IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE

We combed the countryside, the concert drcuil ne claptraps, jukejoints and ginmills, and came up Ith a leading panel of the most celebrated lushes in dom. Trek with us now through their rotted lob we struggle to get straight answers to the ques "What is your favorite kind of booze?" and "Wl the worst thing that ever happened to you whei were drunk?"

ELTON JOHN

FAVE DRINK: "I hadn't really been drinking. Lately, I've been drinking white wine. After that Watford experience [see below], I gave up drinking alcohol. But there is something at the [Caribou] ranch called Yukon Jack. It comes from Canada and it's like Drambuie with an extra kick. It's like a liqueur, but it's 100 proof. Two of those will set you up for the night. It's the only sort of hard alcohol I drink. Otherwise, it's just wine...and I'm' a sugar-free Dr. Pepper freak."

"But that's poison, Elton," our correspondent noted.

"Yeah, but I could get run over by a rampaging elephant."