Re: how one becomes drunk

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From: Eric E. Snyder
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 03:28

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kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:

>Isopropanol is oxidized to acetone by the body, and does some damage to
>the kidney.  Acetone is a very lopsided molecule.  Methanol is oxidized
>to formic acid, which is also extremely lopsided.

>One thing which does lend some evidence toward rejection of the original
>theory is propylene glycol, which is much more lopsided than any of
>the other alcohols discussed.

What in the hell is a "lopsided" molecule?  It seems to be the word of the 
day in the previous posting.  

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