The Doctor Is In part II

Having attempted to tackle the timely flu-season advice of feeding fevers and starving colds, I thought it might be time to tackle another piece of timely, er, medical advice. Seeing as how New Year's Eve is upon us, I thought I might see what Google.com might have to say about the drunken old wife's tale, "Liquor then beer, in the clear in the clear; beer then liquor, never sicker."

I thought maybe webmd.com might have something to say about this, but now I figure their advice is probably the best: don't drink to excess. Well, we'll see how well everyone follows through with that advice. But that's beside the point. I want to know where this oft-quoted piece of advice came from and if there is actually any basis to it.

At the risk of being an enabler, a website named www.all-about-hangovers.com explores this myth and others ( click here for the link).

Or, for those who really need an enabler, I should hook you up with a guy I knew in college, we'll call him "Fred," who was wont to say, "Liquor then beer, in the clear; beer then liquor, you're still okay." No word out there from webmd or any enabler drinking sites if this is indeed sound advice. Also no word as to whatever happened to "Fred."