboken St Patricks Day, Memorial Day Weekend, Labor Day Weekend, Cinco De Mayo, Weds before Thanksgiving, and Christmas Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397/60 "2010-12-20T11:23:57Z")
Yesterday my breakfast was a slice of leftover Christmas pudding fried in goose fat, and a glass of port. Try it this Boxing Day - your tastebuds will thank me 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-getting-drunk-at-2pm/564397.md?page=4)