Alcohol

[lars573]

Is this another one of those Anglo guilt taboos us Americans were saddled with?

Replace Anglo with Presbyterian/Baptist/Methodist/Fundie Protestant cult (what got booted from Britain for getting between them and the drink ) and your in the ball-park.

[Greyblades]

Replace Anglo with Presbyterian/Baptist/Methodist/Fundie Protestant cult (what got booted from Britain for getting between them and the drink ) and your in the ball-park.

Kinda funny when you think about it; even us, the stereotypical stuffy britsh, couldnt stand the stuck up gits.

[Fragony]

I stop when I'm starting to feel drunk, but I sure as hell know people who are completely different when they had too much.

[lars573]

Kinda funny when you think about it; even us, the stereotypical stuffy britsh, couldnt stand the stuck up gits.

Well I had a prof. in Community College who was named MacPherson (a lot of Scots immigrated to Canada in the 19th century). He told me about the 2 types of Scotsmen.

1st type Presbyterians: We dun'nae tolerate the devils brew here lad!
2nd type Catholics: *hic* Whens the last time ye were sober mate?

[gaelic cowboy]

I met a sober person once very strange experience indeed

[Fisherking]

Funny I think Germany has the highest Alcohol intake there is and you see very little drunkenness.

Think we have almost no tariff on the stuff either. Nothing like UK or Ireland for sure. The shops here are less than duty free there.
We have a spirits shop in Munich called Tara that specializes in Irish and Scotch Whiskey and there are always people in the shop from the isles.

Anyway different spirits effect me differently. So it depends on what I am drinking. But I am not fond of being drunk.

[gaelic cowboy]

Funny I think Germany has the highest Alcohol intake there is and you see very little drunkenness.

Think we have almost no tariff on the stuff either. Nothing like UK or Ireland for sure. The shops here are less than duty free there.
We have a sprites shop in Munich called Tara that specializes in Irish and Scotch Whiskey and there are always people in the shop from the isles.

Anyway different sprites effect me differently. So it depends on what I am drinking. But I am not fond of being drunk.

Which just shows how much we really like drink even with a huge amount of duty


For a minute I though you were talking about stuff like 7up and sprite as in soft drinks but it's supposed to be Spirits right

[Fisherking]

ROFLOL

You know I tried that spelling and my spell check kicked it back! Really

I hate MS!

fixed it

[Tellos Athenaios]

Does it change your mood?
Do you become a different person when you are drunk?

I stop drinking before I'm drunk: the cue is when I start feeling a bit unsteady. So I don't really have the vomiting or can't-remember-doing-that experiences. But while I still drink I don't really notice much of a change in my mood or personality.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Kinda funny when you think about it; even us, the stereotypical stuffy britsh, couldnt stand the stuck up gits.

There's more to Britain than England, you know. Rounds these parts we are the stuck up gits. And yet we have a worse drinking culture than even England.

[rory_20_uk]

In the UK the problem is so much responsibility is taken from the individual. If you get plastered to the point of insensibility you get a free ride to the A&E, get a hangover cure (IV fluids) and a supervised bed for the night. Responsibility of personal safety in towns is taken care of by a police presence to help sort out the fights / disputes etc etc.

If there was still the "drunk tank" where people slept it off - and ran the slight risk of aspirating on their own vomit - they might be somewhat less cavalier. Similarly if they were left to their own devices in the towns it might be seen of less of a laugh for all concerned - especially after a few get stabbed / fall down and break something serious.

[Moros]

In the UK the problem is so much responsibility is taken from the individual. If you get plastered to the point of insensibility you get a free ride to the A&E, get a hangover cure (IV fluids) and a supervised bed for the night. Responsibility of personal safety in towns is taken care of by a police presence to help sort out the fights / disputes etc etc.

If there was still the "drunk tank" where people slept it off - and ran the slight risk of aspirating on their own vomit - they might be somewhat less cavalier. Similarly if they were left to their own devices in the towns it might be seen of less of a laugh for all concerned - especially after a few get stabbed / fall down and break something serious.

Yeah I saw that on BBC2 last week or something. Wth, was that about? If the ambulance has to come and get you, you will pay quite a nice sum of money. So if he/she lives with his parents, he will not get out of the house the first months and if he or she's not than they don't have enough money to go out.
Funny though how some people panic and call an ambulance for nothing, though.

[Reenk Roink]

I get really mellow and go to sleep. I'm very boring.

[Beirut]

I get really mellow and go to sleep. I'm very boring.

That makes two of us. I get quiet, tending to speak less than usual - which everyoner loves - and I usually, if in a group or crowd, tend to wander off and sit quietly by myself and just think.

On the other hand I know some people who get very loud, refuse to ever sleep ever again once drunk, cling to you like magnets, and make you wish they would have an accident just so they would shut up.