'Beer goggles' effect explained

[DaveB]

Another satisfied customer...

So just how drunk were you?

[stackpole]

Another satisfied customer...

[DaveB]

[Jabberwocky]

Yeh right. Who cares about looks? When both of you are neither young nor oil paintings none of that really matters. In fact I am not sure it ever matters that much anyhow.

It always matters. Look at the Billionaire and the Bunny Girl. I look for symmetry and a good socket set. Those adjustable whenches really come in handy.

[expat]

Erm precious stones shirley? Yeah, but that's what he was on about.

Sorry, it's been a long time so I couldn't remember, and my books are in storage so I couldn't check. Oh, the Net? Yes, I suppose I could have done. But you know what I mean. At least someone does.

[xoggoth]

Yeh right. Who cares about looks? When both of you are neither young nor oil paintings none of that really matters. In fact I am not sure it ever matters that much anyhow.

[threaded]

Never choose cloth or women in poor light or when drunk -- Ovid, 1st century BC

Erm precious stones shirley? Yeah, but that's what he was on about.

[expat]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/4468884.stm

Scientists believe they have worked out a formula to calculate how "beer goggles" affect a drinker's vision.

Never choose cloth or women in poor light or when drunk -- Ovid, 1st century BC

[n5gooner]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/4468884.stm

Scientists believe they have worked out a formula to calculate how "beer goggles" affect a drinker's vision.


The drink-fuelled phenomenon is said to transform supposedly "ugly" people into beauties - until the morning after.

Researchers at Manchester University say while beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder, the amount of alcohol consumed is not the only factor.

Additional factors include the level of light in the pub or club, the drinker's own eyesight and the room's smokiness.

The distance between two people is also a factor.



They all add up to make the aesthetically-challenged more attractive, according to the formula.

The formula can work out a final score, ranging from less than one - where there is no beer goggle effect - to more than 100.

Nathan Efron, Professor of Clinical Optometry at the University of Manchester, said: "For example, someone with normal vision, who has consumed five pints of beer and views a person 1.5 metres away in a fairly smoky and poorly lit room, will score 55, which means they would suffer from a moderate beer goggle effect."

The research was commissioned by eyecare firm Bausch & Lomb PureVision. A poll showed that 68% of people had regretted giving their phone number to someone to whom they later realised they were not attracted.