I find this to be odd. As the truth often is. In 1763, in the Pennsylvania Gazzete, Ben Franklin (yes that Ben Franklin), published
a collection of synonyms that people of the time used to refer to someone who was drunk. Here are some of my favorites:
He’s casting up his Accounts,
He’s Biggy,
Been at Barbadoes,
Piss’d in the Brook,
Has drank more than he has bled,
He sees the Bears,
He’s kiss’d black Betty,
He’s had a Thump over the Head with Sampson’s Jawbone,
Wamble Crop’d,
Got Corns in his Head,
He’s been too free with the Creature,
Sir Richard has taken off his Considering Cap,
He’s Eat a Toad & half for Breakfast.
Been at an Indian Feast.
As Dizzy as a Goose,
Been before George,
Has Taken Hippocrates grand Elixir,
Going to Jerusalem,
Been to Jerico,
He sees two Moons,
He’s eat the Cocoa Nut,
Smelt of an Onion,
Been among the Philistines,
He’s contending with Pharaoh,
He makes Virginia Fence,
Got the Indian Vapours,
There are over 150 more. With that many terms, all I can say is, they must have had better booze back then.
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