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The British and their love of alcohol...
2004-11-22, 9:52 AM #1
We are bad

Quote:
The problem appears to be worse in the North of England and escalates around Christmas.


That's for me n Spe.
2004-11-22, 10:16 AM #2
*note to self: Go to England cause they know how to party*
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2004-11-22, 10:18 AM #3
I mimicked the English one Saturday 20 November 2004. Good times!
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2004-11-22, 10:23 AM #4
ha....

I like how it said 2 in 5 drink before making love to relax or lose their inhibitions.
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2004-11-22, 10:41 AM #5
Honestly I don't think I've ever met a brit who didn't have an alcohol problem. Of course, none of them admit it or even realise it.

12 million... that's just sad.
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2004-11-22, 10:42 AM #6
Quote:
Originally posted by Schming
ha....

I like how it said 2 in 5 drink before making love to relax or lose their inhibitions.


Especially when alcohol results in reduced physical arousal.
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2004-11-22, 10:52 AM #7
getting drunk is only a problem if you think it is. :)
2004-11-22, 10:59 AM #8
Drinking is Britain's national sport.
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2004-11-22, 11:14 AM #9
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A survey of 2,000 people reveals 60% of UK adults think it is fine for people to binge drink over the festive season.


Not being religious, over eating and over drinking are kind of the point of the festive season in my household.

Flex, at the risk of sounding defensive (which I know I will), what do you define as a drinking problem?
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2004-11-22, 11:17 AM #10
Quote:
Originally posted by Martyn
That's for me n Spe.

*waves from the North-West*

Flex: Is there anyone you actually like? I don't mean any offense, you just seem to be extremely critical of people lately.
2004-11-22, 11:24 AM #11
Switched your post around!

Quote:
Originally posted by maevie

Flex, at the risk of sounding defensive (which I know I will), what do you define as a drinking problem?


Quote:
Originally posted by maevie
Not being religious, over eating and over drinking are kind of the point of the festive season in my household.
The music industry is a cruel and shallow money trench where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
2004-11-22, 11:25 AM #12
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Originally posted by LividDK27
Flex: Is there anyone you actually like? I don't mean any offense, you just seem to be extremely critical of people lately.


I nag because I care.
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2004-11-22, 11:29 AM #13
I don't think I have a drinking problem. I can go to nightclubs sober.
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2004-11-22, 11:31 AM #14
Quote:
Originally posted by JediGandalf
I mimicked the English one Saturday 20 November 2004. Good times!


Me too. Same goes for the 13th a well.
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2004-11-22, 11:31 AM #15
Quote:
Originally posted by DeTRiTiC-iQ
I don't think I have a drinking problem. I can go to nightclubs sober.


indeed.

/me gets Detty drunk and humps him.

I'll tell you why alcohol is so great...

EASY SEX!

I'll tell you why its not so great....

Makes me more depressed..

Therefore, this wednesday, on our pubcrawl, I smoke and dont drink, and target the drunkest girl :p
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if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}
2004-11-22, 11:34 AM #16
So would you also say I have an eating problem? I did mention overeating in there too...
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2004-11-22, 11:34 AM #17
Hey just because I started drinking at 12, brought vodka into school frequently for 2 years and am drinking a beer right now it doesn't mean the UK has a drinking problem... much... Besides I think Scottland and traviling Irish make up a significant amount of that statistic.
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2004-11-22, 11:36 AM #18
Quote:
Originally posted by maevie
So would you also say I have an eating problem? I did mention overeating in there too...


You need food to live, that's different.
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2004-11-22, 11:46 AM #19
pfft, you also need to enjoy yourself or you'll go insane.
If you enjoy yourself by drinking, then great, so long as its not hurting anyone (of course, it can/will cause you some problems, but your going to die anyway I say)
People with drinking problems no longer enjoy themselves, they do it for other reasons.
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2004-11-22, 11:49 AM #20
I don't need huge amounts of turkey, roast potatoes, parsnips with parmesan on, three different types of stuffing, swede and mashed potato, brussel sprouts, green beans, red cabbage, cranberry sauce, bread sauce and gravy to survive. Overeating is a serious health issue, certainly on your side of the Atlantic.

(I wish it was xmas now, I want stuffing!)
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2004-11-22, 11:54 AM #21
(just for the amusement of anyone else, I'd like to mention that Flex and I are currently on msn discussing the ingredients of the sandwich I have to invent if ever he suddenly dies -

maevie says:
have you told me what you actually want in the sandwich? or am I just making the biggest one possible?
Flexor says:
oh no, just use your imagination
Flexor says:
try to use ingredients that best represent my personality

I just thought it was funny..)
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2004-11-22, 12:07 PM #22
Quote:
Originally posted by maevie

(I wish it was xmas now, I want stuffing!)


Damn my dirty mind, I imagined you implied something else there :p

I eat lots of good food, I dont eat lots of McDonalds and pizza, but I do have a problem with sugar.
I pour sugar onto everything, and chocolate and sweets I'm terrible with.
In fact i'm downing 2 dissolvable painkillers right now. Not cos I'm in pain, but cos they're sweet and tasty.
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if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}
2004-11-22, 12:08 PM #23
Quote:
Originally posted by maevie
I don't need huge amounts of turkey, roast potatoes, parsnips with parmesan on, three different types of stuffing, swede and mashed potato, brussel sprouts, green beans, red cabbage, cranberry sauce, bread sauce and gravy to survive. Overeating is a serious health issue, certainly on your side of the Atlantic.

(I wish it was xmas now, I want stuffing!)


The food on my table this Thursday is going to be very similar to that. I love Thanksgiving. :)
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2004-11-22, 12:18 PM #24
* Waves Union Jack *

* Takes a swig of scotch *

* Waves Union Jack again *
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2004-11-22, 12:26 PM #25
Quote:
Originally posted by Avenger
The food on my table this Thursday is going to be very similar to that. I love Thanksgiving. :)


sshhh... I hate that you guys have an extra food holiday. But then (in the spirit of the thread) we have an extra drinking holiday!
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2004-11-22, 12:28 PM #26
And when you live close to the border you can celebrate both canadian and american thanksgivings, so that's two extra food holidays!
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2004-11-22, 1:36 PM #27
I've been drunk once, and that was on Beefeater Dry. I blame Britland.
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2004-11-22, 1:52 PM #28
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Nearly a third rely on drinking to get through the Christmas party season, particularly those living in the North East.


/me is a proud member of that third of the north east
2004-11-22, 2:48 PM #29
And I'm in the south east.

Beer for christmas! Woo!!
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2004-11-22, 2:51 PM #30
I refuse to believe that the British are heavier drinkers than the Irish or Germans. My bloodline will not have it!
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2004-11-22, 2:52 PM #31
wey aye, but according to that article, i'll be getting more than you :D :D :D

ah well, christmas is a buzz without booze nevertheless, booze just adds to the random partyness of the christmas atmosphere.
2004-11-22, 2:53 PM #32
Heh, the christmas atmosphere. Jesus Christ and booze don't click to me. :D
Think while it's still legal.
2004-11-22, 2:58 PM #33
booze clicks with anything. :D
2004-11-22, 3:22 PM #34
Quote:
Originally posted by Simbachu
I've been drunk once, and that was on Beefeater Dry. I blame Britland.


Finally, this country did something good for a change.
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2004-11-22, 4:32 PM #35
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Originally posted by SAJN_Master
Heh, the christmas atmosphere. Jesus Christ and booze don't click to me. :D


You do know they feed you booze at church calling it the 'blood of christ', right? I call it...


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2004-11-22, 4:38 PM #36
Quote:
Originally posted by maevie
stuff


I'm sorry maev, but isn't it you that once posted that you were going out and getting drunk at parties every night or almost every night? I know Martyn does this, I know Spe does this, and I know other non-massassian brits that do this. Most brits DO have a drinking problem--though how the hell it's news to anyone I don't know.
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2004-11-22, 4:43 PM #37
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You do know they feed you booze at church calling it the 'blood of christ', right? I call it...


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Wine isn't BOOZE...plus you don't get sh**faced on the blood of christ.

Quote:
Most brits DO have a drinking problem--though how the hell it's news to anyone I don't know.


Most brits...*slap* It's obviously ALL brits ;)
Think while it's still legal.
2004-11-22, 4:47 PM #38
Quote:
Originally posted by SAJN_Master
Wine isn't BOOZE...plus you don't get sh**faced on the blood of christ.



Most brits...*slap* It's obviously ALL brits ;)[/COLOR]


Aparrently you don't know the people I know :p

"So this here's the blood of christ? What year?"
"Sir, you can move on now"
"Nah, still a bit thirsty. Man, this is good..."
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2004-11-22, 5:04 PM #39
Quote:
Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
I'm sorry maev, but isn't it you that once posted that you were going out and getting drunk at parties every night or almost every night?


Martyn and myself (spe?) are students. Sad to say, most of us live up to our reputations - lazy, drunken, penniless... But that's students, hardly the entire population. I don't go out during the week, so no, not everyday. I might go out once a week, if that, and I don't generally get that drunk even when I do.

I dunno, I'm generally not that bothered by the whole 'brits being drunk' stereotype, but the assumption that every person in this country has a drinking problem is ridiculous. How the hell would anyone get anything done?
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2004-11-22, 5:23 PM #40
Yay for Britain!
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