Missing Quarts 2015-12-31

[jwhouk]

They're still over-hung, though.

[Alkarii]

I didn't realize they were unnecessarily endowed men...

[Catawampus]

That looks to be about a quart container . . . not that it matters if they drank 5 one-quart containers, one five-quart container, or twenty half-pints . . . Unless they're getting some significant extra resistance or higher metabolic rates from being paranormals or that stuff is lower than 30 proof, 12 ounces of alcohol is enough to knock two inexperienced drinkers - especially females, who typically have lower resistance - on their backsides. (5 quarts at 32 ounces each = 160 ounces split between two drinkers = 80 oz each at 30 proof or 15% alcohol by volume = 12 ounces pure alcohol)

They must have higher resistance, since the Wikipedia article on blood alcohol says that should translate to a blood alcohol level high enough to be life-threatening, depending on what assumptions you make about weight, time to consume and metabolization rates. That's assuming one standard drink to contain one-half ounce of alcohol, in which case they had 16 standard drinks!

Atsali will probably peak lower than Nadette due to higher body weight, but would probably sustain the effects longer due to temporary storage of alcohol in body fat.

I'd guess that they're both still rather drunk.

--FreeFlier

Well, remember that both of them have the ability to make some of their body mass just "go away" somewhere. Perhaps some of that extra mass soaked up the extra alcohol, or their bodies naturally partitioned off some of the alcohol in storage somewhere (which could then lead to them staying tipsy for days to come as they gradually absorb the stored spirits).

[FreeFlier]

I've seen patients that came onto my table from an accident where you figured the blood ought to typed, cross-matched and PROOFED! Sponges coming from the wound soaked in blood giving off fumes of alcohol enough to impair my abilities... and I was a heavy drinker myself back then. . . .

I was once at an accident scene where the police dispatcher described the drunk driver on the air as "f___ing pickled." That was the third time he'd killed someone drunk driving . . . he'd just been released from his last drunk-driving sentence earlier that day or the day before. The prosecutor wanted to go for murder one but couldn't prove premeditation, so he settled for second-degree, citing depraved indifference to human life, and got it. Then the judge sent the drunk to the furthest-away prison in the state . . . AFAIK it all stuck. (BTW, this happened between 1989 and 1992, when they were finally taking drunk driving seriously, and this guy was the poster child.)

. . . But a couple of neophites downing THAT much hootch in one night? Yea, they got something going on beyond the average human drinker, no doubt...

Yes . . . though I did assume that it was all alcoholic, which is not necessarily a valid assumption. I would expect that a lot of people have both premixed and non-alcoholic on hand, premixed for the people that prefer that, non-alcoholic for people who want no alcohol, or find the premix too strong, or want to mix their choice of booze into the stuff. And since the girls didn't know that any of it is alcoholic, they likely grabbed a mixture.

. . . . I'd guess that they're both still rather drunk.

Well, remember that both of them have the ability to make some of their body mass just "go away" somewhere. Perhaps some of that extra mass soaked up the extra alcohol, or their bodies naturally partitioned off some of the alcohol in storage somewhere (which could then lead to them staying tipsy for days to come as they gradually absorb the stored spirits).

True, and being a flying being in her other form Atsali would be expected to have a higher than normal metabolism, like a bird does.

And I would expect transformations - even partial ones - to be energy-intensive, so Nadette likely burned off some extra too.

. . . The fact that the delivery system was eggnog would slow intake greatly. I like eggnog, but it's so heavy I really wouldn't be able to drink it fast. . . .

Yep . . . the "blotting paper" principle: eat rich food with your booze and it slows down assimilation, but not metabolization.

In college I used to know someone who would eat rye bread soaked in olive oil before serious drinking . . . it gave him an amazing capacity, but he stayed drunk much longer.

. . . Just sayin' from my experience. And I learned that if you drink a glass of water before you go to sleep, the instances and symptoms of hang over are greatly reduced.

I've been told that sports drinks and vitamins help too . . . that most of a hangover is dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.

--FreeFlier

[TazManiac]

Being well hydrated and taking the Aspirin BEFORE you go to bed helps a great deal.

[DilyV]

Unless I missed it, these two may not be out of the woods yet...

Remember Atsali said the cabin was like a ski lodge... but the location says Berdine and Nadette's house. Okay, where are Berdine and the parentals while all this is going on? And what if the five cartons of eggnog WERE expired? I'm seeing two very sick young paras in the near future if it was...

[Catawampus]

Remember Atsali said the cabin was like a ski lodge... but the location says Berdine and Nadette's house. Okay, where are Berdine and the parentals while all this is going on? And what if the five cartons of eggnog WERE expired? I'm seeing two very sick young paras in the near future if it was...

I was under the impression that, what with the ursamorph family being wealthy, this place is something like their little weekend cabin in the woods. The rest of the family may be back in their town house, or their beach cottage in Jamaica, or wherever.

[TazManiac]

Yeah, it's not their house it's ONE of their House(s).

[Gyrrakavian]

Well at least Atsali has enough insight into her own ditziness, that she can come up with a good excuse for the missing eggnog

5 quarts --> that would be 5 of the cartons we saw in the eggnogbinge comic, right? With that much eggnog they got of lightly. Although if the hangover persists the excuse won't really work, especially if there are loud noises (I'm waiting for the little weed to bust in running around yelling) ...

Yep if 5 quarts are missing you're looking at 4.7 Litres or so. As far as the hangover goes... 2 and a half cartons each, most store bought eggnog with alcohol added in already I know of is 30 proof and a whole lot of sugar... For comparison Jack Daniels and most other drinks are 80 proof, some higher. Going to depend on how their bodies metabolize it really.

For instance I'm not exactly what one would call small. I can sit at home with a six pack of pint cans of cheap beer, 2 decent size glasses of Scotch, climb into bed and wake up 7 hours later with no issues. Few friends introduced me to this new stuff which is pretty much Root Beer with alcohol in it. Had 6 of those, woke up the next morning and honestly thought my head was gonna pop off my shoulders.

Was it called 'Root 100' by any chance, was it? That stuff is 100 proof.

[Raventhorne]

Small Town Brewery says its "Not Your Father's Root Beer" is 10% ABV.
Most commercially packaged "hard" eggnog appear to be in the 25-50 proof range.

YUM is all i am going to say as i nurse my hangover.. hehe sorry for the late post i was recovering from the holidays, never try to mix 100 year old Saki with eggnog.. me and my wife learned the hard way on trying to induce a amnesia coma so we could forget how much we spent on are daughter