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Talking of intoxication - I met up with one of my long lost cousins for the first time last week. She said that just after she was born, her Father (my Dad's brother) had a few pints in a pub, then went off to the Register Office to get her registered.
When he arrived home a few hours later, her Mother asked for the birth certificate. She was shocked to find that the name on it was Jeannette Ellis - when in fact it should have been Jeannette Alice - after our Grandmother!
I'm not sure whether it took guts or balls to explain that one!