Seemed Like A Good Idea...at the time

Two wacky Brits

Who among us has not awakened after a night of abandon with a cotton mouth and a very real sense of having done something unbelievably stupid and embarrassing while under the affluence of inkohol?  Whether it's the recollection of having insulted somebody important, losing the car or maybe even misplacing a pair of pants in a location now beyond recollection, the damage is done and it's time to either relocate or assume a new identity.  Haven't done that?  Perhaps you've stumbled on to the wrong blog.  If you CAN relate, I would like to offer you a saga about a couple who's embarrassing alcohol induced gaff will put your worst escapade in the shade.

Gina Lyons and Mark Lee, a couple of wacky Brits from London, got so drunk on their honeymoon that they purchased an entire hotel.  Granted it was a dump located in backwater in Sri Lanka but you have to admire their chutzpah.  After downing 12 glasses of rum they discovered that the lease on their honeymoon hideout was almost up and, after finding out it was only $13,200 per year, they thought "what the hell, we might as well buy it".  The couple was so buzzed during negotiations that they didn't even notice that the conversation was in a foreign language.  They just kept drinking.  The next day, now sober, they began to panic about what they had done and attempted to get out of the deal but couldn't.  So, they decided to turn a dumb ass drunken move into something positive and shortly began $8000 worth of renovations.  The newly named Lucky Beach Tangalle opened this past July and business is booming.  They also have a child on the way and have vowed to henceforth only make big decisions while sober.

I love a happy ending.  By the way, if you need me, I'm closing on a deal to buy this really cool bridge in Brooklyn.

All mine in just a thousand more payments!