Comments on: Bottoms Up! http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/ Adventures of a writer living in New Zealand Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:17:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: anny cook http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11278 anny cook Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:57:39 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2659#comment-11278 Heh. Just finished reading an old Nora Roberts that has the funniest "drunk" scene in it that I've ever read. I don't think the descriptive words are so important as getting the action right...and she certainly did that. Heh. Just finished reading an old Nora Roberts that has the funniest “drunk” scene in it that I’ve ever read. I don’t think the descriptive words are so important as getting the action right…and she certainly did that.

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11250 Shelley Munro Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:16:36 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2659#comment-11250 Thanks for that, Lucinda. I thought that sheets must be the sails. Now I know better! Thanks for that, Lucinda. I thought that sheets must be the sails. Now I know better!

]]> By: Lucinda http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11245 Lucinda Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:52:07 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2659#comment-11245 I found this site on the internet that tells the origin of that expression. It's a nautical saying: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/three-sheets-to-the-wind.html I found this site on the internet that tells the origin of that expression. It’s a nautical saying: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/three-sheets-to-the-wind.html

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11226 Shelley Munro Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:31:49 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2659#comment-11226 Lauren - no, you shouldn't be drinking at the moment. :grin: Pamela LOL - thanks for stopping by. Elaine - hammered is a good decription. A zombie too. I've just read a book with zombies in it so this one made me laugh. Lauren – no, you shouldn’t be drinking at the moment.

Pamela LOL – thanks for stopping by.

Elaine – hammered is a good decription. A zombie too. I’ve just read a book with zombies in it so this one made me laugh.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11220 Elaine Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:16:05 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2659#comment-11220 Sloshed? Wiped? Hammered? Juiced? Intoxicated? A zombie? Bombed? Out of it? Jeesh. And I don't even drink! Good luck! Sloshed? Wiped? Hammered? Juiced? Intoxicated? A zombie? Bombed? Out of it?

Jeesh. And I don’t even drink!

Good luck!

]]> By: Pamela Kramer http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11215 Pamela Kramer Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:49:49 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2659#comment-11215 Seems like so long ago - oh wait it has been. Great list. Seems like so long ago – oh wait it has been. Great list.

]]> By: Lauren Murphy http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11214 Lauren Murphy Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:43:48 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2659#comment-11214 I'm not allowed to have those types of drinks at the moment but I'll have to keep that list in mind when I'm allowed again. Some of those words are very interesting... I’m not allowed to have those types of drinks at the moment but I’ll have to keep that list in mind when I’m allowed again. Some of those words are very interesting…

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11213 Shelley Munro Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:42:47 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2659#comment-11213 Janice - Marc's book is excellent. I use it all the time. Babette - all very good descriptions. I've used a few of them in my time. Janice – Marc’s book is excellent. I use it all the time.

Babette – all very good descriptions. I’ve used a few of them in my time.

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11212 Shelley Munro Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:41:37 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2659#comment-11212 Brenda - I've heard blotto used but pixated is a new one to me. Maya - Yep, it says it all really! :mrgreen: Heather - I wish I was going to Nationals. Brenda – I’ve heard blotto used but pixated is a new one to me.

Maya – Yep, it says it all really!

Heather – I wish I was going to Nationals.

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/07/09/bottoms-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11211 Shelley Munro Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:38:47 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2659#comment-11211 Lucinda - I've heard that expression used as well. I have no idea where it came from either. Paige - my grandmother used to say - tipsy. My father used to use the word shicker when it came to drunks. I've no idea where that came from. Lucinda – I’ve heard that expression used as well. I have no idea where it came from either.

Paige – my grandmother used to say – tipsy. My father used to use the word shicker when it came to drunks. I’ve no idea where that came from.

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