It really suprises me how much alchohol greases the wheels of business.

mainegreen

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Fri May-16-08 09:11 AM
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It really suprises me how much alchohol greases the wheels of business.

It seems to me that drunk is not the best state to make business decisions.

Maybe I'm missing something?

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Fri May-16-08 09:18 AM
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1. It really suprises me how much alchohol greases the wheels of life itself

seems like every other person i meet is leading an alchohol impaired life.

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Deep13

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Fri May-16-08 10:20 AM
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2. My father-in-law goes to Japan every now and then for business.

Aparently, every evening, Japanese businessmen replace their blood with alcohol.

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mainegreen

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Fri May-16-08 11:01 AM
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3. That's explains the popularity of karaoke I think.

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Fri May-16-08 11:32 AM
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8. Apparently, my BIL was the karaoke hit of Tokyo.

I guess the songs were in English, Barry Manilow and stuff.

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datasuspect

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Fri May-16-08 11:07 AM
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5. when i was in real estate

we had a guy from the london office come around for a week.

i went to take a crap and he was puking his guts up in the sink. seems him and senior management tore one on at a strip club and they were all worse for wear.

as far as the japanese, you better not be a lightweight. they are some of the drinkingest motherfuckers out there.

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datasuspect

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Fri May-16-08 11:05 AM
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4. some of the best old school businessmen/owners/principals

always started drinking around 10 am.

the candy asses infesting most businesses nowadays aren't worthy to lick their wing tips.

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tonkatoy57

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Fri May-16-08 11:20 AM
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6. Think about it

The golden age of American business was also the golden age of the two martini lunch.

Coincidence? I think not.

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SoxFan

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Fri May-16-08 11:23 AM
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7. I think it should be used in government

Personally, I think a drinking game might improve our local city council meetings. Every time a member of the board refers to the aldermen as "the aldermans", or justifies some ludicrous proposal by saying "the people wants good services", you have to slam a shot of Jack.

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Deep13

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Fri May-16-08 11:34 AM
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9. Sounds like a plan.

Edited on Fri May-16-08 11:35 AM by Deep13

We could have negotiated an end to the Iraq war with that, between Pelosi and Bush. Everytime someone says "support" and "troops" in the same sentence, take a drink.

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Fire Walk With Me

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Fri May-16-08 11:35 AM
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10. Check the ingredients in your food and drink and note how much sugar greases the wheels of America.

Modified corn starch, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, maltose, sucrose, lactose, etc. Even "sugar-free" sweeteners like Equal are pure dextrose, which is sugar.

We're being drugged on many levels.

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mainegreen

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Fri May-16-08 11:42 AM
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11. Ung. Don't get me started on sugar and corn syrup.

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