Drunken Uni

[cosmic_dave]

Can you ride while drunk?

discuss.

[skrobo]

my (older) brother can, esp if I put his crank back on because he's too drunk to do it

[monkeyman]

I can't ride sober.


kidding

[burjzyntski]

most of the time, yes.

some nights, no.

depends whether it was liquor (no) or beer (yes).

if I can't ride, then I know I'm drunk.

[maestro8]

When I was in college I'd ride my uni to happy hour at the neighborhood bar. I'd eat the free food, then drink until the room spun, then ride home. After enough practice, I could ride home one-footed, or backwards.

When drinking, if I can stand upright, then I can still ride.

Now if I can only substitute a unicycle ride for a field sobriety test, then I could get around those pesky roadblocks ;) :p

[ntappin]

I can uni no problem and one foot with difficulty but I can still do it most of the time. Thats about the extent of my skills, I have a hard time rolling hopping aswell but I can do sif hops about curb height and a bit more no problem.

[burjzyntski]

yeah, rolling hops definately arent as safe as regular riding while drunk.

the uni likes to stay where it is as you jump forwards. you can imagine the problems that might arise when this happens.

i know that there's a picture of me riding my 24" while drunk. i saw the picture about a week later and had absolutely no recollection of the experience.

[DK]

The other night I was shitfaced as hell on my uni and rode into a car. To my surprise, the driver wasn't pissed, and I didnt mess up his car. Still was dumb ass hell though. 90 percent of the time I can.

[unisteve]

I did once-- all the way to work. I stepped off the uni twice when I can normally do the whole distance without dismounting.

[ntappin]

yeah, rolling hops definately arent as safe as regular riding while drunk.

the uni likes to stay where it is as you jump forwards. you can imagine the problems that might arise when this happens.

i know that there's a picture of me riding my 24" while drunk. i saw the picture about a week later and had absolutely no recollection of the experience.

I found I would always jump too early or too late, so to jump a curb I would either try and jump when I got to the curb and I would hit it as I was rolling or I would jump like two feet too early and land like on the edge of the curb :p I'm sure it would have been amusing to see though.

I have only been drunk while riding once though, that was in Toronto and I didn't know where I was going or where anything was. I could ride no problem but my sense of direction was really messed up so I got lost for four hours.

[Denali]

Raced down stairs drunk once....I won :)

[sugarloafur]

I would ride my uni drunk if I drank...

[ntappin]

Raced down stairs drunk once....I won :)

You are insane, and very impressive. I would be very scared to go down stairs drunk.

[markf]

i can ride pretty well whilst drunk. i've never tried to uni really really drunk though. that might be a project for this weekend...

[john_childs]

Yes. It's one of the things that college (university) teaches you.

Just make sure that you try this on private property and not on a public road or sidewalk (pavement).

[DK]

Just make sure that you try this on private property and not on a public road or sidewalk (pavement).
...Or you run into cars like me :rolleyes:

[john_childs]

...Or you run into cars like me :rolleyes:
Or you get arrested for the equivalent of a DUI. Don't do that.

[boo radley]

i can ride pretty well whilst drunk.
what's up with americans using the word whilst?

[tomtrevor]

what's up with americans using the word whilst?
i use the word whilst and im not American!

[ThisGuyIKnow]

I did once-- all the way to work. I stepped off the uni twice when I can normally do the whole distance without dismounting.

The bigger question is why are you going to work drunk?

[burjzyntski]

sometimes 'whilst' sounds more appropriate than 'while'.
kind of like 'who' and 'whom' - it all depends on the context.

[maestro8]

The bigger question is why are you going to work drunk?
The biggest question is why aren't you going to work drunk?

[boo radley]

sometimes 'whilst' sounds more appropriate than 'while'.
kind of like 'who' and 'whom' - it all depends on the context.
here (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/w/who-whom.html)is some help with the who/whom thing. "whilst" is never more appropriate than "while" for americans, unless you just feel like being pretentious.

[ThisGuyIKnow]

sometimes 'whilst' sounds more appropriate than 'while'.
kind of like 'who' and 'whom' - it all depends on the context.

As Boo Radley already pointed out Who and Whom are not interchangable.

As for "whilst" people (read Americans) use it sound old fashioned and possibly more literary, it's not really common usage.

As for the topic of this thread. I find it humourous that many, probably most (but I cant' be certain because some posters ahve no age listed and others live in foreign countries whose laws I am not 100% familiar with) are not even legally old enough to drink.

[DK]

As for the topic of this thread. I find it humourous that many, probably most (but I cant' be certain because some posters ahve no age listed and others live in foreign countries whose laws I am not 100% familiar with) are not even legally old enough to drink.
Why is that?

[forrestunifreak]

Why is that?
..because....it's just funny...

some of the people in this thread are younger than me... like you.

[DK]

<sarcasm> Fool, you just whish you could down cough syrup and 40s like me.</sarcasm>

[ThisGuyIKnow]

Why is that?

Because it's typically those who aren't allowed to drink that brag about their drinking habits as if other people would be impressed by them.

[burjzyntski]

Well, can you ride a unicycle while drunk, GuyI'mGladNotToKnow, or did you just come in here to criticize everything?

And I don't remember ever saying that who and whom were interchangeable, I even pointed out that it depends on the context as to which one would be most appropriate...

I don't consider answering the OP's question bragging...

[ThisGuyIKnow]

Well, can you ride a unicycle while drunk, GuyI'mGladNotToKnow, or did you just come in here to criticize everything?

And I don't remember ever saying that who and whom were interchangeable, I even pointed out that it depends on the context as to which one would be most appropriate...

I don't consider answering the OP's question bragging...

You said that who and whom were like while and whilst in that sometimes one sounds more appropriate. But there are grammar rules that dictate the use of who and whom, whereas while and whilst are interchangably grammaticly. Thus they are not similar to who and whom, which you stated they were. Therefore you are still wrong.

Ok you aren't bragging, but you are still acting like an expert on drinking when in fact you are still a minor and by law shouldn't be drinking at all. I still consider that humorous.

As for my own drinking and unicycling experience. At Unicon X I did participate in the drink til you fall off your unicycle competition at the final party. I was still a minor by US standards, but this was China so my drinking was legal. Most people were using beer, but several us were drinking a bottle of some rice liquor that Andy Cotter had been given for his official business. It smelled like turpentine. I think I had four shots before I had to dismount, but even then it was because someone cut me off and i preferred to dismount over running into them.

[Rob G]

... while and whilst are interchangably grammaticly...

:rolleyes:

Any credibility you had went right there.

[tobbogonist]

i ride backwards better when piddly

[ivan]

i ride backwards better when piddly

That's because you live in southern hemisphere.

[tobbogonist]

That's because you live in southern hemisphere.

That goes against everything i have learnt/ am learning in school, yet i find it surprisingly easy to agree with you.
comfortable.

[ivan]

That goes against everything i have learnt/ am learning in school, yet i find it surprisingly easy to agree with you.
comfortable.

They brainwash you at school. You are doing the right thing thinking for yourself.

[tobbogonist]

They brainwash you at school. You are doing the right thing thinking for yourself.

Well i make the effort, you know just the odd thought every now and then, that kind of stuff

[ivan]

Well i make the effort, you know just the odd thought every now and then, that kind of stuff

Plus, you unicycle! They won't admit it but it actually goes against all their physics laws, especially Graham's law of diffusion. Tell them you unicycle at school and you'll see how they'll just silently grind their teeth while looking at the floor.

[tobbogonist]

Plus, you unicycle! They won't admit it but it actually goes against all their physics laws, especially Graham's law of diffusion. Tell them you unicycle at school and you'll see how they'll just silently grind their teeth while looking at the floor.
i have seen them looking at me out the window, grinding away. unfortunatly to tell them face to face means i would have to go to the 'smart' section of the school. So far i have managed to boycott that all year.

[ivan]

i have seen them looking at me out the window, grinding away. unfortunatly to tell them face to face means i would have to go to the 'smart' section of the school. So far i have managed to boycott that all year.

That's interesting. What's the 'smart' section of the school? As in smart-arse?

[tobbogonist]

That's interesting. What's the 'smart' section of the school? As in smart-arse?

i believe all this quoting is probably not neseccary.
By smart i mean intelligent, all that adding numbers and mixing colored water, you know; science, maths and the like.
But yes some of them can be right proper smart-arse's special with facts and data.

[ivan]

i believe all this quoting is probably not neseccary.
Should stop then, shouldn't we?

By smart i mean intelligent, all that adding numbers and mixing colored water, you know; science, maths and the like.
But yes some of them can be right proper smart-arse's special with facts and data.
That means me. I love physics and maths. And abhore chemistry. I guess I am a bit of a smart-arse sometimes, but I try hard not to be one. Or be one in a good sense, not I-know-better-than-you type. Anyway, how is Tasmania? Do you guys speak english there? I envy you because it's winter down there now and boiling here.

[tobbogonist]

Should stop then, shouldn't we?

That means me. I love physics and maths. And abhore chemistry. I guess I am a bit of a smart-arse sometimes, but I try hard not to be one. Or be one in a good sense, not I-know-better-than-you type. Anyway, how is Tasmania? Do you guys speak english there? I envy you because it's winter down there now and boiling here.

I love chemistry but maths gives me uncomfortable bottom problems, i have in the arty section! dodging emo's. As for the weather, its always cold here and we have devised our own simple english but much is lots in grunts and moans. Luckily i was not born here and learnt English in the big Australia.
i think smart arseing really just comes down to the indavidual(<---- speeling error)

[ivan]

I didn't know you had emos in Tasmania! Ubiquitous(there I go again)

[tobbogonist]

oh we have emo's alright...
thats all ive got

[burjzyntski]

lol at conversation^

[ivan]

I hope you are laughing with us, not at us.

[burjzyntski]

I'm laughing with you, for sure.

[tobbogonist]

I'm laughing with you, for sure.

i now read back over and chuckle silently to myself

[ivan]

It was a funny thread, wasn't it?