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I've got a bottle of Jägermeister on my desk. Its partly drunk as we all had a nip at 8am yesterday morning to toast my birthday.What does that make us?
Unemployed, if you work where I do.
Ok,
I guess I can list myself amongst the Saturday night drinkers and while ive seen punchups and girls staggering home, you know, it's just every now and then, where u drink makes a Massive difference, some bouncers take it seriously and will clamp down on people getting put of hand. Let's be honest we all know the places that are rough
It's not just young people though, I can go to quiet pubs where's there's old people just getting steadily smashed or big warehouses filled with lights shots flesh and beats, it's the same thing, getting out of your box for a bit
The Spanish drink easily as much as the British, going for a morning coffee before work there'll usually be at least a couple of people having a pre-work beer, anis or whatever. And they certainly do get into fights, the out-of-town clubs on industrial estates are particularly bad for it.
Unemployed, if you work where I do.
No no we aren't emergency services or anything like that. I'm just a Ships Master with the first officers of a small cruise ship.
Well, so long as it's only a [i]small[/i] cruise ship. Wouldn't want you behind the wheel of a medium one when ratarsed.
Have you seen the British Channel? Its soo busy, its scary to navigate!
People for every country in the world get pissed and fight. Its just the Britsh are the only ones who do it on the high street.
And to the OP - Going out cycling on your own rather than having a few social beers with some colleagues is fine most of the time, but if its every time then it is a bit... well... anti-social. Having a social drink isn't the same as getting drunk, fighting and suffering the next day.
I spent a month in Ukraine a couple of years ago - L'viv to be precise - and was impressed with how much horilka and/or beer the Ukrainians could down in a night. But not once did I witness any untoward behaviour, and on more than one occasion I was basically crawling home in the wee hours.
In light of this, I think we can safely say that the whole 'patriarchal northern European society' excuse can't possibly wash. If anywhere on earth fit that description, it would be the Slavic countries like Ukraine.
It seems people like me in their mid twenties in the UK are always going on about what they drunk, how pissed they were, what that night out was like and how many shots they did. It is a constant, perpetual, macho conversation topic.
I don't drink at all, for a few reasons, and I find it all pretty wearing.
Whats wrong with having a drink on your own anyway? Technically you are not alone if you have friends talking to you in your head.
No no we aren't emergency services or anything like that. I'm just a Ships Master with the first officers of a small cruise ship
Genuine chuckle at that one.
Hora wouldn't sit and drink all night anyway. At some point he'd have to buy a round. And thats the point where he always mysteriously disappears. Back on to the Bridge I suppose. I'm the navigator. I always stay in the bar.
Hang on. What was that grinding noise?
In fairness I was on holiday in rural Spain and the I went in the local bar / cafe in the morning for coffee and the local work force were on it already drinking rum/brandy at about 9 in the morning before they went off to work. Then in the afternoon 2-5 they were back on it and then after work 10 ish to the small hours they were back on it again. Including crawling into their work vans and driving around the mountain roads of southern spain.
Like wise in northern Italy me and a mate were drinking with a group of Italian ladies. We drank a lot of spirits; several bottles of vodka between us and then they all got in their cars and drove off down mountain roads (when I suggested they came back to our tent that is).
binners that will be the Latvian girl we picked up in the last port.
It's not the booze at all. It's the person.
Well worth a read:
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15265317 ]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15265317[/url]
Beer is brilliant though. Not crappy lager that you get fed in high streets, but REAL beer, previously the preserve of the bearded ones, now a growing collection of diverse and tasty brews.
I'll be heading back to the ale festival after work, drinking a few not getting pissed, not puking and really enjoying a few beers with mates in the sun.
Alcohol and football - for the proles, they keep the lower classes distracted from rebellion right?
If you don't enjoy a cold beer, or three, after a ride in this sunshine, then you're a ****ing deviant, quite frankly 😀
I've always said that if I had a beer before a ride I'd be ****ing awesome at DH. Sadly it'd be a slippery slope so I just stick to being nervous bambi on dirt.
Now that is a t-shirt slogan waiting to happen
nervous bambi on dirt
Brits do stand up drinking.Europeans do sit down drinking.
I find a beer last much longer if I don't have to stand holding it. Also if I can have a conversation that's not being drowned out by bad music at top volume. Basically I'm pretty much over town centre weekend drinking. I'm amazed more people aren't.
Klumpy, excellent article, thanks for the linky. Certainly makes sense that pre-programming could have quite the effect!
Oliver, excellent point about standing with blaring music in the pubs.
If you don't enjoy a cold beer, or three, after a ride in this sunshine, then you're a ****ing deviant, quite frankly
does my alcohol free stuff count?!
Britain doesnt suffer a greater alcohol problem than many other western country.. It sufferes a violence problem made worse by alcohol.
I think we are naturally more violent anyway.
Why do people suffer such generalisation problems?
Why do people suffer such generalisation problems?
Absoloutely 🙂
And with that, the thread is now over.
What about a thread on "Why are Somalis obsessed with stealing ships?" or "Why are all Americans really annoying?" or "Why are Germans so boring?"
i don't drink (anymore 😀
Why are American Ti frames shit?
Pub shortly anyone?
Its gone 12 😀
peterfile - MemberWhy do people suffer such generalisation problems?
Absoloutely
And with that, the thread is now over.
What about a thread on "Why are Somalis obsessed with stealing ships?" or "Why are all Americans really annoying?" or "Why are Germans so boring?"
yeah.
or "why are all vegans weirdos?" perhaps...
I sometimes wonder why people obsess about what other people do. Get on with your own life, it's much more fun than trying to see it through someone else's eyes.
yeah.
or "why are all vegans weirdos?" perhaps...
Nah, that one isn't a sweeping generalisation, it's just a fact 😉
I sometimes wonder why people obsess about what other people do. Get on with your own life, it's much more fun than trying to see it through someone else's eyes.
Why are you obsessing about what everyone else is obsessing about?
Just stay out of the thread and get on with your own life
😉
(sorry, i'm in an odd mood today)
yeah.
or "why are all vegans weirdos?" perhaps...
*Junkyard to the thread please*
yeah, well why are you obssesing about why i'm obssesing about what other people are obssesing about?
weirdo
I'm just in my usual mood today (obssesive with overtones of compulsive)
Who you calling obsessed? Did you look at my pint and spill my wife...
To OP ... eerrmm ... it's in the gene ... 
I heard him call your pint a puff!
someone i used to know is in game of thrones. wish i could be arsed starting a thread about how cool i think that is
Why do Brits on the p¡ss want to fight (all the time)
That's just plain wrong - eg go to Le mans 24 hour race, 50,000 Brits, varying levels of sobriety, vast majority on the piss for 3-4 days , and never seen a fight in over 10 years
While people in other countries don't mind a drink, in my experience we take it to a different level. European town centres are often a lot more relaxed and family orientated, whereas British town centres are pretty much taken over by pish heads - the difference in atmosphere is noticeable.
I don't give a shit right now. I'm just annoyed that I didn't buy some cider and put in the fridge yesterday.
I don't give a shit right now. I'm just [s]annoyed[/s]obsessed that I didn't buy some cider and put in the fridge yesterday
FIFY - shame too, cider gives me the shits, so if i had some cider, i'd have some spare ... nah, on second thoughts let's not bother with that
Why do Brits on the p¡ss want to fight (all the time)
Don't generalise. Some just want a kebab. Or a fumble round by the wheely bins, down the back of their local nitespot