Why I don't have to worry about becoming a crack addict
By adamg - Tue, 12/30/2008 - 2:58pm.
My office is right outside the newsroom "snack zone." Somebody just put out a bag of chocolate-covered coffee beans. I think I just ate half the bag and now the room appears to be spinning. I should probably stop eating them, given that I have to drive home in another couple of hours.
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snackheads
or, you could eat the rest of the bag and run home.
Now you know what I felt like
when I hit up three Starbucks within about five hours for free coffee on Election Day.
I don't think that would be a wise decision
Can you be arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Chocolate-Covered Coffee Beans?
it's bad stuff, man
I briefly tried chocolate-covered coffee beans while writing a thesis. They are way too easy to munch absent-mindedly while working. Never again.
BTW, caffeine can actually mess with your vestibular system, causing dizziness, balance problems, concentration problems, etc., not unlike alcohol in that regard. If someone is under the influence of caffeine, might be a good idea to wait before driving. Unlike the folk remedy for sobering up from alcohol, however, a cup of black coffee is *not* a good idea. :)
High School Math Logic Situation?
What is the converse of the statement "Drinking black coffee counteracts the effects of alcohol"?
Converse
If you throw up black coffee, you will get more drunk.
Drink Up, Adam!
I think Swirly may be suggesting that you have a shot to calm yourself down :-)
Suldog
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Back in the day ...
We actually had a pro-alcohol policy here - people were allowed to drink at the end of the work day/week - I remember the time I broke some story on deadline and, after I was done writing it, my editor cracked open a beer and handed it to me. Then HR decided that since we were on the fifth floor of an office building with a balcony overlooking the building atrium, that might not be the smartest thing to encourage, so we waited until we moved to a more enclosed space the next town over.
Hic.
Hair of the dog?
As in: "I've just consumed
halfmost of a bag of chocolate-covered coffee beans, now I will retire to the break room to consume several cups of fine Keurig single-serving coffee in an attempt to sober up for my 45-minute commute home."it'll also dehydrate you
Caffeine is a diuretic, so drink some water...
Give it about 3-4 hours and you'll be down to half the caffeine level, according to Wikipedia.
Then you have Trader Joes
Then you have Trader Joes choclate covered expresso beans... woooohoooooo man thats a rush. Im not a coffee person to begin with, I remember doing two all nighters in a row having a few of those every few hours, it couldnt be very safe for me to be driving after being up for two days hopped up on caffeein and sugar lol.
If I ate more than one of
If I ate more than one of those, I'd be so jittery I'd vibrate all the way home!
That's what SHE said
:o)