Originally Posted by
dalehill
I don't think you can be a gentleman and also drunk-pee your pants. I think you have to choose. One or the other, not both.
As you get older, you can have problems that are not related to your alcohool consumption.
I think the question is less about how drunk you are, and more about how loud you are, how belligerent you are, how annoying you are, etc.
Probably the best guide. A few years ago at JFK, a major storm rolled in, we had rolling delays for our flight that lasted 5 hrs, we spent about 7 hrs in the BA F lounge, by the end, we were not fit to operate an office chair. As we boarded we were quiet and polite, but a bit stumbly, no issues.