LivingSocial - The Breathalyser Edition

In the U.S. this week, everybody seems to be buying LivingSocial deals for Whole Foods.  Conversely, in Australia, pocket breathalysers are all the rage.  Given the choice between delicious organic food for half price or two pocket breathalysers to determine just how drunk one is after a marathon sundowner session (also known as how many beers can one drink while the work bar tab is still open), I would choose the Whole Foods deal with absolutely no hesitation.  I'm currently pondering when exactly I will wake up in a country that doesn't have major alcohol issues.  After living in Qatar where the only liquor store in the country required employer sign-off and a declaration of not being Muslim for a license that entitled one to purchase a fixed value of alcoholic beverages each month and Australia, a country that is seriously full of alcoholics, I'm ready for a change.

Wife + Girlfriend = Trouble, Shocking

I politely declined after work drinks with my colleagues this evening at the Holiday Inn.  There's something exceedingly depressing to me about choosing to have drinks in a hotel bar, let alone a crummy hotel bar.  Factor in expensive pints at aforementioned crummy hotel bar and it's not my top choice to kickoff my weekend.

Besides, I had a better invitation from a non-work friend to a family barbecue in one of the numerous local parks.  The forwarded invitation read:

"This is a family sausage sizzle so bring the kids / wife / girlfriend.  Remember to bring the wife or the girlfriend, not both, as this has caused problems in the past."

And by the way, this e-mail was written by someone whose e-mail footer 'job' title reads, "all around likable cuss."

Silly goose.