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* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] novel "The Hour of the Dragon", how Zenobia gets the keys from the guards.
* In the [[Tom Clancy]] novel ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'', the incident which provokes Ramius to defect was the death of his wife at the hands of a surgeon who had been drinking while on call - who went unpunished because of his political connections. Similar incidents occur in other novels, most often by Russian guards and/or soldiers who are classically known for such behavior.
* [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s poem "The Shut-Eye Sentry" is about an officer on night duty (in garrison) who had a few too many this particular night. He's sober enough to remember he should make the rounds checking sentry posts, but not sober enough to realize he shouldn't let people see him like this. Since the consensus of the enlisted and noncoms is that he's usually a good officer, they cover for
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* Invoked in [[Okamiden]] when [[Badass Adorable|Chibiterasu]] has to bring one of the imps in Orochi's lair some sake in order to get him drunk enough to allow him to pass.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'': The Demoman, master of [[Stuff Blowing Up]], is always drunk. His default melee weapon is a ''large'' bottle of alcohol from which he drinks as a taunt.
* [[World of Warcraft]] has a hilarious
* The fact that one guard regularly drinks on duty is an important clue in an early investigation in ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''.
* ''[[Time Splitters]]'': "I am.....BEST guard. Numbar one!"
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* Canadian Forces regulations allows for a maximum of two standard drinks while on duty. This is subject to further regulation by the local commanders though, so it's rare to see this fully permitted, unless you're in the Navy.
* Speaking of Her Majesty's Navies, there's the old quote about the [[Brits With Battleships|Royal Navy]] (often [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|wrongly attributed]] to [[Winston Churchill]]):
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* In the lead-up to the 1984 general elections in [[New Zealand]], then-Prime Minister Robert Muldoon [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLDve40cxlk drunkenly called a snap election] after one of his MPs threatened to dissent over key legislation. This became known as the '[[Just for Pun|schnapps election]]'.
** Speaking of New Zealand, former MP Nandor Tanczos made the accusation in 2000 that he had seen politicians "drunk in charge of a country".
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