Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable...

[naka_sama]

"The record for history's largest cocktail belongs to British Lord Admiral Edward Russell. In 1694, he threw an officer's party that employed a garden's fountain as the punch bowl

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[the_remora]

Heh heh.

In a book that is inexplicably wildly popular at the moment, Water for Elephants, the elephant (who is the best character) is a bit of a drunk. Seems they're notorious.

George and Martha aren't elephants but they're the closest I have. And I believe one of them may have been intoxicated at some point.

[naka_sama]

My favorite story is the first, because I like to picture the giddy men in the canoes. However, I find the whole party going on until the fountain was empty angle a bit sketchy. Who would want to keep drinking liquor that had been sitting outside collecting debris, people's filthy hand grit, etc. for a full week? Given the levels of intoxication I'd guess the fountain had probably hosted at least a few naked bodies by that point. Then again, if they were all still really drunk...

[the_remora]

I agree, but I suppose they were a bit more tolerant of questionably clean foodstuffs back then. (I was trying to think of the term for beverages corresponding to "edibles," but it's not happening.)

[naka_sama]

Potables?