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How dry I am.

Posted by Mike on September 27, 2003

In Reply to: How dry I am. posted by ESC on September 09, 2003

: : What does the phrase "How dry I am" mean? I think "dry" means drunk, but what's the connection between being dry and inebriated?

: : I saw a guy in a movie from the fifties say, "Aw, let him drink himself dry." in reference to a guy drinking a lot at a bar.

: I seen the term "dry drunk" in a murder mystery or two. I think it means recovered or struggling alcoholics who get a kind of high from talking about drinking. But I'm not sure of the meaning. It wasn't explained.

: The only "how dry I am" that I know about comes from a children's song:

: HOW DRY I AM - "Adults usually offer the song 'How Dry I am' to comment on drinking, but for children 'dry' and 'wet' have connections to bathroom habits. Self-control and public behavior, a constant theme in American child-rearing, is the prevalent subject in the parody:

: How dry I am
: How wet I'll be
: If I don't find the bathroom key.
: I found the key
: But not the door
: It's too late now
: It's on the floor."


: A variation: How dry I am/How wet I'll be/If I don't find/A place to p**.