I had a conversation with a friend recently about the prevalence (and effects) of drunken e-mailing. I, for one, have sent an e-mail or two (or 47) under the influence of varying levels of alcohol intake. Apparently he has as well, as he related a story of moral outrage and the threatening of government officials, which these days is apparently as easy as the click of the send button. Nice!This got me to wondering just how widespread this epidemic really is (and by epidemic I mean something I personally do that I'm assuming other people do as well lest I be viewed as a complete asshole. Can a girl be an asshole? I've never thought about that before . . . but I digress).
So, I did what I always do -- I googled it (Does "google" as a verb require a capital? Discuss). Turns out there's a word for it: d-railing. Of course there's a word for it. There's a word for everything. And that takes all the flippin' fun out of it.
Anyway, I personally have found that my own e-mails are far more interesting (to me) if I have imbibed ahead of time. Not that I plan it -- typically, it just happens. But man does that keyboard fly after a couple of Killian's. Seriously. I will not admit to writing professionally after having a drink or two . . . nope, not going to admit it. You can't make me. So there.
Fortunately, at this point, I have not created any irreparable damage to my life or reputation via my communicating under the influence; however, I am not ruling out the possibility. I like to live on the edge. So, taking a casual poll from my oh-so-many readers (and then there are echoes as if shouting into a well), have you e-mailed under the influence? And how did that work out for you? Received a drunken e-mail? Share your shame and indignity. I have time.
As for drunken blogging . . . I'm only on my second margarita, so I hardly think this counts.
By the by, as I was googling I got a bit off topic and found this: Bay Area Bug Eating Society. Jesus, people are fucking weird.
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4 comments:
Firstly, "google" as a verb, does not require a capital so you are okay there A(Fn*A)S. No need to discuss, I am right. Women CAN be complete assholes, take it from me, so no need to discuss that one further either.
As for the poll, yes I have been known to have a few before writing and sending emails to friends. Hell, the only reason some people ever get an email from me is because I am drunk. Also done it when I am completely smashed to a point where I just can't see the cursor anymore or find the desparately-needed spellchecker. Fortunately, I often find these the next morning returned to my inbox, due to an "unknown email address" error. The fact that I have never bothered to then re-send a single one may say something about the quality of my completely-smashed emails (aka my "CSEs"). No bad outcomes as yet but I think I am probably on borrowed time.
But, as for threatening emails, that's certainly something I have never done. Your friend needs to take a long hard look at himself.
You are right Colin J . . . a loooong hard look is in order. I will let him know!
Also, I know that women can ACT like assholes, but do you actually CALL them assholes? It's a matter of semantics, really, and I'm still on the fence . . .
I am thinking now, too, that I should have called this post EUI (E-mailing Under the Influence) which tells me that drinking margaritas does not make me as sharp and clever as I had originally thought. Reassessing is underway . . . until happy hour.
Did you check out the bug eaters, by the way? Oddities. I love oddities.
The bug eaters?...ok....well firstly I really like the recipe in which the only 2 ingredients are bugs and grease. The bugs are cooked in the grease until they are ...well....cooked. That's it! That's the entire goddam recipe! Not even a pinch of salt? I laughed alot, that's funny just because it's there, second on the list, with a bold heading. I want the entire bug recipe book now.
And I do love the warning for the prepation of scorpions....."remember to cut off the stinger". That's what I must have missed the last time I prepared scorpions for dinner guests. Quite a relief to this budding chef that the strange aftertaste my guests commented on was just a neurotoxin after all.
And the test if a bug can be eaten or not is a good one...."observe whether or not wild animals eat the insect". So not only do I have to prepare it and cook it. I have to catch it and before doing so, I have to observe it to see if it gets eaten by a wild animal. And if a wild animal does happen to wander along at the same time as myself and and eats my insect, what the hell is it that I am supposed to cook then?
I thought they were taking the piss Angie, but I checked out some of the links, they are for real. And the really sad thing sweetie?....they have PUBLISHED BOOKS about this stuff.
Oh my god, Colin, that made me laugh so hard . . . I didn't quite take the time with it you apparently did, and I have clearly missed out on something fascinating. Can you even call that a recipe? I guess it's combining two ingredients at the most rudimentary level.
However, if a wild animal wanders by and takes your bug, I would recommend that you just go ahead and cook the wild animal. I'm sensing that would be far more satisfying than that grub you had your eye on . . .
Oh, man, that cracked me up. Nice one. Thanks for that!
I did check a couple links, by the way, to make sure it seemed real at least before I posted it, but published books? Missed that. And all I can say is that I think that just bears out my original theory, that people are f*n weird. While I am f*n awesome.
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