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[TsPoet]

Drunk or diabetic/hypoglycemic?

The two (three) can be frighteningly similar. Ketoacidosis (with crazy high blood sugar) can even make a person smell drunk. Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can really mess with balance and cognition and emotional stability, which I know all too well.

That was exactly what my first thought was - Monday morning is also a good time to have screwed up blood sugar levels due to eating that piece of cake the night before.
I have a coworker who has twice just left my office in the middle of a conversation and re-appeared a few minutes later with a candy bar. I have glucose tablets in my desk, but the candy bar tastes so much better
He says I start to slur my words.
Drunk is also possible, as has been noted, my Uncle used to seem drunk mostly just on Monday mornings. He handled the alcohol in such a way that Friday-Sunday night he didn't seem that bad. He seemed worse when he was coming off of the binge.

[Biciclista]

I didn't get a bee in my bonnet!

no, what i got was a yellowjacket who thwacked right into my forehead. Then he crawled onto the bridge of my glasses. At this point, i grabbed my glasses and threw them on the grassy strip along the side of the road. End result?
No one got hurt. Then I stopped my bike turned around and picked up my sunglasses, none the worst for the wear.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Then I stopped my bike turned around and picked up my sunglasses, none the worst for the wear.

fast thinking, Mimi.

I got a bee in my helmet once while riding. Happily, it didn't sting me while I screeched to a halt and removed my helmet posthaste. I'll never forget that buzzing all over my scalp while riding 20 mph.

[Biciclista]

fast thinking, Mimi.

I got a bee in my helmet once while riding. Happily, it didn't sting me while I screeched to a halt and removed my helmet posthaste. I'll never forget that buzzing all over my scalp while riding 20 mph.

Talk about an adrenaline rush!

[OakLeaf]

Yikes.

When DH and I first started dating, I was riding my motorcycle one day, flipped up my visor at a stoplight and a bee flew in underneath my sunglasses. I tried to get it out of there, and it did fly away, but not before it stung the corner of my eye.

For the next week, wherever I went with DH, people would see my swollen eye and give him the dirtiest looks!

Just this Saturday, a sweat bee landed on my water bottle to try to suck up a little Heed. Naturally when I wanted a swig, it stung the inside of my lip. Luckily it was only a sweat bee... although I suppose if it was something bigger, I might have noticed it before I tried to take a drink, too!

[Biciclista]

are sweat bees little?
never heard of them. But ouch, that had to have hurt... both times!

[OakLeaf]

are sweat bees little? never heard of them.

Yeah, they're only like 6-7 mm long, and their sting isn't terribly bad, but it's enough! I didn't realize you don't have them on the West Coast. They get their name because they're attracted to sweat. They're not aggressive, but they will land all over your body, and then when you bend an elbow or knee, or move so that they're in between your clothes and your body, they'll sting.

[Trek420]

Drunk is also possible, as has been noted, my Uncle used to seem drunk mostly just on Monday mornings. He handled the alcohol in such a way that Friday-Sunday night he didn't seem that bad. He seemed worse when he was coming off of the binge.

I was wondering if a stroke could do that too? Can't a mild stroke make you slur your words?