is absynth deadly?

Scuzi said:
you can go from sober to airlocked in the space of about 5 minutes
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lol, never heard that before for terms of drunkeness

my mate downed almost half a pint of it before, thinking it was green aftershock (why you'd want to drink aftershock i dont know!)

when i came to in the morning, i strolled into my living room to find him, face flat with his arms by his side sleeping on the floor, his nose was really squashed on the carpet :), thought he was dead at first!

ouch, that hurts my stitches, laughing at it :)


my mate gary buys this stuff called black absinthe, but he's a bloomin stupid drinker, just goes out on his own sometimes, really bad alcoholic
 
Well, in fairness if you want to just get hammered fast, shots are fine, but thats not really what the absinthe experience is all about :p
 
Bah try drinking the stuff monks near Lake Como brew in their monastry, tastes of aniseed and is very lethal about 85/90% iirc. Had some before I went out one night and that's all I could taste, also someone I knew thought they were cool by pouring a v. large shot and setting it on fire as he thought it was just like sambuca. Never have I seen anyone turn green before and dash outside to get some fresh air :D
 
if done properly a double can get you well on your way. :o

if drunk straight from the bottle, maybe half a bottle? i know some of my mates have polished off a couple of bottles between them. 80%/160 proof stuff too!
 
Scuzi said:
You'll know when the time comes to stop. Be careful though. Every time I drink it it has a weird effect on me. It gets my body drunk but not my mind. I feel completely sober or just slightly tipsy yet when I get up from the chair to walk I end up collapsing into a heap on the floor. It's deadly confusing.
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Thats what I noticed as well, its a different sort of drunk. It also seems to come with a completely different sort of hangover :(

Unless its foriegn it won't make you hallucinate either, because the UK stuff isn't allowed to have the high strength wormwood in it.
 
my brother in law had 2 pints when we went out and we came home, i gave him one shot of absinthe. Straight down.

Instantly stood up feeling ill, made it into the kitchen (3m away) and just stood there projectile vomiting all over the tiled floor. Was so funny (was his mum house).

we could here him over the laughter in the front room, every time we thought he had stopped he started up again. must have lasted a good 5 mins :D dont think ive ever laughed so hard!

its like anything, start of small and work your way up. I love the stuff.
 
This thread comes up every few weeks.

Proper absinth had wormwood extract in it.. which was hallucinagenic.. however none of the stuff in shops contains this now..

it has lots of alcohol in it... so think of 40% whiskey.. how much of that could u drink before dying?... then half it since the absinthe has more :P
 
I had the choice of a few bottles in Portugal. In the end I went for a 75% bottle with Cannabis :/ I have no idea why though, because at that volume, the cannabis would neither be noticeable or tasteful.
 
Post your address up, set up a webcam and drink until you collapse.

I'll phone an ambulance for you, honest.
 
Hedge said:
This thread comes up every few weeks.

Proper absinth had wormwood extract in it.. which was hallucinagenic.. however none of the stuff in shops contains this now..

it has lots of alcohol in it... so think of 40% whiskey.. how much of that could u drink before dying?... then half it since the absinthe has more :P
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it wasnt bought in the uk.
 
Nozzer said:
Post your address up, set up a webcam and drink until you collapse.

I'll phone an ambulance for you, honest.
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we've drank half of it, i lit a lot of it, instant sick nearly.
 
Neon said:
it wasnt bought in the uk.
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still V unlikely it has a great enough content to make u trip.

You've been here long enough to know by now - no drugs talk - and that means none at all
-Berserker
 
Hedge said:
still V unlikely it has a great enough content to make u trip.
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im not sure with this absynth tho i was outside and could see lights spinning about. might have just been my eyes :eek:
 
i never really have more than 1 or 2 on a night out. I literally have to battle with my stomach not to throw up immediately after having one. The taste is aweful but for cheap, quick drunkness, you cant beat it :p
 
Absinthe is really nice, I drink it occasionally. Make sure you do it with a spoon and sugar to get the taste better. I brought a few bottles back from the Czeck Republic, much better than the stuff you can get in England.
 
I still have half a bottle of the Czeck stuff, it's proper evil.

I specifically keep it to give to people I dont want to hang around too long when they've invited themselves round - works a treat, especially on people who think they're hardened drinkers :)
 
Be warned, even for its alcohol content its crazy stuff, every time I have it I go a bit crazy. One particular time I thought it would be easy to run up walls and do spins in the air Matrix style.

Que me hitting the floor rather hard, getting covered in mud, then being beaten with poster tubes by my friends while they videoed it with my digi cam. I claimed the floor actually jumped up and hit me rather than the other way round …

You have been warned.
 
One of my heavy drinking mates drank 6 doubles of 'Polish firewater' and ended up in hospital.

Crazy sprits should definately be treated with care - particularly as they can you react differently.
 
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