The Unrelenting Desire to Gain Altitude
The Unrelenting Desire to Gain Altitude
We’ve all been there. For some reason another kickback of alcohol use is the ill-advised desire to stand upon tall things. Dancing on wobbly three legged bar stools, ropey benches mounted on slippery snow, bar tops doused in alcoholic lubricant… all questionable activities when you have full body awareness but with the added challenge of being a balance impaired drunk, things can get interesting.
I recall a bar in Val Thorens that when the route to the bar was fully blocked by peoples dancing feet upon it, the staff poured a flammable liquid (probably the paint-stripper vodka they served) over both the bar and the unsuspecting shoes of the dancing drunks and promptly set fire to it. Sick genius I think you’ll agree.
Last week a schnapps riddled punter at my work took his desire for altitude to the next level and fastened himself to the rafters via his novelty braces, just dangling there… like a child in a baby bouncer.
Fortunately – this phenomenon is often followed by complete submission to the forces of gravity – see below: