Shock! Horror! The Irish Drink Too Much!

[BDC]

I don't understand why St. Patrick's day is such a big deal in England, relative to the other Saints days. I can pretty much guarantee that I, and all of my fellow students, will be going out on Saturday for St. Patrick's day, yet when I tried to drum up support for a St. David's day celebration, no-one seemed to care. I even wore a daffodill all day.

We won't celebrate St. George's day either.

St George is associated with skin heads and beating up minorities. St Patrick is associated with getting drunk and partying. The crucial difference.

[Ja'chyra]

5+ drinks isn't a binge, its a warm up, 5+ days is a binge or bender as we Weegies call it.

What constitutes a drink anyway, playing M2TW on a friday night I can easily have 3 "drinks", does the fact that each of these drinks are pints of vodka and irn bru, about 9x35ml measures, change this?

[BDC]

5+ drinks isn't a binge, its a warm up, 5+ days is a binge or bender as we Weegies call it.

What constitutes a drink anyway, playing M2TW on a friday night I can easily have 3 "drinks", does the fact that each of these drinks are pints of vodka and irn bru, about 9x35ml measures, change this?

I think that'd coount as 9+ units... So yes, binger! Bringer of social breakdown!

[Ja'chyra]

I think that'd coount as 9+ units... So yes, binger! Bringer of social breakdown!

Doh, I blame it on my mother for being a single parent.






Only kidding mum.

[BDC]

Doh, I blame it on my mother for being a single parent.






Only kidding mum.

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?

[English assassin]

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)

[naut]

Poor survey really, although it makes me proud of my Irish heritage.

[Andres]

Belgium is not on top.

It's Carnaval Halle this week-end.

I know what to do (x40 a night)

[Moros]

Belgium is not on top.

It's Carnaval Halle this week-end.

I know what to do (x40 a night)

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!

[Uesugi Kenshin]

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!

[BDC]

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.

[cegorach]

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...

[Rilder]

5+ drinks isn't a binge, its a warm up, 5+ days is a binge or bender as we Weegies call it.

What constitutes a drink anyway, playing M2TW on a friday night I can easily have 3 "drinks", does the fact that each of these drinks are pints of vodka and irn bru, about 9x35ml measures, change this?

Every single man lost in a battle you drink to? that could be bad for huge unit size...



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.

[ShadesPanther]

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.

Yeah It'd save the EU loads of money

My saturday will be spent in the pub watching the Rugby. We havent decided the rules of the drinking....yet