Hiccup … have you got the tipsy gene?

stephen says:

10:05am | 21/10/10

Yeah I got the gene alright…
And….lllllllllloving it.

fairsfair says:

11:33am | 21/10/10

Thanks mum and dad. I didn’t get this gene or anything else listed in paragraph 2 :(

I wonder if any factors influence how dominant it is though?  My father could drink. I would have bet my life on him having the gene . He could smash it the night before and blow 0.00 at 4:00am the next morning. In 1995 he decided to stop cold turkey and even refused to partake in Rum Balls at Christmas (twit I know). In 2003 he had a severe stroke and after 2 years of physio and moderate improvement he celebrated his ten years of being on the wagon, with a stubbie of XXXX. He subsequently rolled right off the side and now enjoys the odd tipple. He has reverted to a cadbury kid. He reguarly partakes in sampling the neighbours home brew and it is rather hilarious to watch him attempt the fence climb on the way home. I think he has experienced life with the gene being prominent and now without it and I have to say he is a lot more fun without it!

Gene in your bottle says:

01:00pm | 21/10/10

All this “my genes made me do it” is distracting people from the fact that despite the family history, your drinking is your issue.

And I am not being self righteous - I have too many blank memories, lost coats, missed appointments and crashing hang overs in my personal history to point fingers. However, I do blame myserf - not those family stories about an uncle, a grand father etc

Reg says:

06:10pm | 22/10/10

This has been explained before but it’s only now they’ve homed in on the gene responsible. Certain cultures of old used salt for preservation. Others used alcohol for the same task. Those who were accustomed to using alcohol gradually acquired a genetic resistance that extended their threshold of intoxication. This doesn’t explain the problem of women having a lower threshold but one can surmise. Easiest is to suppose the old man hogged the good stuff.

So if your have a high threshold then it is probably that you come from a very long line of selfish boozers.  Medication can do the same, as well as give you nightmares. I am now a two pot wreck thanks to meds. Peter Ustinov was flying my overcrowded 747 out of Paris last night and that was on just one Carlton mid-strength.