Maybe the advocate should take American Idol's approach and not let anyone over 28 post comments on the website. More often than not its the older generation that have to complain about everything. Stick to your rocking chairs on porches, leave our internet alone.

Flounder calm down these are just opinions man. No one is boiling tar and plucking chickens yet, far from it. You like drunks, that's fine. They are funny at times except when they have head on collisions or they beat the crap out of their spouse, you know stuff like that - funny? Not so much.

It's drunken comedy, not history. History answers four questions - what, when, where and most important why. It tells us how we got to where we are. It's like a huge blog with a thread that leads back from today to yesterday, to last week, month, year, decade, and century.

Take the "drunken comedy" about William H. Harrison who was president for 30 days. He was one of the two "Whig" presidents to win an election. The other was Zachery Taylor, both died in office. Their Whig vice presidents, who took over did not fair very well and failed to get a second term.

Both Vice Presidents got embroiled in issues concerning the expansion of slavery. Tyler with the admission of Texas and Fillmore with the admission of California.

The Whig party collapse over the extension of slavery and morphed into the Know Nothing party that was against the immigration of German and Irish Catholics - hmmmm ?

This is the thread along the road to Civil War, it was a long road and we are still on it.

Maybe MzUnderstood should stop reading the advocate website. Its hard to be so uptight and still have a funny bone.

Warning: Scholarly content!

Mz asks why drunken speech and actions pass as humor. Good question. Short answer: Because it's funny.

Shakespeare used the drunkard as comedy with his character Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor. As a comedic stereotype, it has been used for hundreds of years. Think Otis the town drunk in The Andy Griffith Show. Would you say Andy Griffith is a bad influence or cheapened himself with the addition of that character?

Old Abe was way COOL!!

Mz,

You are correct in saying too many lives have been lost due to excessive drinking. The majority of those were inattentive lawbreakers.

But last time I checked, for those of legal drinking age, it’s still okay to get stupid drunk in your home. Just stay off the road…

Might I recommend alternating between the History Channel and Cartoon Network?

Mzunderstand, Yes you are right, I would much rather read about drive by shootings, domestic violence, sexual crimes against children, gang related activities.....

MzUnderstood... relax. Have a drink maybe. I think Aprill's contributions are very entertaining. Just because you don't enjoy it, doesn't mean the other readers here won't either.

LOL.. very funny April. It is good to break up the monotony. This makes history a little,"less boring".