'Beer Goggles' effect

[Legs]

SCIENTISTS have figured out why alcohol makes ugly people seem more attractive - otherwise known as the "beer goggles" effect.

Far from being a simple matter of how much you have to drink, the researchers have devised a complex formula which takes into account the level of light in the pub or club, the drinkers' own eyesight, the smokiness of the room and the distance between two people.

A phenomenon which has caught out millions of people over the years, the beer goggles effect refers to how having too much to drink can make someone you find repulsive suddenly exude all the charms and allure of a supermodel.

While getting intimate with the person may seem like a good idea at the time, it's only the morning after when you realise that the Angelina Jolie superbabe you hooked up with the night before actually resembles Margaret Thatcher in the cold harsh light of day.

And while many of us have worn beer goggles over the years, no-one has ever worked out exactly why alcohol has this strange effect on our judgement.

Until now...

[livius drusus]

The goggles... They do something!

Bart, Lisa and Selma are at the souvenir stand. Bart spots something interesting:

Bart: [reading] "BEER GOGGLES: See life through the eyes of a drunk."
[puts them on]
[Selma becomes a foxy lady]
Selma: You're charming the pants off of me.
Bart: [removing glasses] What did you say, Aunt Selma?
Selma: I said take off those damn glasses!

[MooseIBe]

LOL it's the same thing that makes people eat foods that otherwise they'd find repulsive when they're plastered, heh .

What's horribly embarrassing is when you don't even RECOGNISE them the next day.

Not that I've done much of that.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by MooseIBe

LOL it's the same thing that makes people eat foods that otherwise they'd find repulsive when they're plastered, heh .

What's horribly embarrassing is when you don't even RECOGNISE them the next day.

You mean when they come up again? ...

[cappuccino]

hehe I've donned the beer goggle before to interesting results. But where's the goggles that you can put on to allow you spot jerks diguised as gentlemen?

[Citizen of Earth]

Beer goggles are just like low-light goggles.