?> In defense of hitting the sauce:
Exhibit A: The invention of the rocket sled.
Inspired by the effects of alcohol, a resourceful Michigan man took a page from the Wile-E-Coyote playbook: he made his own Acme Rocket Sled. Deciding that gravity did not provide sufficient propulsion for his toboggan, he fabricated a homemade rocket, and strapped it to his back. To the surprise of everyone present, things ended badly.
Exhibit B: Maximization of a taxi’s carrying capacity.
In South Africa, a normal minibus taxi can only carry 16 passengers. But since you’re heading there anyway, why not cram another 33 kids on board? That’s the kind of thinking getting drunk before breakfast is good for.
Exhibit C: The inspiration of literary masterworks.
Kerouac. Hemingway. Fitzgerald. What would the state of English literature be without varying degrees of near-fatal alcoholism?
