I'm a reasonably intelligent chap and an experienced drinker, who knows very well

[Burney]

Apologies. Do you not have an emergency flask in your desk from which you can take a soothing belt of cognac?

People take a dim view of that sort of thing these days, I fear. I have to make do with the half-bottle of Teacher's I've got taped inside the cistern of trap one of the gents.