Britain has won notoriety for reckless drinking among the young. Drunken, brawling teens and twentysomethings have become a familiar sight in town centers. Relaxed laws mean pubs whose opening times used to be strictly regulated can now serve drinkers round the clock.
The minimum drinking age in pubs is 18, but lawmakers say the crisis of excessive drinking is no longer confined to youth. They warn a steady rise in alcohol intake among older adultsâ€â€both in bars and at homeâ€â€could have a calamitous impact on the nation’s health.
Some parliamentarians are putting it down to the size of the glass.
What’s next? Europints? Banning of the yard glass? Morons.
When they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar, I ask, “Man, what are you doing here?”
I think being closer to Russia gives one a certain perspective. The abyss is right there.
HAH! hf, I was going to comment about ‘Soviet Union’ & ‘vodka’, or “wodka” as my Ukranian co-worker pronounces it.
Beat me to it, however.
On those lines, as the Soviet State sucked the life out of the Russian people, perhaps the more “benevolent” Nanny State has begun to do the same for the Brits (and the rest of the Western Europeans).
Maybe I should’ve said, “the Soviet State and the quasi-Fascist Mafia State that replaced it…”.
The only way for people to get less drunk is if they have something they want or need to get done the next day. Americans learn this a lot in college.
Can Britons still buy beer in pints?
Ah! There’s the problem. They get an extra ounce in every half-liter. No wonder they’re getting out of control.
I think the size of the glass is irrelevant. As one pub manager said, “if they’re going out to get drunk, they’ll get drunk.” It all depends on the person. If he or she has more important things to do or wants to wake up the next day relaxed, he or she would definitely wouldn’t drown himself or herself in alcohol.
I think the only way to get less drunk, they’ve always bear in mind if they want to live longer for their loved ones. Because for me if someone is really drunk, accident and sickness will always right there.
There is nothing wrong with getting drunk once in a while. People should just know their limits. Or, if they enjoy drinking so much, then drink and pee. There are a lot of precautions people can take to prevent them from going drunk. They are just not willing to do it.
I think they are just making up for the muslims not drinking their share. You don’t want the beer going to waste.
As a devout Catholic, I can tell you that the only thing that will keep you from getting too drunk is guilt.
This should put it in proper perspective for ya’ll
American Scofflaw
A free magazine handed out in Suffolk, England by local police aimed to deter young girls from boozy nights in racy mini-skirts by warning that women ‘intent on getting ratted’ should make sure they had waxed their legs and were ‘wearing nice pants’ in case they collapsed.
The magazine then went on to show pictures of young women slumped on the ground next to messages urging them: ‘If you’ve got it, don’t flaunt it.’
I know the advice is well intentioned, but it makes me uncomfortable to think that the ‘she had it coming attitude’ is now being delivered by the very people who should be protecting the right of every woman to say no whatever they wear.
I can only say I’m perplexed at the suggestion that smooth legs and a nice pair of knickerswill save your self-respect, or help your safety, were you to roll up in a ditch at the corner of the road.
Perhaps it is the relationship between wearing mini skirts and getting drunk that should be examined. If a woman is wearign a mini skirt she is tending to promiscuity, thus as the thinking goes she should wear clean sexy panties so she photgraphs well. If she was wearing a proper skirt then she would be dowdy and could get away with wearing dirty, ugly panties. Make sense?