And the Captain Obvious award goes to ...

fyffer · Post by **fyffer** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:17 pm

... The Washington Post, for this brilliant headline:

College Drinking Games Lead to Higher Blood Alcohol Levels

Who knew?

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:44 pm

well spent grant money...

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:58 pm

The original paper's abstract and link to paper.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:41 pm

that's a bit of knowledge I could have used some time ago....

Really, though, do they think it will make a difference?

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:28 pm

Maybe it will make a difference. Things change for the better. Yesterday, we had a dinner party with some old friends and an 18 year old girl. We started talking about the 60's and how intellectuals were just so pro-drugs back then. All kinds of drugs, drugs would expand your mind. One of the ladies, a bit older than me, talked about how when she went to college, it was quite fine for a woman (or anyone) to smoke cigarettes in class, just as long as the woman had on a dress. Slacks were not allowed. By the time I went to college, it was the 80's and smoking was still OK but dress codes had become way more relaxed. At first she thought we were teasing her.

The 18 year old girl plays a couple of instruments but had never mastered the flute. I gave her my home-made pvc flute and she got some sound out of it by the end of the evening.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:41 pm

, it was quite fine for a woman (or anyone) to smoke cigarettes in class

ah the good ole days...... when smoking was allowed from your hospital bed....and kids weren't veterans of rehab.....

chas · Post by **chas** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:41 am

cowtime wrote:
, it was quite fine for a woman (or anyone) to smoke cigarettes in class
ah the good ole days...... when smoking was allowed from your hospital bed....and kids weren't veterans of rehab.....

The grandfather of a friend was in the hospital after quadruple bypass surgery, in the early 90's. He had his wife sneak him in a country ham biscuit. For those of you not familiar with it, country ham is kind of like a bunch of salt held together with some saturated fat. It's every bit as delicious as it sounds. This was his second bypass; I wonder why.

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:50 am

some really smart guy in the above-cited paper wrote:Most studies use survey methods that require people to recall their drinking behavior -- days, weeks or months prior -- and such recall is not always accurate

Wow. The world is a better place for that little revelation.

Tom

CountryKitty · Post by **CountryKitty** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:49 am

chas wrote: For those of you not familiar with it, country ham is kind of like a bunch of salt held together with some saturated fat. It's every bit as delicious as it sounds. This was his second bypass; I wonder why.

It is also one of the heights of Southern cuisine, suitable for every meal.

With biscuits and eggs for breakfast.

Between slices of bread for lunch.

With a side of greens and cornbread for dinner.

...all of the sudden I'm hungry....see y'all later....

fancypiper · Post by **fancypiper** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:25 pm

Country ham, yummy!

Don't be shy with the biscuits and red-eye gravy. A side order of grits as well.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:44 pm

Now I'm starvin'.

I'm puttin' country ham on my grocery list.