I just about fell off my chair laughing this morning.

Google has re-invented beer goggles.  Well, sorta.  We’ve all been there.  Even those of us who don’t drink much or at all have had a couple nights in their lives when things went kinda, well, sideways.  And the problem with that “condition” is that some people tend to get more… shall we say… verbose in that state.  Not only with their mouths, but also with their fingers.  As they’re fighting off their hangovers at 2 am, suddenly it seems like a good idea to send that ex-girlfriend a “Let’s get back together” e-mail, or e-mail their boss and tell them what they really think about them.

Google — as always — to the rescue.  With this new feature (now in testing, available through Google Labs) you can setup a time window (say 1am to 5am on weekends) when you must pass the cyber equivlent of a roadside sobriety test to send any e-mail.  Folks, I’m not making this stuff up.  I think it asks you a series of five basic math questions and you have to get them all right, or Gmail won’t send the e-mail.

Of course, I don’t think it would be very hard for a drunk to go into their settings and turn it off.

But it’s still a novel (and hysterical) idea.

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