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Because I'm Mormon. And if I weren't, I wouldn't be drunk because when I drink, I cry and then fall asleep. Also, I don't like the way most alcohol tastes.
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See, I generally love the way alcohol tastes--I enjoy beers, wines, a good scotch...most alcohol I've tried, really, except for one that tasted kind of like pine needles. And I love the feel of hard liquor as it goes down. I just really don't enjoy being drunk at all.
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I enjoy alcohol to an extent,like Noemon I don't like being drunk. In fact I haven't been drunk in more years than I can count.
But I dearly love tasting wines, and when I travel one of my favorite things to do is visit wineries and taste the local vintages.
I have a nice collection of obscure wine labels, particularly from the Blue Ridge mountains area since we vacationed there. Posts: 14428 | Registered: Aug 2001
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Well, I'm glad you found some, since that's important to you. (We'll have ours sometime when I need to cook dinner in the crockpot.) Speaking of St. Patrick's Day food traditions, I ought to go prep some veggies for colcannon.
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My uncle made a batch of wine from the fruit of my parents' cherry trees that is absolutely amazing. I don't like wines made from fruit other than grapes, but this was fantastic stuff.
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1. I don't get drunk 2. I have classes. 3. It's my birthday and I want to savour every moment of it, unencumbered.
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Happy birthday Teshi! Why don't you get drunk? Is it just a general dislike of the sensation, or are there other reasons?
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Because I drank all my alcohol last night to knock myself out. Also it is 2:35 pm EST, and I never get drunk before six. Plus I hate hangovers.
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I don't get drunk (or drink that often- common misconception, I do drink) because I hate what it does to people. I'd much prefer to be sober and aware.
No other reasons. Which makes it very difficult to explain to my peers!
Alternately, the only alcahol I like the taste of is some wines. So!
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Well, the primary reason is that I have a lot of alcoholism in my family. Another reason is that my parents annoy me when they're drunk, and as a child that turned me off to drinking. And of course, I'm not actually legally allowed to drink.
I'm not really a fan of "controlled substances" outside of those ones that allow me to continue living. I think I've mentioned not drinking caffiene on this board before. (which makes me being a teetotaler a misnomer, since I don't drink tea either. Well, I do but it must be decaf.)
Which is not to say that I have anything against other people drinking. I'll spend time with people who are drinking, and I'll be the driver.. I don't think it's for me, but I don't deny anyone the privilage of something they're legally allowed to do. It's something like the way I think of the Xbox. I'd never get one, but I don't mind other people having them.
That said, I do frown on it when people my age illegally drink, but as long as they're being responsible about it, it's their choice to make whether they'll break the law or not.
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Cuz I'm 18, and if I were 21, I wouldn't: I don't drink alcohol, coffee (or caf tea), or soda in any form (religon has nothing to do with this [catholic/atheist]). I do (unfortunately) consume caffeine in my ice cream, but that's because we have it every day in my college, so I eat it every day. Do you have to drink tea to be a teetotaler? I enjoy the word and want to use it right, what's the exact def (I thought it only involved alcohol)?
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The origin of the word is tea-total-er. As in, they just drank tea, no alcohol. I believe it is, anyway. I could be wrong.;
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I'm pretty skeptical of that as the origin of the word. Not a lot of information out there on the etymology of "teetotaler", unfortunately (at least, little that I've found so far).
quote:teetotal "pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink," 1834, possibly formed from total with a reduplication of the initial T- for emphasis (T-totally "totally," not in an abstinence sense, is recorded in Kentucky dialect from 1832 and is possibly older in Irish-Eng.). The use in temperance jargon was first noted Sept. 1833 in a speech advocating total abstinence (from beer as well as wine and liquor) by Richard "Dicky" Turner, a working-man from Preston, England. Also said to have been introduced in 1827 in a New York temperance society which recorded a T after the signature of those who had pledged total abstinence, but contemporary evidence for this is wanting, and Webster (1847) calls teetotaler "a cant word formed in England."
Which doesn't support the idea that the word has anything to do with tea.
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I must admit, I'm jealous. This would be a great birthday to have. (I'm an Irish culture everything fan).
And I'm not drunk because a) Like Teshi, I don't like the feel of it or the taste of most of it anyway (although this is usually the one day a year I'll actually have a drink) and b) Like aaron, I'm writing an essay (or four) and c) I'm on a lot of anti-inflammatory drugs for a messed up foot right now (It's St. Pat's day and I'm an Irish dancer and I can't dance! *sigh*).
Edit: Also, rereading this, I think I'll name today Use As Many Parentheses As Possible Day (just because I'm doing it anyway, so it might as well be official [or as official as I can make things {Is this as many as possible yet? (I'm not sure what the rules are)}]).
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Astaril, I started having contractions late night on the 16th last year. I didn't have the baby then, but if she had been born, she would have been our second girl's name (Bridget) instead of the first, the one she ended up with (Emma), because I just couldn't see having a child on St. Patrick's Day and not giving her an Irish name. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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(and I'm not drunk because I'm 17, and when there is alcohol around I'd much rather be the one laughing at all the drunks than be one of them myself. )
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kq, I always liked the name Bridget! I've known several I've liked, and my favourite horse was also a Brigitte (not my doing). Actually, Bridget is a good Irish name for babies born on Groundhog Day too, as it's also an old Celtic festival largely centring on the goddess Brighid/St. Bridget. As for other Irish names, I have to say I've always been partial to Findabhair (equivalent of Jennifer) and Maire (Mary/Moira) for girls as well. I thought about making Findabhair my screen name on here actually, but figured no one would know how to pronounce it in their heads...
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Well, like I said, our next daughter will be Bridget. Actually, our second boy will have an Irish name, too: Ciaran Michael. I always wanted it for the first, actually, but my husband's father died when he was three, so that trumps my "I've wanted it since I was 15".
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kq, you have one kid, right? But you have names for your next 3 children picked out already? I don't even know what I'm having for dinner in the next 30 minutes!
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Actually, we have names for the next 3 girls and the first 3 boys picked out. And we've discussed others, but not agreed on them yet.
Girls:
Bridget Leia Jennifer Katherine (probably to be called "Jenny") Rebecca Elaine
Boys:
James Owen (although we may wiggle on the middle name) Ciaran Michael John Alexander (to be called "Alex", but we didn't want to saddle a kid with "Alexander Hamilton", so when he's older, he can be John if he wants)
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