What do you drink when it’s too cold for sangria but too early in the year to break out the eggnog?
Vegetables not only contain stimulants but are capable of producing an intoxicating influence on those who depend on them exclusively for food, according to an investigator. He cites a case in which some young people of his acquaintance suffered from partial intoxication as a result of a purely vegetable meal.
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Somehow I just can’t picture 14 year old me and my buddies sneaking under the football bleachers with a bag of carrots instead of a bottle of MD 20/20….
Elyse
😂🤣 It’s just as well…think of the poor public health officials: “Kids, eat your vegetables!” “Kids, don’t you dare eat your vegetables!” Talked about a mixed message.
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Somehow I just can’t picture 14 year old me and my buddies sneaking under the football bleachers with a bag of carrots instead of a bottle of MD 20/20….
😂🤣 It’s just as well…think of the poor public health officials: “Kids, eat your vegetables!” “Kids, don’t you dare eat your vegetables!” Talked about a mixed message.