of course i was , well until i had poured three very hefty bacardi and diet cokes down my throat , by the way do you know that there are no calories in alcoholic drinks if you mix them with a diet mixer , the same as there are no calories in chips ( french fries for our colonial cousins ) if they are taken from someone elses plate , and there are definitely no calories in a bar of chocolate if you can eat it all in one go without closing your eyes - but i digress , as caroline ( my director without portfolio , and the wife of my security director - david ) poured me my fourth almost neat diet coke i started to see her point of view .