Beer goggles explained at last
What better day than that of the death of George Best, a footballing legend known to be partial to a pint or two, to announce the results of some pointless research on beer?
'Beer goggles', as if you didn't know, explain why the hideously ugly person you just woke up with looked far more attractive the previous night after you drank excessive amounts of alcohol.
Now researchers at Manchester University – who may or may not wear goggles all of their own – have worked out that alcohol isn't the only thing that comes into play when you're deciding how attractive someone is after a few drinks. Additional factors are, apparently:
- How smoky the room is
- How well lit the person is
- Your Snellen visual acuity (that's how good your eyesight is)
- How far away the person is
- How attractive they are
Actually, we made the last one up, but they must be right because they came up with scales and a clever-looking formula. It took over 1,000 speed-daters and an unknown quantity of alcohol.
Unfortunately the research doesn't cover what happens when beer goggles are worn backwards: you might feel embarrassed vomiting on someone's doorstep after a heavy night, but do you actually look more attractive than normal to passers-by? We should be told.
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