Alcohol saves lives

SerephelSerephel
edited June 2009 in General
Last night my friend and I were in a crowded shopping district in Hong Kong checking out electronics. I learned today that just minutes after we left a bus barreled through the area and killed people. It's all over the news here.

See, if my friend and I didn't want to go to a bar, I might be dead. We can all thank beer that I'm alive right now.

So when someone tells you that alcohol is bad, kick them in the balls because I'm living proof it saves lives.

That is all.

Comments

  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited June 2009
    Yikes. Glad to hear you're ok. Although I still suspect alcohol ends a lot more lives than it saves, I can accept that it is nonetheless capable of saving them. Afterall, alcohol can function as more than a mere beverage. It's flammable. And it can kill bacteria and stuff. Certainly these properties have been used to beneficial use throughout history as well.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited June 2009
    Exactly! Although if the driver of the bus was drinking, then I guess the entire point I just made is not actually applicable...
  • brucebruce
    edited June 2009
    I once got so drunk I pissed myself.

    Don't worry, I was covered in my own vomit so nobody noticed, and thus my reputation was spared.
  • UnknownUnknown
    edited June 2009
    Okay...how does alcohol save lives? It ends lives.:tmyk:
  • Mish42Mish42
    edited June 2009
    I'm glad you're not dead Ryan!!
  • mariomario
    edited June 2009
    Isn't this the plot of every Final Destination movie? Hope you make it through the impending barrage of ridiculous deaths!
  • DrLeopoldStrabismusDrLeopoldStrabismus
    edited June 2009
    pickle962 wrote: »
    Okay...how does alcohol save lives? It ends lives.:tmyk:
    Alcohol is also often responsible for beginning lives. "So you came from booze, and to booze you shall return!"
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited June 2009
    The drunken cycle of life :D
  • BehemothBehemoth
    edited June 2009
    I always told you, you needed to drink more. I hope you've learned your lesson now. But I'm really glad to hear you're not dead. This has got me to thinking, though. How would we know if you did die? Or anyone on the OB? It might take years before news would trickle down to your fellow OB members. I think we each need to make arrangements to ensure a notice would be posted on the OB in the case of our untimely demise. If anyone has a will already, make sure you add instructions to have a report of your death posted so we don't just wonder where you went after you've been dead for several months.
  • kukopankikukopanki
    edited June 2009
    Damn that's true. I just instructed my brother to let you guys know of when I die. Unless of course I die at like 90 years old and the OB is no longer around. Or if he dies first. OR if you have all died before me. OR if we all meet up at an OB meeting and die simultaneously. Shit, that would suck so bad.

    EDIT: GUYS THIS IS MY ONE THOUSANDTH POST. I'm officially not posting ever again, I don't want to ruin this round, perfect number that my post count displays... I'm sorry, I'll miss you all. FAREWELL.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited June 2009
    I've thought about this before. I think that if I died, my company would find out eventually. I usually carry my business card with me along with my passport and work visa, which is all on file with government offices. My family's contact information is on file in the company, so they could call my family. My sister would probably tell everyone on Facebook or something, to which Andrew would probably hear about it. Then he'd post it on the OB if he gave a shit.

    So there you go. You have to wait through five degrees of communication before you find out. By then I'll be long dead. Except for my hair and nails... dead.

    EDIT: ROB I WILL MISS YOU
  • Mish42Mish42
    edited June 2009
    If I died, I think either Eric would be the one to post it here, or one of you guys might figure it out on facebook. It would probably be long after the fact, though, so that would be depressing.

    But really now, just don't die. I don't want to be really really sad, so just keep on keepin on. When I read that post Bruce made a while back I got really dizzy, how you feel when something life changing happens. For realz, you guys mean a lot to me. I would be super sad if I found out any of you had been hurt.
  • Amoeba BoyAmoeba Boy
    edited June 2009
    If I died I would haunt the shit out of you guys. That being said, I do agree with Lauren's "don't die" plan. I'll stick to it for a few decades or so.
  • ReallyCleanSocksReallyCleanSocks
    edited June 2009
    I don't plan on dying anytime soon. I still have some... unfinished business.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited June 2009
    I propose whoever is the first person here on the OB to die should hang around on Earth and be our ghost pal. You can help us succeed at school/work, assist us with our problems, and most importantly, get into crazy hijinks and wacky shenanigans with us!
  • ReallyCleanSocksReallyCleanSocks
    edited June 2009
    Will do, cap'n.
  • brucebruce
    edited June 2009
    Serephel wrote: »
    I propose whoever is the first person here on the OB to die should hang around on Earth and be our ghost pal. You can help us succeed at school/work, assist us with our problems, and most importantly, get into crazy hijinks and wacky shenanigans with us!
    Like Teen Angel?
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited June 2009
    I am unfamiliar with with Teen Angel, but as long as there are shenanigans, I accept it.

    Because seriously, if there aren't going to be shenanigans, then there's no point.
  • ApathyApathy
    edited June 2009
    Important question though: Can ghosts still get drunk?

    Because I'd probably get pretty bored with haunting people sober all the time.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited June 2009
    An ethereal body would not be able to handle liquid drinks, but if we evaporated the alcohol for a spirit to hover in, it might be okay.
  • ApathyApathy
    edited June 2009
    What about ghost booze?

    Say, you spill the grog on the ground and break the bottle.
  • FangédFaerieFangédFaerie
    edited June 2009
    Well, it could be fun to act like a poltergeist: "If I can't drink alcohol, none of you fuckers can, either!!" and then you break all the bottles.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited June 2009
    Stupid buzzkill ghost.
  • ApathyApathy
    edited June 2009
    That sounds like something I'd do, to tell you the truth.

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