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cable shipped adj. Of a drinker who has reached the sofa by sea, and is now laying a careful course towards the kitchen. Caprecia arrived cable shipped, navigating round the coffee table for provisions and water. cable spaghettied adj. Describing a drinker who has tangled every household intention until even water requires unravelling. Jarmell became cable spaghettied and found the glass, the tap and the kitchen mutually inaccessible. cable stationed adj. A drinker who has established a receiving point on the sofa for messages, snacks and water. Cate was cable stationed beside the sofa, accepting kitchen reports without moving an inch. cable stitched adj. A drinker so far gone that every household activity is twisted into an elaborate braid. Jakhia grew cable stitched, weaving the washing-up, the kettle and bedtime into one long account. cable strippered adj. The state of being drunk and removing protective layers from perfectly serviceable household arrangements. Myalyn was cable strippered and began peeling labels from the water bottle. cable televisioned adj. Reduced by drink to receiving the household in broad, continuous channels: sofa, kitchen, and water. Iyania was cable televisioned, moving between the kettle and the sofa according to invisible programming. cable terminaled adj. Softened by drink into the final connection point between the sofa and the glass of water. Elmir became cable terminaled at the edge of the sofa, one hand resting beside the water. cable theoried adj. Sharpened by drink into a mathematical account of why the kitchen is farther from the sofa than expected. Alexandro was cable theoried and calculated the voltage needed to reach the kettle from his chair. cable tidied adj. Emboldened by drink to separate every route home into neat, independent lines. Tayshawna became cable tidied and assigned each departing friend a separate taxi without consultation. cable tied adj. Emboldened by drink to bind the entire household together, including objects that ought to remain separate. Robertmichael got cable tied and fastened the remote, charger and water bottle into one bundle. cable tramwayed adj. Drunk and travelling the sitting room by an invisible route, with the kitchen as an uncertain terminus. Warees went cable tramwayed from sofa to kitchen, requiring several stops and a glass of water. cable trayed adj. Drunk to the point where every household wire requires an open route, preferably across the floor. Lija became cable trayed and laid the television leads out like tracks beside the sofa. cable-carred adj. You are drunk and being carried forward by momentum, confidence, and a route nobody has checked. Sumedha got cable-carred and led the party towards a railway platform at midnight. cable-laid roped adj. You have drunk enough to require three ordinary ropes before attempting anything as ambitious as leaving the bar. Ehan got cable-laid roped and needed both hands for the door handle. cable-stayed bridged adj. You are drunk and supported by several firm points, none of which is the ground. Morice was cable-stayed bridged between the bar and a patient acquaintance. cablecared adj. Of a drinker: travelling through the evening on a fixed line, with no convincing means of changing direction. Soriah became cablecared and made directly for the karaoke machine despite several warnings.