he wasn't mad he was just a raging alcoholic… back when absinthe was cool across the pond… the real absinthe isn't all hippy-dippy fairy faggotry like portrayed in movies.. the active ingredient, thujone, just lets you get reallly fuckin drunk while still being alert… it mitigates the grogginess.. so you can be full of energy enough to get so drunk that you can't see straight or get your tongue where it should be, but you've got a ton of shit you want to do and say.