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fish scaled adj. A drinker so far gone that every remaining social judgement has been stripped to its uncut, high-grade essence. Kyanah became fish scaled and delivered a brutally pure opinion on the seating plan. fish scienced adj. Sharpened by drink into explaining every pub's inhabitants, migration patterns and preferred feeding times. fish sciencesed adj. Drunk by closing time, and conducting detailed research into the contents of the refrigerator. Dillynn was fish sciencesed, researching the refrigerator contents while the others ordered taxis. fish scrapped adj. Still drunk, and reduced to whatever remains on the plate after the useful portions have gone. fish sliced adj. Sharpened by drink into wielding the supper implement like a fencing foil whenever the crisps arrive. fish souped adj. Loosened by drink into a warm, undifferentiated mixture of lager, opinions and whoever is nearest. Shaddy went fish souped and shared his crisps with the entire corner of the bar. fish stepsed adj. Emboldened by drink to climb steadily towards the surface of any conversation, against its current. Heron got fish stepsed and worked his way through every table seeking higher conversation. fish sticked adj. Slowed by drink to a rigid, breaded shuffle between bar, doorway and lavatory. Leif became fish sticked and took four minutes to cross the snug for a packet of nuts. fish stocked adj. Drunk and multiplying across the pub until the available seating seems to contain a whole population. Mirian got fish stocked and occupied three stools without appearing to move. fish storied adj. Drunk enough to turn buying a packet of pork scratchings into an account of maritime heroism. Caziah got fish storied and claimed the barmaid had once rescued him from a trawler. fish stormed adj. Drunk to the point where the weather has become dramatic but is no longer anybody's concern. fish strainered adj. Drunk past the point of retaining any remark that enters, while allowing the larger nonsense to remain. Brandell went fish strainered and lost the question but kept an elaborate answer. fish suppered adj. Drunk beyond the point where fish and chips constitute food rather than a national remedy. Kahiau got fish suppered and ordered vinegar for a portion already swimming in it. fish tailed adj. Still drunk, and swaying from side to side through the morning's narrowest passages. Raksmey came downstairs fish tailed, negotiating the hallway in broad lateral movements. fish taled adj. Drunk in a way that enlarges a minor pub incident until it requires tides, witnesses and a rescue vessel. fish tanked adj. Drunk, with the result that every silence contains imagined aquatic life and every glass needs observing. Evron got fish tanked and watched the lager settle as though something might hatch.