Jerry was a race car driver.
22 years old.
Had one too many cold beers one night-
And wrapped himself around a telephone pole.
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Is it:
"Mmm no very unwise"
or
"Mmm very wise"
Post your wisdom and we'll decide.
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Mmm no very unwise
Drinking doesn't excuse shitty behavior or words and if you can't handle that, it means you can't handle the responsibility of drinking. And if you genuinely "can't remember", what you're experiencing is alcohol blackouts which cause brain damage every time they happen. That's not normal for most people who consume alcohol. If that's the case, you have a problem and you're killing yourself slowly.
I really hope this is received positively. My brother in law drank himself to death almost three years ago now. I still miss him every day. Alcohol is a scourge upon humanity.
Sure drinking doesn't excuse shitty behavior, but from a pragmatic point of view the concept of State Conditioned Learning applies, and it won't hurt to take up your issues with drunk them to affect positive change in their behavior. But I don't really know about all of that, because I've had a few beers.
As they say, drunk words are sober thoughts. So no, unwise.
Exactly. Drunken words and actions aren’t just synthesized by alcohol.
The phone rings, it's early, it's seven o'clock He says "Sorry I woke you, but I just had to talk" You know last night, remember when I tried to choke you I didn't mean it, I was drunk, it was only a joke
You should know that by now When the chequered flag comes down No one, no one, no one has won the race
The next night he's over and over and under And after he's finished she lies there and wonders Just why does she need him and why does she stay here? And then in the darkness she'll quietly say "Dear"
You've never really known That when the white flag is flown No one, no one, no one has won the war
They're complicated people leading complicated lives And he complicates their problems telling complicated lies He tells her he's sorry, she tells him it's over He tells her he's sorry, she says over and over
You've never really known That when the white flag is flown No one, no one, no one has won the war
There goes a forest and there goes a bluebird There goes a partridge and there goes a go train There goes an angel and there goes a steeple There goes a cop car and there goes an eagle
There goes a raven and there go the ribbons There goes a raven and there go the ribbons There goes a raven and there go the ribbons The ribbons the ribbons, the ribbons of the flag
Of the flag Of the flag Of the flag ...
Mmm, no. Very unwise.
That went pretty dark. I was talking about a guy peeing himself, but yes, that is unwise.
Sometimes I make bad decisions, but don't blame that on me, blame bad-decisions-me. Everything I do is a good decision, after all!
That motherfucker just makes boozy brunch plans for me after he finishes all my liquor. He gets to come out earlier and earlier. His decisions are my decisions insofar as I am responsible for his actions and have to support his lifestyle. But I am in effect his chauffeur.
Mmm very wise.