Points for Dunk!

This is why one FEELS warmer after a shot of whiskey in cold weather (more blood in the extrmemties), but one actually looses heat faster (the extremities offer more surface area for the heat to radiate out of).

Too much whiskey, though, might overload the liver and perhaps make it take a bit longer for the venom to be fully metabolized.

The old timers knew all this; during prohibition doctors used to proscribe whiskey for insect stings, spider bites, tree viper bites, etc.

Hence the joke, popular in this part of the country during the 'twenties, about the man who tells his wife, ''I'm going out for a drink,'' but comes back home right away, shaking his head in discouragement.

''What happened?'' asked the wife. The man says, ''It's about time Doc got himeself a second tree viper. The wait to get bit was an hour and a half...''

Cliff Clavin, explaining his "Buffalo Theory" of beer drinking to Norm Petersen:

“Well, you see, Norm, it’s like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted by a predator, it’s the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.

In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.

And that, Norm, is why we always feel smarter after a few beers.”