I was tired of Barney not drinking

Though the episode in which it happened was terrific, making Barney sober deprived "The Simpsons" of a solid comic character.

Glad to have ya back, Barn!

I thought he was still sober after his drink.

"Christopher Reich" wrote in message news:harB8.20568$[email]...

sober

Yeah, it was the old "you anticipate that something funny is going to happen, but then it doesn't, which is kinda funny in its own right" gag. Old as the hills...

Nate in H-town wrote:

Now we play the waiting game...to see which organization is the first to complain that this scene makes a mockery of recovering alcoholics who are in danger of falling off the wagon starting with "that first innocent drink".

Don Del Grande wrote:

Nah, the waiting game sucks, let's play Hungry-Hungry Hippos!

"Jason Saslow" wrote in message news:[email]...

oh, the hippos are missing.

(a bit of an adaptation, but being my own toughest critic, i think it's genius. j/k).

"We also have Clam Traffic Jam, Lent, Ooh.. The Game Of County Seats. Aw the zoning disc is warped."

"Three wars back we called saurkraut Liberty Cabbage, and we called Liberty Cabbage Super Slaw! Back then a suitcase was known as a Swedish Luchbox... Anyway; long story short, is a phrase whose origin is complicated and rambling." Abraham Simpson

Waittaminnit....he only had ONE drink and nothing happened. He didn't reach for another. That's right, he had just one and that proves he can handle his liquor which means he's not an alcoholic. Yep, I think Ol' Barney is gonna be just fine.

Yes, he's gonna be just. . . fine.