Slang/folklore for drinking

[RangerWickett]

I wrote an original version of the drinking rules in Tournaments, Fairs, & Taverns, which Morrus promptly rewrote because they were too vilifying. Anyway, now I need some inspiration and reminders of classic slang and folklore related to drinking. Drinking puns are appreciated too.

Can you all help me out?

 

[Morrus]

Drunk: pissed, wankered, plastered, hammered, rolling.

A drink: a bevy, a pint (isn't necessarily a pint, just a drink), a jar.

 

[kenobi65]

Folklore: all the beer that you spill will be waiting for you at the Pearly Gates. You won't be allowed into heaven until you drink it all.

 

[RangerWickett]

I'm looking for some imagery, in particular. Like 'green fairies' for absinthe. What are some 'mascots' for drinks, modern and historical?

 

[Flobby]

Drunk:marinated (my personal favorite), wasted

 

[kenobi65]

I'm looking for some imagery, in particular. Like 'green fairies' for absinthe. What are some 'mascots' for drinks, modern and historical?

There's the stereotypical "pink elephant" that you can only see when you're drunk.

This is certainly not a widespread bit of imagery, but...

When we were in college, we had a term for being extremely drunk: "huruh-huruh". The genesis of that term is that, when you're that drunk, when you speak, that's what it sounds like you're saying...but, to someone else who is *also* in a state of huruh-huruh, when someone speaks in "huruh-huruh", it's perfectly intelligible.

 

[bodhi]

Folklore: all the beer that you spill will be waiting for you at the Pearly Gates. You won't be allowed into heaven until you drink it all.

I like the version I read in a Spider Robinson story: When you die, you'll be suspended (upside-down) in a barrel containing all the alcohol you've ever spilled. If you drown, then to Hell with you.

In aging whiskey, the portion that disappears (evaporation, wood absorption) is the angels' portion.

Tanuki are usually depicted holding a bottle of sake.

 

[Dioltach]

For the stage after 'drunk' (i.e. vomiting): barking at the lawn, shouting down the great white telephone, yawning in technicolour, calling Ruth.

 

[Deset Gled]

"Worshiping the porcelain god" is a common term for what happens if you can't hold your booze.

The effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters is described as "like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick".

There is an urban legend that Jagermeister contains elk blood as an ingredient.

 

[GlassJaw]

I always call bottle openers "church keys". Don't remember where I heard it from.