They argue that, while their wines are sweet, they can also be drunk with a variety of dishes, from Roquefort salad to Cantonese roast pork.

WSJ: Will Lyons on Wine: The Bitter Economics of Sweet Wines

Sometimes, not often, glancing into the house, the painters caught a glimpse of the woman whom they assumed to be the wife of the crippled man they had drunk whiskey with, who had shaken hands with both of them when the agreement about the painting was made.

NEWYORKER: The Woman of the House

But others, such as the right to go about the city with a drawn sword, the right to be hanged by a silken rope, the right to drive sheep over London Bridge, the right to be drunk and disorderly in the City, the right to be married in St Paul's Cathedral and buried with the City, may always have been in the realms of folklore.

BBC: City limits - how free is a freeman?

Just days after most everyone in the world celebrated (read: ingested alcohol) the new year, Toyota is hitting us up with news declaring that drunk driving won't be tolerated in its future fleet of vehicles.

ENGADGET: Toyota getting into the anti-drunk driving game

At the worst of times, working with whatever data happen to be available, they resemble a drunk looking for his keys under the lamppost.

FORBES: Narrow focus on debt and deficits distracts us from the primary problems

He called for more to be done to stop shops selling alcohol to under-age drinkers and make pubs deal with drunk people on their premises.

BBC: David Cameron vows to end cheap alcohol sales