The base drunk
A few years ago my friend Derek and I were looking to go out drinking. We knew that the main event was happening much later in the day but our thirst was insatiable. So we parked in front of the TV and began our adventure. A football game or two later and we were pretty messed up. It was still the middle of the day and we only had plans for that evening. It was at this point that we ran out of drinks. Instead of going out to get more we simply let the drunk play itself out. Eventually we reached a level of sobriety that was a very close cousin of dead-sober.
Later on in the night we went to a party. We found that our drunk (which had been all but extinguished by time and food) easily reappeared. It was a miracle. We were able to enjoy the drunken level we had attained earlier in the day without any of the work. Thus the “base drunk” was born. I don’t remember who coined the phrase, Derek or myself, but I do know that it is both apt and apropos. And that, my good friends, is the story of the “base drunk”. Use this knowledge wisely.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Interesting new phrase. Base drunk is also frequently achieved during Happy Hours and “Brunch”. The downside is that it makes me really sleepy, so I tend to skip the base drunk and just drink a whole at once right before I go out, which I’ve called “pre-gaming.”
August 13th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
It is to be noted that this is slightly different (as you’ve said) than pre-gaming (which we also call it). With a base drunk you are drunk and then become sober and then drunk again. Pre-gaming is just drinking before you go to drink some more. Cheers!
August 13th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
You wrote a blog about this just so I couldn’t use it in Houston and claim it as my own, didn’t you? Sneaky bastard.
August 13th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Tay tay… I’ll refer you to this link here