Slog - Comments on Drinky Quiz! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz This just in from Hot Tipper Nic: Not a Hot Tip, but a question: Who does Last Days think would win a drink-off between Jane Hague, Richard McIver, and Venus Velazquez? Would the veteran McIver’s experience win the day, or has he started slipping after decades of overindulging? Would the stick up Jane’s butt keep her upright even when she blacks out? Would Venus’ youth allow her to keep drinking all night, or would she show her inexperience by slamming shots early in the night and end up under the table? Inquiring minds need to know. Dear Nic: Thanks for... Copyright 2008 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:45:00 -0800 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:17:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Venus. Duh. And she won't think she's drunk, either.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829054 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829054 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:50:36 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale I thought the same about Jane.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829105 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:00:03 -0800 Comment by Wa Dem Mike McGavick. No contest.

]]> Wa Dem http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829129 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829129 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:08:16 -0800 Comment by Gomez A man vs two women in a drinking contest?

McIver in a walk-over. Or is it a drink-over? Either way, they'll certainly be hungover *RIMSHOT*

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829137 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829137 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:09:13 -0800 Comment by heywhatsit Gotta go with McIver. But if he loses, those two women are in for a hell of an asswhupping.

]]> heywhatsit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829146 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829146 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:11:21 -0800 Comment by tomasyalba Jane by a mile. Busted up Pioneer Square bench-sitter face, lookin like Hedwig just came to in the alley. No competition.

]]> tomasyalba http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829156 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:15:03 -0800 Comment by Scottie I picked Jane Hague solely because of this sentence: "Would the stick up Jane’s butt keep her upright even when she blacks out?"

]]> Scottie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829231 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829231 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:44:09 -0800 Comment by COMTE Gotta go with McIver - both Venus and Jane apparently see double after a couple glasses of wine, while McIver can at least get from bar to home without attracting the attention of the cops, and furthermore has the capacity to wait until he's off the street before going on a drunken rampage.

So, drink-for-drink I don't think there's any doubt he's going to hold up better than those two.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829237 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829237 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:46:17 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle McIver.

He's male, he has a larger body mass than either Venus or Jane.

Elementary blood alcohol math.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829268 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829268 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:55:30 -0800 Comment by N in Seattle Definitely not Venus. She's a rank amateur next to McIver and Hague. They were knockin' 'em back before she was born.

]]> N in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829273 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:58:59 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 Venus no way. "Two drinks" and she's crossing the double-yellows? Total lightweight.

Hague also claimed two drinks (wine, even) when she was pulled over, but she had that belligerence about her. She had the attitude of someone who drove wasted all the time and was appalled that she got pulled over.

McIver seems like more of a pro, holding court at the Four Seas on a regular basis, making it home each time, and returning to City Hall bright eyed and bushy tailed by 8am the next day.

I think McIver and Hague would be pretty even in the contest. Hague's hangover would be much worse though.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829275 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829275 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:00:23 -0800 Comment by Dougsf #11, fully agree. Now, I know some women that are real pros, but even on a level playing field, men typically metabolize alcohol faster than women.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829310 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829310 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:13:16 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle This sounds like the sort of question that rightfully ought to be settled at Drinking Liberally (but maybe after the election).

McGavick as guest referee?

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829381 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829381 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:41:53 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Jane Godden could take any and all of 'em.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829417 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:55:35 -0800 Comment by Dan What about Jan Drago as the ref?

]]> Dan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829429 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829429 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:01:39 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie I'd say Venus is disqualified because she wept and apologized, a sure sign of a novice alcoholic. McIver and Hague, however are unrepentant drunks. Still, I've gotta go with McIver due to his long blemished record. Go Dick go!

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829446 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:10:56 -0800 Comment by mattro2.0 Don't blame them for drinking and driving, it's not like they can hop an adequate mass transit system.

]]> mattro2.0 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829616 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829616 City Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:22:22 -0800 Comment by Smartypants Oh please. Jan Drago would obliterate these lightweights. I've been out drinking with her a couple of times over the years and she would leave these candyasses with their sorry heads crashed on the bar in a pool of spilled scotch, beer nuts and lime rinds in their hair with a thin line of drool trickling from their numb lips.

She'd then slide off her bar stool, trudge out the door and pour herself into the backseat of her driver's car for the ride home. Jan may be a lush with a liver like a petrified dinosaur egg, but she does plan ahead for these things.

]]> Smartypants http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829916 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c829916 City Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:25:45 -0800 Comment by None For Six Jane and Richard. Let someone else play. Please, if you live in District 6, vote a write in of NONE. Then they can go off and cry in a bottle of merlot together. http://noneforsix.blogspot.com/ .

]]> None For Six http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c836069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/drinky_quiz#c836069 City Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:17:44 -0800