Drinking stories from history that put yours to shame!


	Drinking stories from history that put yours to shame!

hitchhiker08

4-11-2008 12:56 AM

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partying, humor, drinking, london, admiral edward russell, ny state, admniral horatio nelson

hitchhiker08 says:

Alas, so much to learn from history...hic!

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4-11-2008 3:02 AM

Brimstone

I only have three driving stories, and only one is when I was completely wasted, that I had some memory loss

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Nelson<BR /> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/10/26/mf.drinking.storries/index.html"><B>1. Admiral Edward Russell's 17th-Century throwdown</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/10/26/mf.drinking.storries/index.html"><P> <B>2. 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