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flat sheeted adj. Drunk by the third round, and lying across the sofa beneath a loose sheet rather than in bed. Delauren was flat sheeted on the sofa, covered neatly except for one sock. flat silvered adj. Drunk by closing time, and arranging the cutlery in solemn ranks beside an untouched glass of water. Aulden became flat silvered and polished the teaspoons on the sofa cushion. flat spaced adj. Still drunk, and occupying the sofa according to a geometry in which every cushion is equally distant. Simonetta was flat spaced, leaving identical gaps between herself, the cushions and the water. flat spinned adj. Too drunk to respond to the sofa, the kitchen or any ordinary instruction concerning gravity. flat spotted adj. Sufficiently drunk to remain fixed in one sofa-shaped position, as though heavy braking had been applied. Madrox was flat spotted on the sofa, unable to turn towards the waiting water. flat sticked adj. Having drunk enough to regard the kitchen floor as a putting green and the glass as the hole. Vassilios became flat sticked and attempted three careful putts with a wooden spoon. flat stored adj. You have drunk enough to suspect the sofa is a dishonest establishment offering fixed odds on standing up. Marye got flat stored and accused the sofa of rigging every attempt to rise. flat taxed adj. Of a drinker: paying the same personal levy for every household decision, regardless of its size. Pria was flat taxed and treated choosing a sofa cushion like a major financial obligation. flat texted adj. Of a drinker who has reduced the evening to one unbroken file of messages sent from the sofa. Seddon was flat texted, sending one continuous account of the kitchen tap to the family. flat timed adj. Drunk beyond any prospect of leaving before the sentence is served, with no credits for good behaviour. Arda was flat timed, still asking the barmaid whether his release had been brought forward. flat tire ruled adj. A drinker so far gone that the next available departure appears guaranteed, regardless of the scheduled one missed. Derianna was flat tire ruled and accepted the dawn train as an administrative certainty. flat tired adj. Drunk, with the result that your legs have lost pressure and every journey requires roadside assistance. Charles-eric was flat tired by half ten, leaning against the bar as though awaiting a mechanic. flat topped adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves the hair immaculate and the navigation distinctly less so. flat twisted adj. Drunk in a way that leaves your conversation wound into a small, persistent spiral. Malone got flat twisted and returned to the same point about darts all evening. flat tyred adj. Drunk to a degree that leaves you deflated at the kerb, punctured by the evening and going nowhere. Almeria was flat tyred outside the snug, unable to summon enough pressure for the journey home. flat wagonned adj. Drunk to the extent of lying open to the night, with nothing left between you and the platform. Estephani was flat wagonned on the bench, open to every draught from the door.