Dancing while buzzed or drunk.

[Peaches]

Unless of course you've just spent 6 months in Kuwait with no alcohol or booze. Then it's not only acceptable, but almost required. the drinking and the doing stupid things.

So long as it doesn't involve driving a car, or something similarly stupid like operating heavy machinery, I think you're absolutely correct. Several times.

 

[etp777]

That's part of the reason I have hotel reservation alreayd for hotel our July comp is at. Not only can I stay late to make sure I see all the heats and cheer on friends, I can go to the club and bar attached to the hotel and just stagger back to my room without worrying about driving drunk.

 

[nucat78]

Soft drinks should have a very high profit margin.

They used to be the highest profit margin item at fast food places. Not sure if that's still true.

Even when faced with a painful experience -- eg, a free-style dance event where none of the women know any partner dancing (yes, I have been to a couple)

Ewww! Ever see a quintuple step EC Swing with your partner's back to you? Her shoulder shrugs were sort of interesting...

 

[Pacion]

I'm 16. I don't usually drink. But maybe it'll make this sweet 16 a little more fun. Besides, I need to loosen up a little.

Znyss... why do you think you need to "loosen up a little"?

I agree with a lot of what people have said here and will add... people often tend to think that they are funnier, wittier, better dancers etc when an external factor has been introduced. Onlookers often do not agree with that view!

If you think you need to "loosen up a little", do some deep breathing and try to think of ways to get to know the people around you. THAT will make the Sweet 16 "a little more fun". Perhaps plan a birthday dance/dance routine amongst friends as a surprise for the birthday person.

What is NOT fun... is photos circulating of you (or anyone else for that matter) of things you did/did not do. Camera phones are everywhere and at the click of a button, that photo or video footage can be on hundreds of other phones, not to mention, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and any other networking site you can think of.

If you are not a regular drinker, even at 16 or 102, your body is very likely not to handle the alcohol as well as someone else and instead you could end up 'loosening up' in ways that would horrify you if you were sober!

There are countless stories of youngsters getting 'buzzed' or drinking alcohol with disasterous results - very embarassing photos (leading to suicide as a result of the shame the youngster felt they had brought on their family) or recently, a 15 year old girl got high and drunk, laid down in the middle of the road and was runover by a passing taxi who did not see her. The end result? Grief stricken parents and the life of a decent man (the taxi driver) damaged, because of this girl's actions.

If you are going to do something like the above, check that you are willing to be responsible for the consequences and don't spoil anyone else's life in the process!

 

[Pacion]

Unless of course you've just spent 6 months in Kuwait with no alcohol or booze. Then it's not only acceptable, but almost required. the drinking and the doing stupid things.

So long as it doesn't involve driving a car, or something similarly stupid like operating heavy machinery, I think you're absolutely correct. Several times.

I would also add to Peaches list of car or operating heavy machinery... to doing anything that could end up hurting yourself, anyone else, living animal/creature or their possessions. In other words, do something 'stupid' like painting a blue cow on the side of a government building (if you are prepared to spend time in a jail cell if caught) is okay. Setting fire to a building with people in it or animal cruelty is NOT okay.

 

[fascination]

if znyss isn't a troll I am certain they have now gotten the point and then some

 

[nucat78]

But a good troll.

 

[Pacion]

But a good troll.

:kitty: Indeed!

 

[Easy]

Two really good examples of the alcohol/dancing chemistry

This guy obviously thinks he's a better dancer after a few. Funny how if he was in a group class, he'd obviously have problems with the "staying on his own side" in dance position http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4de_1209311948

And this guy can dance circles around anyone after a few. Mesmerizing http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2911d4af7b

 

[RickRS]

Two really good examples of the alcohol/dancing chemistry

Couldn't get the second one to load, but from the first one alone: Friends don't let friends dance drunk!

edit: Finally got the second to load, my comment still stands.

 

[QPO]

Dancing while intoxicated is not my idea of having a good time. everything you are trying to achieve goes out of the window. I am a half drink screamer so it does not take much for me. I am glad my friends at dancing don't focus on alcohol. We bring the Maison (non alcoholic bubbly)

 

[dbk]

Have any of you danced or got buzzed before going to a dance? Does it make you dance any better or make you want to dance more?
I think im going to try it. I'm going to a sweet 16 tomorrow.
But then again im thinking i shouldn't, but everyone is doing it.

Completely ignoring the whole underage drinking thing (it wouldn't be a big deal if teens didn't think drinking was Super Awesome Special)...

Drinking and dancing is not a good idea. One, it makes your dancing worse - my boyfriend's done it before (only with me, at a wedding, not a social event) and while dancing with him wasn't uncomfortable for ME, it would have been if we weren't dating, and if we had been at an actually social dance. Two, drinking and dancing sends an "unattractive personality" vibe loud and clear to everyone who notices.

 

[Wednesday]

I had a coach who...well, let's just say that with him at 10:00 am there is a fine line between 'still drunk' and 'drunk already.' I think he's some sort of physiological anomaly because even when he couldn't string together a coherent sentence he could still dance dance most people off the floor. The mark of a true pro, I suppose.

 

[SwingWaltz]

Alcohol + foxtrot = anything but elegant
Alcohol + quickstep = lots of fun
Alcohol + waltz = feels like sea sick
Alcohol + tango = accidental kiss
Alcohol + viennese waltz = fall over

 

[Pacion]

I had a coach who...well, let's just say that with him at 10:00 am there is a fine line between 'still drunk' and 'drunk already.' I think he's some sort of physiological anomaly because even when he couldn't string together a coherent sentence he could still dance dance most people off the floor. The mark of a true pro, I suppose.

Hmmm. Not sure about it being "the mark of a true pro" or to even glamourise/"pat on the back" about. Because, if he were then to get behind the wheel of a car, someone were to be hurt (even if it were just himself), there would be no glamour or patting on the back about that! Never mind the one time when he stumbles and either hurts himself or someone else badly. Being drunk or getting drunk is not something to be proud of and it can bring dire consequences. Additionally, it may be a symptom of other problems/issues in that person's life. Yesterday, a 32 year old guy, apparently a very good barrister (lawyer) was killed. He had been drinking, had a row with his wife of 18 months (she is older) who ran out of the apartment, pulled out a gun he was licensed to carry and started taking shots out of the window, including aiming/shooting at the windows of nearby terrified neighbours (he also apparently shot at one who was in her garden). The end result... police storm his apartment (in a very expensive part of London), he gets shoot and dies at the scene. The real end result? A widow who will probably wonder what more could see have done, a grieving family (for a lot of parents I know, their worst fear is to have to bury their own children) and of course, the friends and colleagues he worked with. Alcohol is known to impair one's judgement and there is nothing "real pro" about it.

Alcohol + foxtrot = anything but elegant
Alcohol + quickstep = lots of fun
Alcohol + waltz = feels like sea sick
Alcohol + tango = accidental kiss
Alcohol + viennese waltz = fall over

:lol: SwingWaltz! You left out "Alcohol + swing = ???"