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storm and stressed adj. Drunk past the point of calm, with the kitchen, sofa and evening all treated as opposing forces. storm beached adj. Drunk beyond useful movement, deposited on the sofa like furniture after a particularly long evening. Heiko was storm beached on the sofa, with one shoe beneath him and water within reach. storm carded adj. Drunk in a way that charts the route from the kitchen to the sofa, then chooses neither course correctly. storm cellared adj. Drunk, with the result that the safest refuge appears to be beneath the kitchen table. storm centered adj. Drunk to a degree that makes the kitchen the central place of great activity, despite nobody cooking. storm chasered adj. Drunk to the extent of pursuing every domestic disturbance, including the noise made by the ice tray. Jestiny was storm chasered and followed the rattling boiler from the sofa to the kitchen. storm clouded adj. Drunk by the third round, and darkly disposed towards the remaining washing-up. Windham was storm clouded, regarding the plates as an approaching front from the sofa. storm coned adj. Too drunk to distinguish a domestic warning signal from an invitation to sit down with a blanket. storm doored adj. Sufficiently drunk to regard the cellar door as a sensible shelter and the sofa as a secondary option. storm drained adj. Slowed by drink to a steady trickle towards the lavatory, bypassing every sensible route home. storm drummed adj. Drunk and signalling trouble by beating time on the table whenever the conversation grows quiet. Dezman got storm drummed and used his pint glass to announce each new topic. storm glassed adj. Drunk to the point where the contents of the next glass are taken as a forecast. storm huntered adj. Sufficiently drunk to pursue dramatic weather across the car park, discovering only a leaking gutter. storm in a glass of watered adj. Drunk past the point of treating a diluted pub squabble as a national emergency. Brighley got storm in a glass of watered over a missing coaster and demanded witnesses. storm in a tea-kettled adj. Drunk beyond making a small inconvenience boil quietly; every minor grievance now whistles for attention. storm in a teacupped adj. Drunk in a way that turns a slight at the bar into weather of historic proportions. Sheriece got storm in a teacupped after someone moved her stool two inches.