Scorned by the opposite sex get drunk

[Hardbopjazz]

Scorned male fruit flies turn to booze, according to new study

Like plenty of dudes I know, male fruit flies who have been sexually rejected turn to booze, a new study shows.

According to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, rejected male fruit flies consumed four times more alcohol than those who had recently mated.

"This was just a wild experiment to do," Galit Shohat-Ophir, the lead researcher, told Science, where the findings were published. "We didn't expect to see such dramatic results."

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[Tim McG]

That certainly would explain why the fruit flies all show up when I'm out on the patio with a glass of wine.

[Pete C]

I was once scorned by a female fruit fly. I got drunk to celebrate.

[jazzbo]

I was scorned by a bar fly once. I was already drunk.

[Tim McG]

I once knew a guy who thought he could fly when he got stone, sloppy drunk; dove into a pool from his second floor balcony.

It was only four feet deep.

It wasn't pretty.

Edited March 17, 2012 by GoodSpeak