It's almost that time of the year...the much anticipated New Year's Eve party. Let me paint a picture for ya:

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The morning of January 1.

Now assuming you celebrated like an animal and now comes the dreaded morning after of January 1, 2011. What do you do?

Well, according to common know-how's you can:

Sleep it off. Boy will that suck, between the nightmares and nausea you won't get much actual sleep.

You can down some coffee and aspirin. Now you're awake and miserable..good one chief.

You can drink a few gallons of water. Ok, maybe that will actually help, but not by much really.

How bout some fruit? See water above and expect it to taste like an ashtray.

You can follow the off-the-wall sayings that people love to spread around at parties, and pump your stomach full of nasty things such as raw egg yolk, curdled milk, pickled fish parts, or cow/pig stomach. If you survive the copious amouts of dyhadration resulted from your now persistent puking, you should move to the last and best hangover cure of them all.

#1. Throw yourself into a freezing Lake Ontario....Wait, what?



Welcome to The Great Canadian Chill taking place the day after the biggest party of the year, January 1, 2011. I can proudly say I will personally use this hangover cure and become a polar bear for a few minutes and will promise a full swim and not a sissy toe dip. Water temperatures hovering at freezing can lead to death in as little as 15 minutes (Source). Current lake temperature is a scary 1.7°C as of today. Eep!

Note: This event encourages donations for the Sick Kids foundation of Canada so I hope you will join me and come on down to the lake. Don't worry, you can remain fully clothed and don't need to participate, there are spots reserved in the warming tent for you to join the rest of the old ladies.

Cost: Any amount donation to Sick Kids