reetpleat said:Ah, but being a curmudgeon is fine. But it is an art. You must be charming and preferably witty. Otherwise you are just an ass or a grouch. many a would be curmudgeon comes off as such.
LizzieMaine said:And never let it be said that "curmudgeon" and "drunk" were mutually exclusive. W. C. Fields and H. L. Mencken come to mind.
How so?Miss_Bella_Hell said:This forum is skewed towards curmudgeonliness compared to NYC and LA nightlife, I'm sure. But then, so is the entire country.
Feraud said:How so?
Feraud said:Ah that makes sense.
Miss_Bella_Hell said:It does, right? I'm not sure it's valid, but it makes sense. lol
Miss_Bella_Hell said:It does, right? I'm not sure it's valid, but it makes sense. lol
Foofoogal said:... this thread is starting to sound like what conversations are like in the wee morning hours.
PrettySquareGal said:It makes sense to me, too.
I grew up in NYC and would party til dawn.
Here in Maine, you might find some action at the local bean suppa.
LizzieMaine said:Hah! You've been up here so long you're absorbing our ways.
For me, there's always that moment of culture shock -- we book a lot of blues acts here, who are used to a more round-the-clock sort of environment. But when they ask me where's a good place to go after the show, I have to tell them the only thing open after 11 is Tim Horton's. And then I have to explain what Tim Horton's is.
PrettySquareGal said:I say the same standards should be applied to a drunk.
Miss_Bella_Hell said:These cities stay open late, have a lot of nightlife, and cater to those who enjoy it. The rest of the country (with a lot of great cities as exceptions) close earlier and are populated with people who enjoy the country. This forum brings both types together. Since there are as many non-city folk as city folk on the forum, to the city folk it probably seems that the country folk are curmudgeons. I'm sure the country folk think we're crazy, lascivious drunks.
reetpleat said:Well, a drunk is a drunk. IS there a word with positive connotations for a drunk. I can't think of any offhand. WC Fields would certainly qualify.
reetpleat said:Kind of ironic in that most great vintage movies involve dinner at ten, and dancing or watching the floor show till god knows when.
reetpleat said:But, it is claimed [W.C. Fields] got funnier and funnier and more charming the drunker he got and once fell down a staircase holding a martini and did not spill a drop.