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Have you ever been offered a lot to drink and afterward found yourself contending with Pharaoh?
If you know what I mean.
No, you don't? Well, that was one of Benjamin Franklin's 220 euphemisms for being drunk. He published a list of them in 1737. Here's Keith Habersberger of the comedy team I Made America playing the role of Benjamin Franklin. It's one of many videos by the troupe about six Founding Fathers kidnapped by time travelers and abandoned in Chicago in 2012.
Troupe Website -via Flavorwire
Thanks, Nathan. Actually, I spotted that old post and linked to it in this one. I figured that this take on the 220 euphemisms was different enough to justify its own post.
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http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/17/benjamin-franklins-200-synonyms-for-drunk/
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