BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 11:45 AM

Quite so, numero 6. But I've always felt that with a train wreck of a family like hers, I probably would have holed up in the castle and hit the gin heavy too.

And I come from an alcoholic family meself.

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 12:47 PM

So we have a troll guest vetting every response and finding them wanting. If it talks like a guest and abuses like a guest. . .

[Yawn.]

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 02:26 PM

Who was the Captain of the Exxon Valdez? That the most famous DUI I know of.

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: number 6
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 04:14 PM

Joseph Hazelwood ... good post Jack.

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: Kaleea
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 04:57 PM

most noto-riotous? hmm . . .

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: alanabit
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 06:14 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 10:36 AM

"And odd isn't it, that in a folk and blues music forum, no one is making any lists of folkies and blues musicians, despite a VERY long list of alcoholics among them.

That's why social scientists can't really "study" the link between creativity and substance abuse or creativity and mental illness. The behavior is often covered up, glossed over, glamorized, that sort of thing. Anything to keep it secret."

Did anyone else appreciate the irony of an anonymous guest who apparently wants the shortcomings of others to be exposed?

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 06:20 PM

I keep reading this thread title as "Most notoriotous BOSOMS...."

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: frogprince
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 06:37 PM

Mae West, Dolly Parton...oh, wait, it didn't say "bosoms"...

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: Arne
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 12:06 AM

Who was the Captain of the Exxon Valdez? That the most famous DUI I know of.

He asked for one "on the rocks". (H/T to John McCutcheon).

Churchill

There's that famous (possibly apocryphal) tale of his response to the woman who accused him of being drunk....

Cheers,

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 12:33 AM

Hitler's father.

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 12:42 AM

Canadian author, Malcolm Lowry, only wrote one book and it was about being drunk,

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 09:34 AM

Why, just after the mention of things being exposed, did we turn our thoughts to bosoms?

I have no chance of carrying on with my work this afternoon now:-)

I think a mention must be made of George Best as well.

Famous quotes include -

I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

and (on the blood required for his his liver transplant)

I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes

Going to the English idiom of calling a pub a boozer as well I would also like to nominate the House of the Rising Sun and thereby give this thread some musical relevance:-)

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 07:38 PM

And then there is DDD--Dubya Dry Drunk. The drunk frat boy who drove the whole freakin' world into the ditch.

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 07:46 PM

Olly Reed. Peter Cook.   Richard Harris.

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 08:38 PM

Holy flip, eh? Lotta heavy famous boozers out there. This guy Churchill, he woulda made a helluva prime minaster for Canada, eh? I figger that's why the Germans lost, coz their flippin' leader didn't drink enuff ta be, like, relaxed, eh? Hitler was too uptite coz he did not drink and on toppa that he was a vergetarian! You can't flippin' lead a country at war if you ain't, like, man enuff to chow down on beefburgers, eh? Un-be-flippin'Leavable!!! The guy was a veg-head and he tried to conquer the whole flippin' world. Ain't no flippin' WAY!

I am gettin' into histry now, eh? I am more well read than some of youse people would think.

- Shane

Subject: RE: BS: Most notoriotous boozers in history...
From: GUEST,the ghost of John Barrymore
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 09:12 PM

My God, Shane (that is your name isn't it), I've seem to have forgotten how came to such a desolate place, could you please direct me to the nearest saloon. Perhaps a good stiff drink will make me come to my senses, and maybe then I can find my way back home, where ever that is HaHa.