So everyone's heard of beer goggles, right? The woman you picked up at the bar last night looked gorgeous, until you saw her the next morning. Must have been all that beer.

So, what do you think? Infantile, misogynistic college prattle or scientifically proven physiological phenomenon?

Wrong.

Here, for those who are interested, is the beer goggles formula, as per researchers at Manchester University:

An = number of units of alcohol consumed
S = smokiness of the room (graded from 0-10, where 0 clear air; 10 extremely smoky)
L = luminance of 'person of interest' (candelas per square metre; typically 1 pitch black; 150 as seen in normal room lighting)
Vo = Snellen visual acuity (6/6 normal; 6/12 just meets driving standard)
d = distance from 'person of interest' (metres; 0.5 to 3 metres)

Seriously, there must be something else to spend your time studying, no? But wait, here's the kicker (or should I say "chaser?"):

The research was commissioned by eyecare firm Bausch & Lomb PureVision

Please Lord, please tell me they're not making a contact lens that actually corrects for this problem! I think I just thought of another use for Tylenol...