Uh-huh--feeling like that, are you?

January 1 is, as many unfortunates know, the great, annual Hangover Holiday.

Out of necessity, we have made a study of hangover cures, from "the old restorative" mixed by Jeeves for Bertie Wooster to Kingsley Amis's remedy, not for publication in a family blog.

Keith Floyd, the wittiest chief ever to appear on the Food Network, and described as "veteran of many an heroic binge," wrote an entire book on hangovers. He offers several remedies, with such names as the Silly Sod, the Gormless Idiot and the Upperclass Twit. These are probably funnier when you don't have a hangover, and the ingredients for the Upperclass Idiot, including clam juice, may make you even queasier.

The most appealing is the Sydney Sunrise: juice of a lime, spoonful of runny honey, yolk of one egg, orange juice, and crushed ice, all whirred in a blender, if you can handle the noise, and then a grating of nutmeg on top.

For the seriously afflicted, Floyd also has menus for a Five-Day Detoxification Program.

And if nothing works, remember the wise words of Jack Wasserman: "It's better to have a morning after than to never have a night before."