The rumor itself is not BS. The following old commercial was actually making fun of the practice (like nudge-nudge, wink-wink, or in this case madge-madge, drink-drink.) <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dzmTtusvjR4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Incorrect on many levels. A hangover is caused by the breakdown of alcohol into toxic metabolites (namely acetaldehyde) that cause hangover symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. Dehydration doesn't help a hangover but it is not the cause of a hangover. Ethanol enters the blood via passive diffusion; osmosis is the movement of water. It is incredibly unlikely one would get inebriated by soaking a body part in alcohol. Alcohol is a protic substance. Protic substances do not cross the skin easily/rapidly. Ingestion of alcohol in any manner other than oral is incredibly dangerous. All of the material absorbed by the stomach are filtered through the liver before entering the general circulation. The liver breaks down ~70% of alcohol before it reaches general circulation. So IV or Enema alcohol (which would bypass the liver) would have an effect orders of magnitude higher than drinking it. 4 shots of vodka enema style could literally kill you. 1 shot would mess you up. .... I've taken too many organic chemistry and med school classes.
[rquoter] Submerging Your Feet in Alcohol Will Not Get You Drunk ScienceDaily (Dec. 16, 2010) — Research in the Christmas issue published in the British Medical Journal explodes the Danish myth that it is possible to get drunk by submerging your feet in alcohol. The authors, led by Dr Peter Lommer Kristensen from the Hillerød Hospital in Denmark, say it was important that the myth underwent scientific scrutiny to prevent students wasting their time experimenting with this activity. Three adult volunteers took part in the study. None of them suffered from any chronic skin or liver disease and they were not addicted to alcohol or psychoactive drugs. The participants were not members of any local Alcoholics Anonymous groups and had not been implicated in any serious accidents or socially embarrassing events related to alcohol in the week prior to the study. The volunteers drank no alcohol for 24 hours before the experiments and they provided a blood sample before submerging their feet in a washing-up bowl containing three bottles of Karloff Vodka. The participants then kept their feet in the vodka for three hours and provided blood samples every half an hour. The group undertook a self-assessment for signs of drunkenness -- they rated themselves on a scale of 0 to 10 on self-confidence, urge to speak and the number of times they desired spontaneous hugs. The results show that after the three hours there was no increase in the concentration of alcohol in the participants' blood stream. Kristensen concludes "that the Danish urban myth about being able to get drunk by submerging feet in strong alcoholic beverages is just that; a myth. He adds that the study has many implications including evidence that driving a vehicle or skippering a boat with boots full of Vodka seems to be safe, and brewery workers cannot become intoxicated by 'falling' into a brewery vat. [/rquoter]
...you do know the hangover is there weather you drink the alcohol or shoot it up... it doesn't come from the swallowing of liquid...
This kid is hilarious. Read his whole post. apparently he has no idea how us drinkers can go to sleep at night and f!ck someone we don't remember but they were thankful enough to turn off that GOD FORSAKEN NOISE alarm clock... sorry I'm having a flashback to yesterday...or was it ?? **** what day am I at? Med school...obvious Chinese student needs to get laid. don't even try to tell us how to fix a hangover. drink water....duh where are the B-Bob "bad project" grad students when we need them.
there was a party once where they filled up the bathtub with vodka and supposedly they did get drunk.
There was a guy in Houston a few years back who died from alcohol poisoning administered via enema. I seem to remember the DA tried to get his girlfriend, who administered the enema, indicted on manslaughter charges but couldn't get the grand jury to agree. Sometimes the random trivia in my head scares me.
If you want to get a great buzz with minimal hangover, just have Vodka-Gatorade. Since not everything mixes well with gatorade, you could alternatively just have a gatorade and a paracetamol before sleeping/passing out. It's highly unlikely that you'll remember to do this though lol. More importantly though, you should be wondering why you're incapable of not overdrinking, ever.
