Blaming hangovers on everything except alcohol, C/D

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Do you know people who do this? A friend of mine, when hungover, always blames it anything but the booze, i.e. "I'm hungover because I didn't eat/sleep/drink enough water," it's never the alcohol.

Heard any other hangover excuses that don't involve alcohol?

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:09 (twenty years ago)

"It's not the booze - I think I'm coming down with something"

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

Antibiotics
Curry
Funny pint

― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

ah. exactly what i just said on the other thread !
of course, after 6 pints, i know why i'm hangover... the problem is why i'm also when i've only had 1-2 or even none !

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27832

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:24 (twenty years ago)

The worst is when you think you're hungover but you actually are ill, because it means you've denied yourself a whole morning of sympathy.

― James Ward (jamesmichaelward), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Food Poisoning...
Fish Allergies.

(OK, in both of those cases, the hangover was significantly worse than the usual bad hangover. But still.)

― Boris and the Johnsons (kate), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:25 (twenty years ago)

Damn you Onion.

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Too much sugar in the mixers
Too many cigarettes

― novamax (novamax), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:49 (twenty years ago)

cigarettes make hangovers much worse actually. but i couldn't drink without smoking too. if i quit one, i'll quit both. how fine i will feel then...

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

Yah maybe that's the thing. Even if I only have one drink I tend to use that as an excuse to smoke 15 cigarettes in one sitting. Hence, the bad sleep

― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:25 (twenty years ago)

I only smoke when I drink. And yeah, I think it does make things worse.

― novamax (novamax), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:27 (twenty years ago)

it sure does. makes you feel like someone lit a fire in your chest and turned your organs into crisp. i think it's valid to blame a hangover on cigaretts, because at least 50% of my hangover symptoms always come from excess smoking. fuck that.

― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:43 (twenty years ago)

Second-hand smoke's a killer, too. Hangovers as a result of drinking at a non-smoking establishment or a friend's house = much more tolerable than ones earned at smoke-laden dive bars.

― will(iam), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

only people with low pain threashold have "hangovers", other people feel a bit rough but don't talk about it.

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:47 (twenty years ago)

OTM!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:47 (twenty years ago)

ken c must be under 30.

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:48 (twenty years ago)

Indeed.

― Boris and the Johnsons (kate), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

People who talk about hangovers are often the ones who talk incessantly about how drunk they are while they're drinking.

See: person who has 1.5 beers and is "tooooootally WASTED."

Ken C OTM! I'm not under 30.

― The Milkmaid (of human kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

If it's my own fault that I feel like shit, I should keep it to myself.

― The Milkmaid (of human kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

Sorry to hear that, Milkmaid. You sure sound under 30, esp. if you're hanging out with people who say things like "tooooootally WASTED."

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:56 (twenty years ago)

Are you joking?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:57 (twenty years ago)

well, i talk a lot about hangovers (mainly to say that i don't feel too good everyday) but don't talk at all about being drunk. i'm too busy downing my 5 daily pints ! (by the way it's time to leave the office and meet my pint friends...).

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:58 (twenty years ago)

if you're downing your 5 pints you can't be that busy....

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:00 (twenty years ago)

i mean, downing takes about 30 seconds each?

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:00 (twenty years ago)

high fives all around

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:01 (twenty years ago)

Oh, the people I hang out with don't do that -- but I've heard cries of drunkenness, I have ears. I am not going to defend how old I am! I'm old!

― The Milkmaid (of human kindness) (The Milkmaid), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

People who talk incessantly abt their hangovers are the same people who, aside from being hungover, keep telling you JUST HOW SICK THEY ARE when they're sick. Or think they are. People who are ACTUALLY really hungover and/or sick don't have to mention it because you take one look at them and say "oh my god, what happened and should I bring you a bucket to vom in because you look totally exhausted and also green."

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 18:04 (twenty years ago)

Being hungover at work is a waking nightmare but it is even worse if you mention it. For me anyway. Especially since I'm not known as a drinker and I get to hear my coworkers jibe me about possibly slutting it up while slossled.

― Abbott (Abbott), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

Dirty glass on that penultimate pint, innit.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 19:28 (twenty years ago)

http://images.ecampus.com/images/d/014/058001171014.gif

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 19:28 (twenty years ago)

Many times I blame my hangovers, and correctly, on dehydration. And people look at you like you're a retard if you drink water in a bar.

― boghead (boghead), Thursday, 23 February 2006 10:44 (twenty years ago)

if you're downing your 5 pints you can't be that busy....

ah. i don't drink in the daytime ! days are for hangovers. nights are for drinks... so 5 pints between the end of work day and bedtime are enough to make the next day pretty hard sometimes !

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Thursday, 23 February 2006 10:50 (twenty years ago)

i'm too busy downing my 5 daily pints ! (by the way it's time to leave the office and meet my pint friends...).

Haha I read this as

i'm too busy downing my 5 daily pints ! (by that time it's time to leave the office [...}

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 23 February 2006 10:55 (twenty years ago)

And people look at you like you're a retard if you drink water in a bar.

Only if they're cocks.

It is extra key in summer to order at least one pint of water for every 2 pints of beer.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 23 February 2006 10:59 (twenty years ago)

I am doing this today, but I honestly don't think I drank enough last night to warrant throwing up all morning. Luckily (not for him) my manager is in exactly the same state, so there is "something going around."

― Anna (Anna), Thursday, 23 February 2006 11:54 (twenty years ago)

i've always wondered how much people notice when you're hungover at work... most of the times, i try to avoid any contact/conversation and just hide in my office until the day is over to make sure no one notices and leave me alone !

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Thursday, 23 February 2006 11:58 (twenty years ago)

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