Prostration, prostration, prostration

Anybody who has spent any time in Mexico or Central America would no doubt have come across the collapsed drunk in the street phenomenon. Latinos like to hit the drink hard, and when its Aguadiente or Agua del diablo (fire water) that you are drinking, you tend to end up pretty pissed. (The alcohol is usually made from some toxic substance and most times I can't even smell it let alone stomach the thought of drinking it) And usually at the end of the session the men (it's always men) end up in the same place they started it - in the street and often standing, sitting or at worst lying on the street.
Two classic examples I saw of this lately got me laughing - the first was in Escuintla in Guatemala, where on the footpath in front of the town's police station there were three, count them, three drunks passed out on the footpath - I guess it cuts down a long and painful ride in the back of the paddy wagon.
The second was in San Miguel in El Salvador, driving through the streets at night in a taxi in pouring rain, we saw a guy passed out face down, head on the pavement and legs hanging off the gutter - without even the slightest attempt to make himself in any way comfortable.
Tragically it is always the wives and mothers who the shameful job of going around and collecting the men and trying to get them home. (So they can demand a fry up in the morning to get over there hang over and start the drinking all over again !!!)