# Why the fuck do you have to drink? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500 "2004-02-22T13:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/41 "2004-02-23T05:14:32Z")
Ah, god bless alcohol becuase with out it; it would be ALOT harder to convince women that they need to put out on the first date. Also, I drink because I hate you guys. _No benifits indeed… bwahahaha!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/42 "2004-02-23T05:27:47Z")
Well you know, all this beer isn’t going to drink itself. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/43 "2004-02-23T07:18:13Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > They make rum flavoring, look for it in the baking section of your grocery store. It’s generally near the vanilla flavoring. I use it in my coffee, sometimes, and it’s very good. But then, I’ll put all sorts of spices and flavorings in my coffee, because I refuse to pay an arm and a leg for those specialty flavored coffees when I have cinnamon and vanilla and other flavorings right in my cabinet. > > Vanilla is particularly good in iced coffee, try it sometime. Ooh! Thank you, I will look into it. It’s got to be cheaper (and better for me!) than real rum. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/44 "2004-02-23T07:34:30Z")
Because for a few brief hours it quiets the static in my head. So I stop feeling like the only other way to get rid of it is to drain it with a bullet you self-righteous jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/45 "2004-02-23T11:09:28Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > The best response, I’ve found, is to demur politely, and if the urging continues to repeat the exact same sentence in the exact same tone as often as necessary. After about the 3rd or 4th time of hearing “That’s very kind of you, but no, I don’t care for any braised lutefisk \,” most people give up. Try to change the subject at each opportunity. Or ask them if they have a hearing problem. Or if they understand English (assuming you’re all speaking English). Or ask, “Didn’t you hear what I just said?” Jeez, man, ‘no’ means ‘no’, in all situations; it doesn’t mean ‘keep nagging and I’ll give in’. ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/46 "2004-02-23T11:14:06Z")
I think it is peculiar. No one but no one drinks and drives, yet all the time I hear about people that die drinking and driving and innocents killed by drunken drivers. Maybe when people drink, they do things they normally would not do. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/47 "2004-02-23T11:57:21Z")
Or maybe you’re a jackass and some of us are responsible adults. When I go out to drink, I take the bus or walk so that I won’t have to drive home. Also, my friends don’t even own cars, so good luck getting them drunk enough to contemplate driving (not that it matters anyway, because one thing you’ll learn if you ever bother to drink is that it slows you down and effects your judgement but won’t _make_ you do anything). In short, shut your ignorant pie-hole, you whiny little bitch. Or at least have a nice drink, kick back, and lighten the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/48 "2004-02-23T11:59:10Z")
> [@hlanelee](#): > > I think it is peculiar. No one but no one drinks and drives, yet all the time I hear about people that die drinking and driving and innocents killed by drunken drivers. Maybe when people drink, they do things they normally would not do. I drink and drive. Haven’t ever killed anybody. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/49 "2004-02-23T12:34:05Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > You are now, officially (and yes, let’s GET off topic here), **so** way cooler than I can ever be because you beat me to this. May I form a religion around you? Only if you will the be the high priestess and there will be some kind of animal sacrifice. I miss animal sacrifices. ---
**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/50 "2004-02-23T12:34:08Z")
Responsible adults? Me and my friends do actually drink to get drunk. We start by drinking as much as we can at someone’s home before going downtown and drinking some more. We then behave like the drunken buffoons we are: rolling around laughing, yelling prophanities and fighting other rogue drunks. This is followed by searching for a female which is either 1) As drunk or more drunk than you, 2) Not too worried about going home with a stunpendously drunk young man, or 3) An acquaintance, and therefore not afraid of you. The next day we try to meet up for a hair of the dog and try to figure out what the hell we did the night before.\* It may sound bad, but it’s a beautiful way to live. I have two convictions for DWI but that’s because I was an extremely stupid, young man - not because ‘Alcohol made me do it’. Haven’t driven drunk for six or seven years now. \*I only do this 3-4 times a year now, as opposed to twice a week like I used to. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/51 "2004-02-23T12:45:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Why the fuck do you have to drink? After last night’s carousing round the city with a load of Welsh people, I am _so_ asking myself that same question at the moment. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/52 "2004-02-23T13:42:00Z")
That’s just the hangover talking **jjimm**. bet ya you loved drink last night. Get down the pub for a cure that’ll sort ya 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/53 "2004-02-23T13:47:39Z")
> [@In Conceivable](#): > > I really want to know why you must live out the songs that you wrote. To get laid. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/54 "2004-02-23T13:50:21Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > That’s just the hangover talking **jjimm**. bet ya you loved drink last night. Get down the pub for a cure that’ll sort ya 😉 Oh Jaysus no. The thought of alcohol doesn’t thrill me at all. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/55 "2004-02-23T13:53:00Z")
Feh! 8 years in Ireland and you still don’t have a clue 😃 ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/56 "2004-02-23T13:59:01Z")
The fuck I have to drink is because I thoroughly enjoy it. And it does make me more intelligent. And lets not forget the social aspect. Just about every interesting person I’ve ever met and every fun adventure of a night I met/did through drinking. Its the best, and I damn you to hell **hlanelee** for even considering pitting it. and for the record, I cant drive, and even if I did, I wouldnt touch a drop if I was on a night out and had to take the car. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/57 "2004-02-23T14:12:20Z")
> [@In Conceivable](#): > > Only if you will the be the high priestess and there will be some kind of animal sacrifice. I miss animal sacrifices. When PETA shows up, what are we gonna tell them? Oh, I got it… “We’re just carrying on a family tradition”. Hmm… that seemed so very funny before previewing, and now, not so much. To the OP: Some men feel guilty about beating their wives and kids unless they have a few beers in them. You wouldn’t want them to feel _guilty_, would you? Besides, it makes the horrifically ugly people I spend most of my time with much better-looking. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/58 "2004-02-23T14:41:04Z")
> [@dutchboy208](#): > > When PETA shows up, what are we gonna tell them? Oh, I got it… “We’re just carrying on a family tradition”. > > Hmm… that seemed so very funny before previewing, and now, not so much. If it helps any, I thought it was funny. How bouts we only sacrifice animals that no one likes anyway. Like goats. Even PETA is going to get upset about a couple of goats are they? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/59 "2004-02-23T15:20:26Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > Now that I am a transplant patient, I tell people I _can’t_ have alcohol and that usually satisfies them. Prior to that, when I told people I simply _didn’t_ drink alcohol, it wasn’t always enough for some and they would ask a second time the same night, or they would ask _every_ time we met, or something similar. I quite understand. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500/60 "2004-02-23T15:27:18Z")
what about a few cats? theres too many of them, and we could all get hammered in the pub while carefully set Bear traps catch some strays. Drinking:big, and clever. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-fuck-do-you-have-to-drink/230500.md?page=4)