I Must be Crazy!

**Dreadbelly** · 15th February 07, 12:05 PM

Having been a Dreadcicle on a few occasions, please take my advice and drink antifreeze* before icing over.

*rum, booze of choice.

**Dirka Skene** · 15th February 07, 12:44 PM

Does liquor really help keep you warm, or does it just make you not care?

**starbkjrus** · 15th February 07, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by Dirka Skene

Does liquor really help keep you warm, or does it just make you not care?

My experience is that it makes you colder. But since I didn't care it didn't matter.

**ccga3359** · 15th February 07, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by Dirka Skene

Does liquor really help keep you warm, or does it just make you not care?

No it is not true, it is just a old Kilties tale. Wear a wool kilted skirt. And no they don't itch!

**mudd** · 15th February 07, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Dirka Skene

Does liquor really help keep you warm, or does it just make you not care?

Alcohol will lower your body temperature, making the temperature outside your body seem warmer relative to the temperature inside. Not a recommended way of keeping "warm" when it's cold out.

**The F-H.C.A.G.** · 15th February 07, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by mudd

Alcohol will lower your body temperature, making the temperature outside your body seem warmer relative to the temperature inside. Not a recommended way of keeping "warm" when it's cold out.

Actually, I think what happens is that alcohol causes vasodilation, so your extremities which would normally be vasoconstricted and cold to the touch, become warm. Unfortunately, this makes you lose heat faster than you would otherwise, and thus become colder overall. But, as many have pointed out-you just don't care. It's been said that alcohol acts as "antifreeze", but I suspect that the blood levels necessary for this would probably kill you!

Be well,

**angel923** · 15th February 07, 01:19 PM

Depends on how you drink it, if you do whiskey punch it will truly warm you if you just drink the whiskey straight you will fell warm for a time but it really just makes you not care about the cold so much either way.

**Fearnest** · 15th February 07, 02:12 PM

It makes you less able to handle the cold without injury, but less likely to notice!

**turpin** · 15th February 07, 02:37 PM

Big plaid blanket worn kile an arisaid. Belted around the waist to the ground with the trailing ends brought up like a shawl. Very fetching, especially when doffed to reveal the mini. Looking forward to it.

**Dirka Skene** · 15th February 07, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by turpin

Big plaid blanket worn kile an arisaid. Belted around the waist to the ground with the trailing ends brought up like a shawl. Very fetching, especially when doffed to reveal the mini. Looking forward to it.

Sounds good, if I had one of those. The best I've got is a mid-thigh weather proof coat. Wheather here is crazy. Yesterday, I was wearing capris outside, now I need a parka.