Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker

Tough day at the beach

Sober singles say dating can be a dry hole

In fact, there’s nothing to this story — young people’s social world revolves around bars, duh — and I’m surprised that the Post bothered to run it, but it did give me a chance to use Ogden Nash’s witticism and toss in a double entendre as a bonus, so I’m going with it.

These days, the 31-year-old [Malia Griggs] will have an occasional cocktail, but she says that sobriety has definitely affected the way she socializes.

“I think I’ve been maybe avoiding dating, ’cause I don’t want to explain it over and over,” she says.

Here’s the money quote:

She also finds that bars have lost their appeal. “I think when you’re sober, all the things that are annoying about bars stick out — how loud they are, how expensive they are, how obnoxious other people can be,” Griggs says.

Very few drunks are nearly as witty and charming as they think they are.