I guess I could have said "Just because something is great fun, and you think you're in total control of inherent risks, doesn't mean it's a good idea, or that you're capable of making good risk assessments".

But I'm British, and we communicate in specific ways.

Not really. Exaggeration for comic effect is a useful and entertaining tool when applied properly. I don't think anyone considered it an actual comparison of off-piste skiing and meth.

Except that it's not. In the UK you can go to prison for pot, which is less dangerous than (for example) horseback riding. Its the situation which is absurd, not the comparison.

Noted. Thanks.

Well, both Allies and Axis used methedrine during WWII. In recent decades, US military has shifted to modafinil. But I'm certain that W enjoyed his methedrine, back in the day :)