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grannyactivist Tue 18-Dec-12 16:03:26

(Unusually) my young lodger recently got very drunk at his firm's Christmas party and threw up on himself. In his drunken state he put his clothes in the washing machine only to find the following day that he'd washed his very expensive phone. He says he's going to be teetotal from now on.
What's the silliest/most embarrassing/most worrying thing you've done when drunk or at an office party?
(Can't 'fess up to any myself as I've never been drunk. grin )

LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 18-Dec-12 21:36:43

Good thing we installed those hidden cameras last time. wink Sounds like a very festive meet up. Merry almost Christmas!

annodomini Tue 18-Dec-12 20:07:28

Tomorrow I shall remain sober, I have toothache and I have to drive. Bah, humbug...wink

feetlebaum Tue 18-Dec-12 19:49:24

Nelliemoser - 1970s 'before drink drive rules'?

That was ALWAYS a serious matter - no breathalyser maybe, but 'sobriety tests' were still administered. However, I'll admit to driving home after a gig and as we came through Catford I had this feeling I shouldn't be driving...

whenim64 Tue 18-Dec-12 19:36:14

grin

Ariadne Tue 18-Dec-12 19:34:47

But she will!

whenim64 Tue 18-Dec-12 19:26:15

Nellie Greatnan has an awful lot of gossiping chatting to do, to catch up with us all. She'll have to talk ten to the dozen to fit it all in grin

Nelliemoser Tue 18-Dec-12 19:00:07

If Greatnan sounds "perky" now what will she be like after lunch tomorrow. grin (Apologies to Greatnan who is off line at present and can't see what we are saying so we mustn't tease her too much.) Only a little bit.

johanna Tue 18-Dec-12 18:52:35

It's o.k. for you jeni. You are escaping to the high seas.
None of us will ever know..
Hope you have a lovely cruise.

jeni Tue 18-Dec-12 18:50:22

Should be PLEASE! It's NOT PERMISSION

whenim64 Tue 18-Dec-12 18:50:04

Oy nelliemoser you're grassing us up grin. That nice young man remembers us all fom last time. I've just had a welcome phone call from Greatnan to say she's looking forward to tomorrow. She sounds very perky! smile

jeni Tue 18-Dec-12 18:49:37

Ladies!
Lease behave yourselves with the appropriate decorum!

Remember, you are representing GRANSNET!

Nelliemoser Tue 18-Dec-12 18:46:14

There is a North west meet up tomorrow. Who knows what might happen! Greatnan might start dancing on the table, Anno on the bar! She and When are on good terms with the the barman.
I shall stay sober and report back. wink

jeni Tue 18-Dec-12 18:42:45

An engineers party before I married! Many drinks and I was the only one who could remember all the verses of
We are, we are, we are the engineers
We can, we can demolish 40 beers etc

Ana Tue 18-Dec-12 18:40:01

johanna! grin Everyone would have to be talking in the past, wouldn't they? Unless they were in the middle of a drunken exploit right now, of course...hmm

johanna Tue 18-Dec-12 18:37:30

jess
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!
grin grin

Nelliemoser Tue 18-Dec-12 18:36:52

JessM grin grin grin did they throw you out?

JessM Tue 18-Dec-12 18:32:13

Oh and then there was the time we went to a posh wedding in one of the "inns" in the legal section in London. A social worker DH knew was marrying a leftie barrister.
Lots of champagne on an empty stomach (not even a kiosk open to buy something for lunch beforehand in that area, so on an empty stomach). More wine with meal. Rather grand surroundings - oak beams, portraits of illustrious judges etc. Bit like an Oxford college dining hall - one of the older ones m'dear. Picture Hogwarts if that helps.
Finally, after port, stagger to the ladies where, while queueing, I announce, very loudly, in this bastion of the legal system "What we need now girls, is a joint!"
I hasten to add this was about 20 years ago and I don't do that kind of thing any more, except when I go to GN parties.

annodomini Tue 18-Dec-12 18:28:48

Ramblers' holidays have also been the scene of my finest hours, Nellie. In Majorca, under the influence of free-flowing sangria wine , I remembered and - heaven help us - sang all the verses of Loch Lomond. Can I remember them - or sing them - now? No.

johanna Tue 18-Dec-12 18:19:43

How sweet that everybody is talking in the past...................

Nelliemoser Tue 18-Dec-12 18:05:20

The worst thing I did was probably in the early 1970s driving home from a very boozy works New Year party through North London (before drink drive rules.) I am horrified about that now.

At an NWR summer barbeque I got so drunk on home made wine and was having such I good time that I forgot to pick my DD up from Guides. I have never been allowed to forget that!

I last got legless on a ramblers holiday in Greece in about 2002. Yes I was then old enough to know better! blush At the dinner the wine was flowing too freely but what really got me and DH was the ouzo.

Afterwards the room was moving, by 6am I was sitting by the toilet throwing up. Then crawled back to bed to recover. About midday we made it out to a cafe for some tonic water and then walked delicately around the harbour. I eventually discovered I was wearing one flip flop and one trekking sandal. (On different feet I hasten to say.)

Given that I have usually managed to make it to a loo to throw up. I do have some standards! wine

kittylester Tue 18-Dec-12 17:55:56

There's still time number let us know what you get up to! grin

Apparently, one year I made the best Christmas lunch ever but, having finished off the champagne while the rest of them were at the pub, I don't remember it! shock

Might try that again this year!

numberplease Tue 18-Dec-12 17:52:34

Sorry, never ever been drunk.

Ana Tue 18-Dec-12 17:51:24

Do thongs feature at all, phoenix? grin

jeni Tue 18-Dec-12 17:48:55

Come on Phoenix have some Dutch courage and 'fess up!

JessM Tue 18-Dec-12 17:48:11

Making a complete and utter a**e of myself on a first date. When I was between husbands. I have consigned details to the trash bin section of my mind.
Note to any newly divorced grans: Don't. However nervous you are. Alcohol won't help.