>>>>Do you *HAVE* to drink?
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>>>No, and in theory, I don't *HAVE* to breath, either. I tend to be generally more congenial and cheerful if I do both.
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>>Since you won't be drinking at DevCon, will you only be congeial or just cheerful?
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>If I'm not drinking and appear to be able to remain vertical, I'll likely be really grouchy and spout obscene code snippets in VB at you! I

I've never seen nor heard obscene VB code snippets.

>If you also prevent me from finding real coffee in the morning, be afraid. Be very, very afraid.

The lack or availability of real coffee is not under my control.