Chris At Home

It would cramp my style:

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sent a message to bar patrons last week.

TABC agents and Irving police swept through 36 Irving bars and arrested about 30 people on charges of public intoxication. Agency representatives say the move came as a proactive measure to curtail drunken driving.

North Texans interviewed by NBC 5, however, worried that the sweep went too far.

At one location, for example, agents and police arrested patrons of a hotel bar. Some of the suspects said they were registered at the hotel and had no intention of driving. Arresting authorities said the patrons were a danger to themselves and others.

Check this out:
"Going to a bar is not an opportunity to go get drunk," TABC Capt. David Alexander said. "It's to have a good time but not to get drunk."

Damn. What happened to Texas?

Actually, I'm not going to complain. In the Philippines, if you get drunk, your wife chases you down the street with a machete screaming, "Why you spend all my money on Kulafu* and get drunk? You make me shy to my neighbors now I kill you!" It sounds much more terrifying in Visayan.

*Kulafu: cheap-ass fortified wine. 12 pesos (22 cents) for a 300ml bottle, 70 proof, perfect size for an average 130lb Filipino to get himself a raging drunk.