Or else you might become the Finance Minister of Japan:
The full story is here. He says it’s the latter, but we all know better.
UPDATE: News services are now reporting that Nakagawa is going to resign, citing this incident as the cause. Apparently they finally got over their implicit agreement not to mention his obvious drinking problem.
You gotta feel for the guy: If I were a finance minister of anything right now, I’d mix stuff, too.
For those who are interested, here’s a roundup of awesomely drunken statesmen in history.