My reputation is ruined for ever! I managed to get a really bad bug causing high temperature and the trots, and shivered my way into bed one night. I was so frozen I looked for a hot water bottle, but hadn't got one, so I found an empty gin bottle and fiiled it with hot water. It helped, warmed up my toes, and in the morning I put the cold bottle by the side of the bed. In the evening the doctor came, and seeing a bottle of fizzy mineral water on the table told me not to drink it, as it would do me no good. 'And alcohol is no good either', he said.'Alcohol?' I answered, surprised.
'Yes, there's abottle of gin by your bed' . I attempted to explain. Don't think he believed me.
And by the bedroom door there was a crate of beer left over from a party.
And by the door there was a bottle of cheap vodka to put in my camping bus water system.
