What is G I 3 ?

[Daniel S.]

One of the lines at the beginning of 'Live With Me' by the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger sings that he takes G I 3?  What the hell is that?

[Roger Ryan]

It's mentioned in the early Joy Division song "Warsaw" as well (actually, "G-1-3" which could be completely different!). No idea what it means.

EDIT: Okay, just checked the Joy Division lyric and it's actual "3-1-G". Sorry about the confusion...move along.

[1-1-wonderful]

I got nasty habits, I take tea at three
Yes, and the meat I eat for dinner
Must be hung up for a week
My best friend, he shoots water rats
And feeds them to his geese
Don'cha think there's a place for you
In between the sheets?

Come on now, honey
We can build a home for three
Come on now, honey
Don't you wanna live with me?

And there's a score of harebrained children
They're all locked in the nursery
They got earphone heads they got dirty necks
They're so 20th century
Well they queue up for the bathroom
'Round about 7:35
Don'cha think we need a woman's touch to make it come alive?

You'd look good pram pushing
Down the high street
Come on now, honey
Don't you wanna live with me?

Whoa, the servants they're so helpful, dear
The cook she is a whore
Yes, the butler has a place for her
Behind the pantry door
The maid, she's French, she's got no sense
She's wild for Crazy Horse
And when she strips, the chauffeur flips
The footman's eyes get crossed

Don'cha think there's a place for us
Right across the street
Don'cha think there's a place for you,
In between the sheets?

[Daniel S.]

I take tea at 3  ?!?! 


I thought he was singing about some drug like GHB.

[donald]

British humor.  A nasty habit would be something so extreme as taking tea an hour early.

[the captain]

In the meantime, I looked up GI3 and it seemed to be some kind of protein. I didn't post because that didn't seem like much of a rock 'n' roll party drug or anything. But I am happy to announce to you:

"Gi3 does not contribute to the inhibition of adenylate cyclase when stimulation of an alpha 2-adrenergic receptor causes activation of both Gi2 and Gi3."

Good news! (Or is it ... I don't know what it means.)