Re: getting drunk on alcohol free beer. I remember one time in college at a party when I drank a large cup of Cola or Fanta something. Then colleagues laughed and told me it was half vodka.
In like 5 minutes I could barely walk. Then they laughed again, told me there was no vodka, they were joking. A minute later I was perfectly sober.
Then they laughed again and said the joke was that there's no vodka, actually it was. Predictably, minutes later I was intoxicated again.
To this day I don't know if there was vodka involved or not.
I know this from modern perspective, I make myself a tonic vodka sometimes and the ratio of tonic over vodka needs to be very high to not taste the latter.
In like 5 minutes I could barely walk. Then they laughed again, told me there was no vodka, they were joking. A minute later I was perfectly sober.
Then they laughed again and said the joke was that there's no vodka, actually it was. Predictably, minutes later I was intoxicated again.
To this day I don't know if there was vodka involved or not.