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My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Started conversation Jul 18, 2005
God rest his soul, was a Methodist lay preacher, and as such didn't swear At All. But he did believe in what he called 'The Natural Law of Imbuggerance'.
And I guess by that he meant things such as the fact that your local pub starts to stock your favourite tipple (Magner's Vintage Irish 
, for those interested*), just as your 
orders you to go on the wagon for two months so he can get some blood tests that aren't affected by alcohol.
*feel free to send cases to the following address, in sympathy:....
I promise not to drink them until the two months are up.
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
*snigger*
Now you see, this is why I stay away from quacks. They always say the most irritating things.
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
Staying off it for two months now will almost certainly allow me stay on it for a good while longer later.
I think it a trade worth making.
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
Possibly. But then something really annoying like getting hit by a bus might happen at the end of the two months, and you'd have spent all that time sober for nothing.
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
Getting hit by a bus is something I can control by using the green cross code.
A possible genetic disposition to high triglycerides and type II diabetes can only be controlled by medical means.
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
True. I think I'm just in a contrary mood*.
*Stands by for choruses of 'of no you're not'.
My paternal Grandfather,
A. Honeybadger Posted Jul 18, 2005
A sensible (though fun-cramping) trade, I think. As another with Type II Diabetes in the family I fully understand your motives.
Best of luck - hope the blood tests come back fine - and make sure your local keeps some of that on reserve for when you can partake once again!
My paternal Grandfather,
azahar Posted Jul 18, 2005
It takes two months to clean your blood of all traces of ??? So I guess taking a couple days off before I go for my routine check up blood tests won't help then . . .
Thankfully two months will be up mid-September in case you end up taking that possible holiday you mentioned on my holiday thread.
az
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
So what else is new?
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
Err, was that a reply to me?
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
Indeed it was.
A couple of days will help your help your liver, but not your blood tests apparently, az.
I'm guessing if I want to keep the blood sugars down, then is out and 
is in. But I shall sort all that out when I go back to see him.
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
Isn't red wine sugary then? I must admit the properties of wine are not exactly a strong point of mine.
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
Not *as* sugary as cider.
My paternal Grandfather,
saranoh - good girl gone Essex Posted Jul 18, 2005
>>I promise not to drink them until the two months are up.
*I* however, promise nothing of the sort 
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
Oi! You have plenty of Coors to be going on with, young lady!
My paternal Grandfather,
saranoh - good girl gone Essex Posted Jul 18, 2005
And? 'Tis my wifely duty to assist you to stay of the booze. If that means I have to drink it all by myself I will, so 
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
Well, I suppose that is one way of looking at it, yes... 
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
Coors? Not Coors Light? 
You sick, sick puppy. That's like *Bud*.
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
Oh be off with you and drink your beer with bits in it.
Some of us prefer beer without the use of a tea strainer.
My paternal Grandfather,
azahar Posted Jul 18, 2005
Two months still sounds like a very long time to not affect blood tests - is this because they are special tests?
Are you also not supposed to eat any sugary foods? Or at least cut back on them?
az
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