Drinking may enhance problem solving skills.

[Rockstar]

There must be some truth to this. I know since I quit drinking Ive gotten slower.

http://medicaldaily.com/news/2012041...vity-study.htm

[Herr-Berbunch]

Worth a go...

[Penguin]

So drinking enhances your skills to solve problems which you got because you drank to solve problems?

[Osmium Steele]

Purely anecdotal, of course, but I play better pool @ 1 beer an hour than without. 2 or more and I get too sloppy.

Might be anecdotal, but the sample size is immense.

[BossMark]

I once drank to forget, but then I forgot what I was drinking for.

[MH]

Creative kit.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by BossMark

I once drank to forget, but then I forgot what I was drinking for.

That nightmare you had...You know the one.

What you forgot.

That one where you were kissing John Major.


Thanks for telling me jim.

Originally Posted by Rockstar

There must be some truth to this. I know since I quit drinking Ive gotten slower.

http://medicaldaily.com/news/2012041...vity-study.htm

Yea, and Horny Goat Weed solves problems that being in good health would take care of.

When do you draw the line at useing drugs to cover up a failing in things?

I want to ride into space and have a drunk design the ride.
Not thanks!!

[u crank]

Drinking does enhance problem solving skills.

Problem: Where to find a pretty girl?

Has a few drinks. Oh there's one now.

And the next morning you have no arm because you had to chew it off so you didn't wake the ugly up next to you!!

[Rockstar]

Well you see,it's like this...

A herd of animals* can only move as fast as the slowest one.*
And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first.

This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.

In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells.

Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells.
But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.

Regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.

And that is why you always feel smarter after a few beers.

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And closely allied with this theory are the:
Five Stages of Drunkenness

(Sorry - don’t know the author)
The five stages of drunkenness

Stage 1 - Smart
This is when you suddenly become an expert on every subject. You know all and greatly wish to express this knowledge to anyone who will listen. At this stage you are also always right. And of course the person you are talking with is very wrong. You will talk for hours trying to convince someone that you are right. This makes for an interesting argument when both parties are “smart”. Two people talking, in fact, arguing about a subject neither one really knows anything about, but are convinced that they are the complete authority on the subject makes for great entertainment for those get the opportunity to listen in.

Stage 2 - Handsome/Pretty
This is when you are convinced that you are the best looking person in the entire room and everyone is looking at you. You begin to wink at perfect strangers and ask them to dance because of course they had been admiring you the whole evening. You are the center of attention, and all eyes are directed at you because you are the most beautiful thing on the face of the earth. Now keep in mind that you are still smart, so you can talk to this person who has been admiring you about any and all subjects under the sun.

Stage 3 - Rich
This is when you suddenly become the richest person in the world. You can buy drinks for the entire bar and put it on your bill because you surely have an armored truck full of your money parked behind the bar. You can also make bets in this stage. Now of course you still know all, so you will always win all your bets. And you have no concern for how much money you bet because you have all the money in the world. You will also begin to buy drinks for all the people in the bar who are admiring you because you are now the smartest, prettiest, and richest person on the face of the earth.

Stage 4 - Bulletproof
You can now pick fights with the people you have been betting money with because you cannot be hurt by anything. At this point you would go up to the boyfriend of the woman who had been admiring your beautiful self all evening and challenge him to a battle of wits for money. You have no worry about losing this battle of wits because you know all, have all the money to cover this bet, and you obviously win a fight that might erupt if he loses.

Stage 5 - Invisible
This is the final stage of drunkenness. At this point you can do absolutely anything because no one can see you. You can get up and dance on a table, to impress the people who have been admiring you all evening, because the rest of the people in the room cannot see you. You are also invisible to the person whom you have picked a fight with earlier in the evening. You can walk through the streets singing at the top of your lungs (because of course you are still smart and know the tune perfectly) and no one will think anything of it because they can’t see you. All your social inhibitions are gone. You can do anything, because no one will know. And you certainly won’t remember.

Note: I didn't write these - Don't know who did. But they're damn good.

. I didnt write them either and I think they're pretty good too.

[u crank]

Originally Posted by privateer

And the next morning you have no arm because you had to chew it off so you didn't wake the ugly up next to you!!

And you better hope none of your friends took a picture and posted it online.

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by privateer

And the next morning you have no arm because you had to chew it off so you didn't wake the ugly up next to you!!

I tried to do that once and passed out from the pain. When I woke up again I realized that I had blacked out the night before on Crazy Ron's front lawn and that my arm had tripped one of his beaver traps. Swore off drinking from that day forward and have stuck to my oath ever since. Anyway, I hear that the Cubs are playing this weekend so I better go stock up on beer. Ay-dios!

[Stealhead]

Maybe it does increase your ability to solve problems seeing as booze lowers ones inhibitions (the real reason some people end up going for the "uglier" one it is not poorer vision as much as your inhibition not to go home with the fat ugly chick is removed) so if you had an inhibition in your ability to solve problems then it might help but I doubt it will improve anything if the person already is unable to solve a problem which can be anyone given the situation take Apollo 13 they needed to solve a complex problem and they did I highly doubt they drank booze to help them think outside the box.

I would say if the person is a half wit and needs to think outside the pizza delivery box booze might help them but for most folks I do not think that alcohol will.