>Never thought I'd read those lines either but........the idea is that the
absorption of alchol is evened out so one doesn't get "roaring drunk" but
just sort of mellow regardless of amt consumed.  May I say, "It don't
work!"  Ruth



 prophylactic wad of butter
>
> Lines I never thought I would read.....................
>
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> Subject: Re: [BP] Grandma's alcohol condom
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> Then what's the point?  Delaying (and even slowing) the effect of the
> alcohol would seem to be particularly dangerous as there seems to be a
> self-regulating mechanism in that the more drunk you get the harder it
> gets to keep drinking and the more likely the body is going to reject
> it.  If delayed, it might then be easier to get lethally drunk.  Can you
> imagine if the butter really works at delaying the effects such that you
> felt fine when you started to drive but as you are rolling along the
> effects suddenly kicked in?  Obviously you made it this far without
> incident I assume so it must not be that bad an ides but still it seems
> better to learn to just put down the glass than to chase a prophylactic
> wad of butter.
>
> Leland Torrence wrote:
>
>> Well, the theory is that the metabolization of the alcohol is slowed or
>> delayed.
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