Beer...Brain Food?

Well it's Sunday morning and for the first time in weeks I have no hangover. No headache. No nauseousness. No idea. That's right, I feel top of the world, ready to get plenty done, and I can't think of one thing to post on my blog. Nothing. Nada. I did go for a few beers Friday, but took it easy as I had stuff to do Saturday morning. So here I sit, empty headed with nowt to say. Surely this is scientific evidence that beer is indeed brain food. It sure tastes a damn sight nicer than fish. So this got me wondering if there had been any momentous historical events that had taken place under the influence of alcohol. It appears that John Wilkes Booth capped president Lincoln after going on a Whiskey and Brandy bender. Perhaps not the best example of great occasions. A better example, depending on your nationality, is the battle of the Aisne river in 1918, during the Great War. On the verge of taking Paris, the Bosch, who had been without any kind luxuries for years due to Britain's naval blockade, found themselves smack in the middle of Champagne country surrounded by wine cellars bursting at the seams. Reports tell of roads impassable by vehicles due to drunken soldiers littering the streets. This allowed the allies to regroup, and the final German assault was halted. The game was up for the Hun before the year was up. Other instances of inebriation may not come as such a surprise. Anthony Burgess, for example, is quoted as having written A Clockwork Orange "in a state of near drunkenness." Anybody who has tried to read this absolute tosh, will realise this by page five. Other historical incidents include Henri Paul, the Last Supper, Captain Kidd's Hanging, the Exxon Valdez and the time I shagged Big Licky. These are all examples, that quite frankly shoot my argument to shreds. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes." ~ Oscar Wilde

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Ben Franklin