[Bellman]

Snippets about Sauce.
Painless extractions from The Times 23rd Dec. Health News.

1. 'A sobering study of hangover cures' Nigel Hawkes Health Editor.

'Hangovers have no cure according to a comprehensive search of medical literature. Despite mans
ingenuity in devising antidotes to alcohol, none has yet stisfied the gold standard of evidence,
the randomised controlled trial, conclude a team from the Peninsula Medical School

Dr. Max Pittler and colleagues found only eight studies met their criteria, but did not include
Vegamite-on-toast,cabbage, hair-of-th-dog, kidney dialysis,rubbing the armpits with a lemon,
or (sadly) a Full English Breakfast, all sovereign remediea according to some. ''The paucity
of randomised controlled trials is in stark contrast to the plethora of 'hangover cures'
marketed on the internet,' they remark in the British Medical Journal.'


2. 'Commons consume 800 pints a day' Greg Hurst.

'Democracy is thirsty work - according to details supplied in response to parliamentary questions
posed by Norman Baker Lib. Dem. MP. He said ''It looks like MPs spent the year having a trial
run for 24-hour drinking. But earnestly they have been doing their best to prop up the brewing industry.'' '


3. 'Optic illusion could net you a free drink ?' Nigel Hawkes

'An optical illusion makes a tall slim glass look fuller than a short fat one,US marketing
specialists have found. People pouring drinks are unduly influenced by the height of the glass,
and fail to compensate for width. This means that what looks a decent measure in a tall glass
appears small in a fat one - even though both contain identical amounts. The tests were carried
out by Brian Wansink (?) of Cornell University and Koert van Ittersum of Georgia Institute of Technology.'

The moral of this short story is if you are a Host of Scrooge spirit pour into tall glasses .........................
and guzzle-guts Guests ask for a double in a short glass.

Now my Liberty sub has cleared shallow waters, I'm diving deep, so au revoir - happy holiday.