Re: beer for algernon

Elizabeth Childs (echilds@linex.com)
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 16:11:15 -0700

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Spike Jones <spike66@ibm.net>
>
> >The consumption of alcohol is known to kill brain cells, but fortunately
> >it kills the slowest and weakest brain cells first. This is why one gets
> >so much smarter after three or four beers. Perhaps you should drink
> >more. {8^D spike

I had a friend whose theory was that you should get good and drunk whenever you have a cold. See, alcohol kills germs, right? So you need to raise the alcohol level in your blood to kill the germs.