I thought the incident sounded familiar!

The drinking would fit right in with their later drinking of seawater due to alcohol dehydration. In retrospect, it would have been better to tank up on H2O. As they say, it's better to have it in your body than in your canteen.

In Gonzales's book, it also occurred to me how important it is to choose the right traveling companions... <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Sue