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Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

By under the influence I mean not necessarily pissed drunk, but have had enough to alter your mood a bit. I'm also including time when you're passed out or asleep but still have enough in your bloodstream that if you were woken up your alcohol level would show up on a breathaliser. Calculate it on an hours per weekly basis and figure out your average.

flotsam · Joined: 28 Mar 2006

Idontt undeshtand da quesshun.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

I want to vote for 0%. less than 5% still lumps me together with people under the influence.

robot · Joined: 07 Mar 2006

hmm... most of us would be under 5%, i'm guessing.

assuming that it takes 1 hour for 1 drink to leave your system, people who drink 9 glasses of alcohol a week would be at 5%.

you'd have to drink 18 a week to be at 10%.

on the other hand, if you get sloshed every day, drinking 9 beer each day for a total of 63 for the week, you'd still only be at 37%.

and yeh, there's no zero option. this poll needs revising!

ROBT.

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

That's cause you dweebs sit around stalking people on the net all day.

The vast majority of ESL teachers here are big boozers, mark my words.

And I'm one of the biggest.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

VanIslander · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:10 am Post subject:

you mean other than now?

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

You're drinking now, Van? On a weeknight (technically)!!?? How could you!!?
Think of your influence on the children!!

AbbeFaria · Joined: 17 May 2005 Location: Gangnam

The game against Togo on Tuesday was the first time in 7 months that I've had more than one drink on a school night. And I got seriously hammered. On the plus side I've figured out that I've pushed my tolerance of soju up to three bottles without vomiting.

However, to stay on topic, I only drink one or two days a week. Friday or Saturday nights. Sometimes both, but usually only one. Two straight days of drinking soju is just to rough on me. I can't stand beer and I'm not paying upwards of 7 or 8 bucks a pop just for cocktails to do what I can do with soju for half the price and much faster. I don't drink for the enjoyment of drinking, I drink to get drunk and I've found soju to be the best weapon of choice. I figure that puts me in the 5 to 10% of the time. between 4 and 8 days a month over the 7 months i've been here. I dunno, I don't want to do the math, but it sounds good.

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JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

What about 18~21 litres of soju a month? Where on the poll would that put someone? I mean hypothetically speaking, of course.

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

I always drink on friday and saturday without fail. Itry not to drink during the week because of early starts at work, but I have been doing recently because I've been socializing more. I've more discipline these days - can have just a couple. Previously, it was either 100% straightheaded or 110% drunk, with nothing in between. Mind you, my 'drunk' is not vomiting and passing out in the toilet. I've done that once in Korea, but - without boasting (it's hardly something to boast about) - getting me in that state requires a LOT of alcohol. I went from January to early June hardly drinking at all during the week and I'm gonna go back to that because I'll put on weight. I could do 3 bottles of soju, be very drunk, but probably not vomit. But more than that and I'll probably be sick and definitely feel dreadful next day. 3's the ideal amount actually - sometimes 2 is sufficient. I don't give a fook what people say about drinking and drugs. If you're happy being straightheaded 24/7/52 then good for you, but I enjoy being chemically-altered. It's fun!

peemil · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Location: Koowoompa

If you drink all the time- Not drinking on any particular night, becomes a non-issue.

Think about it.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Hyeon Een · Joined: 24 Jun 2005

In the last 10 days... I'd go with 100%

My first 9 months in Korea.. I'd also go with 100%
(if you've drunk enough you can still be drunk the next day..)

Now, outside of worldcup season, I'm probably back in the 15% zone.

Now I am on vacation and its the worldcup! woo! 100% baby! drink all night and morning, wakeup in the afternoon, drink some more, then go out on a hot date but be too drunk to be charming, then go watch some soccer when the girl deeks! Assah!

canuckistan · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:33 pm Post subject:

Was too busy to be three sheets to the wind on any regular basis in Korea. Don't like alcohol that much either--does nasty things to my body and I've always hated waking up feeling like crap--a wasted day. Once or twice a year though I get pretty deep into the dark rum Very Happy