Monday, 8 March 2010

Avoiding hangovers

I like the fact that the words for "wine" and "beer" sound very similar in English and German, where the corresponding words are "wein" and "bier".

Which means that the little rhyme you use to decide what order to drink your various alcoholic drinks in to avoid a monster hangover also sound pretty similar:

"Wine then beer, feeling queer. Beer then wine, feeling fine."
"Wein nach Bier, das rat' ich dir. Bier nach Wein - dagegen sein!"

And, handily, they both suggest the same ideal order: beer before wine.