I blame my binge drinking on my parents' divorce. Of course it started before, but who ever let minor issues of truth and chronological order ruin a good excuse?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ja'chyra
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I blame my binge drinking on my parents' divorce. Of course it started before, but who ever let minor issues of truth and chronological order ruin a good excuse?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ja'chyra
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Belgium is not on top.
It's Carnaval Halle this week-end.
I know what to do ~:cheers: (x40 a night)
This is RIDICULOUS.
You are SUPPOSED to binge drink. Sure, a nice beer after work on a weekday is fair play, but really, alcohol is for getting bladdered. This is as daft as Clinton's "I didn't inhale" line. If you aren't going to inhale why have a joint? Same with beer.
It was drinking to excess that made Britain great. (along with some stuff about sailing and inventing things I suppose)
Poor survey really, although it makes me proud of my Irish heritage.
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Originally Posted by Ja'chyra
Every single man lost in a battle you drink to? that could be bad for huge unit size... :laugh4:
Anyways, how come those Casse wannabe gits get all the glory, COME ON AMERICANS DRINK DRINK DRINK... or we could just buy Ireland and make it a state. :sweatdrop:
Yeah It'd save the EU loads of money :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rilder
My saturday will be spent in the pub watching the Rugby. We havent decided the rules of the drinking....yet
That's easy. Everybody loves St. Paddy's day because it's also Lemur's and Proletariat's birthday. Sheesh, I thought everybody knew that was why you get drunk on March 17th.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
Au contraire.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rythmic
Some 8% - 10 % of all disease and injury in the EU is attributable to alcohol abuse. And this survey clearly shows that alchohol abuse problems in the EU are the result of binge drinking. The policy to pursue is therefore clear. The EU needs to establish a Common Alcohol Policy. This CAP is to be paid for by raising higher taxes on binge drinking, to be compensated by a lowering of taxes for recreational drinking.
The money thus generated should be redistributed evenly across all member states, according to population figures, to fund this 8% to 10% of overall health expenditure .
Brilliant survey, I say. ~;)
I suppose they forgot the Czechs? Those madmen drink the most beer of all of Europe, and are second only to the Ugandese (yes!) worldwide.
Don't worry next year, I'll be in Leuven next year. Then we must be on the top. I drink more beers in five minutes than Anderlecht can score goals against Genk!Quote:
Originally Posted by AndresTheCunning
I think this study is seriously flawed because from my experience in Germany five drinks in a sitting is fairly minimal compared to what most people drink at parties here and yet they didn't even mention Germany. Another thing is the question is seriously flawed. What is a sitting considered? What is a drink considered? Is a Radler (50% beer 50% sprite like soda) considered a drink and a double whiskey cola also considered a drink? I think we should also conduct some expirements to determine what exactly should be defined as binge drinking for every weight group, I volunteer to watch!
Yeah, my experience of the Czechs was they didn't really do much except drink beer. And the Polish don't seem to do a lot except drink vodka.
Maybe they get around the sitting thing because they all haven't technically finished their initial sitting, which started in their early teenage years.
Actually from all countries I visited only in the UK people were so totally wrecked by drinking - some cases reminded my late communism in Poland...
In fact there were situations which I couldn't possibly imagine in Poland - teenage-looking girls lying on grass early in the morning...:inquisitive:
That's more a sympton of Britain's social and class issues rather than alcohol per say.Quote:
Originally Posted by cegorach
Yeah, brits can't hold their drink. I do think irish people drink more and more consistently though.
That, sir, sounds like a challenge! There is only one way to settle this; UK vs Rest of World drinking contest! I think we can get a couple of teams together.Quote:
Yeah, brits can't hold their drink.