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Part Four - "The Drunkards"

Some drunkards are men on the bench. They are ambiguously plural. The printed name is "drunkards". They are scenery. The description of the drunkards is "Reeling drunkards, in all stages of advanced intoxication, slump over tables, sprawl on benches, and recline against walls." Understand "drunkard", "drunks", "advanced", "intoxicated", "drunk", "benches", "walls", "wall", "tables", "man", "woman", "men", "people", "vomiting", "puking", "reeling", "wino", "winos", and "women"as drunkards. The default reply of the drunkards is "An owlish stare is your only reply." Instead of pushing, pulling, attacking, or fucking the drunkards, say "The last time you tried something like that in a bar something like this, you ended up on the bottom of the pile. That wasn't much fun." The drunkards are unspeakable.