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2ND DEC 2008
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 Beer goggles phenomenon
I've only had fifteen pints. I think you're gorgeous!!
It has been discovered by researchers at the University of Manchester that the re-knowned “beer goggles” effect, whereby a previously minging member of the opposite sex suddenly becomes attractive after a night on the lash, is not just down to the amount of alcohol consumed.
Apparently there are many aspects to the reasons why this monstrous person is now drop dead gorgeous.
· Light levels in the bar / club / pub
· The beholders eyesight
· Smokiness
· Proximity to the object of desire
 The research team formulated a beer goggle scale from 0 to 100+ to measure the sinister effect as follows.
· Less than one: No effect
· 1-50: Person you would normally find unattractive appears less "visually offensive"
· 51-100: Non-appealing person becomes suddenly attractive
· More than 100: Someone not considered attractive looks like a super model
A professor of Clinical Optometry at the University of Manchester, Nathan Efron told the BBC “For example, someone with normal vision, who has consumed five pints f 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.”
Well, I know there’s a few of us here @ The Student Zone that are slightly challenged in the eyesight department but we can confirm that after a few too many beers, even the elephant man – viewed from 30 metres in a smoky room would probably prove irresistible! We make that a 200 on the Manchester Uni beer goggles scale.
Provided by The Student Zone (United Kingdom) |
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