Currently nursing a horrendous hangover brought on by a 2-for-1 vodka bar that decided to extend its opening hours until midnight. They say that pain makes you a better learner, and I can certainly attest to this at the moment. Here are some things I have learnt:

1. That the worst place to have a hangover is in a team meeting at 9am on your last day at work, when people expect you to stand up and talk about all the things you've learnt from your time here (I don't think this list would have gone down well) and how much of an experience it has been. Other bad places to have a hangover include theme parks and the bottom of the stairs in your girlfriend's parents' house.

2. That when you pace your drinking with the expectation of finishing at 11, you should fucking finish at 11. Carrying on for an extra hour, expecially when the drinks are small, strong and cheap, is a bad idea.

3. That Mcdonalds' cheeseburgers are excellent anti-hangover food, being dry, mostly tasteless and very high in carbs. The sort of thing that most of the wanky, Atkins diet people I work with would avoid like the plague. I swore not to go to Mcdonalds ever again as a protest against global corporatisation, but I had an email from Casi which mentioned them, and it gave me cravings

If anyone apart from the obvious couple reads this, leave a comment detailing your favourite hangover cure and I will try it out at some point in the future. In fact, the obvious couple can do that too if they like.