UK Vs. US eating

Strictly speaking, it should be drinking but people do frown upon it so.

Thing is, my Brother in Law (BIL) in the US [the one whose drinking preference I know] prefers to eat, then drink. His logic is impeccable: After you've had more than you can take, you pass out. So you can't eat then. Better to eat first, so you can drink until you pass out and be assured that you've had your daily ration of protein, pulses and whatever the heck they say we must have daily.

I've been doing that for ages and, if I am to believe everyone I meet, I should have disappeared long ago.

I mean:
1994: You've lost weight!
1995: You've lost weight!
1997: You've lost weight!
1998: You've lost weight!
Do I really need to go from '98 to'07? It's always, "You've lost weight!".

Heck, if I started with a weight of 100 kg., I'd still be about -50 kg, if you believe the "You've lost weight" Brigade.

Anyway, I was saying... I was intoduced to the UK way when I was, perhaps inadvertently, certainly to their regret, invited to Keefieboy's hearth and home and got to experience the UK way of intoxication.

It's WAY better than the American way. Here's how it works:

First you have a drink.

Then you watch a movie or play a game or something, drinking all the while. Somewhere halfway into the fun and games, you notice a strange thunder. It seems to come from a distance.

Ten minutes, no more, later, you realise the thunder is as distant as your tummy is from your ears, as indeed it is.

By this time, the host/hostess has announced the salad.

Darned if I didn't dig in! And after that, whatever was the course, I ate it, squid included. I suspect Keefie is missing a couple of shoelaces I thought were strands of spaghetti (which, of course, were NOT on the menu) but I did eat everything in sight that seemed edible. And quite a bit that didn't really seem edible, like the squid.

Anyway, what I was trying to say is, I now endorse the UK way of eating.

Expect fatter fingers in six months.

Deepak