A nation of Alcos?
Mar 24th 2005, 2:15 pm
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Re: A nation of Alcos?
Originally Posted by NJJ
I have a 2003 Lonely Planet guide which states that according to the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation the order of worldwide ranking of consumption of alcohol (per capita I presume) is as follows:
1/ South Korea
2/ Bahamas
3/ Taiwan
4/ Bermuda
5/ Thailand
6/ Portugal
7/ Ireland
8/ France
1/ South Korea
2/ Bahamas
3/ Taiwan
4/ Bermuda
5/ Thailand
6/ Portugal
7/ Ireland
8/ France
Every other list I can find, Luxembourgs at the top. 
Cheers,
JTL
Mar 24th 2005, 2:28 pm
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Re: A nation of Alcos?
Ahh, so I wasn't correct at all when I thought... "a western world full of alcos" 
It's the whole world after all!
Brian, if it was number of drinks per day, then yeah, you'd do fine. It's litres per year... I think you'll go over!
It's the whole world after all!
Brian, if it was number of drinks per day, then yeah, you'd do fine. It's litres per year... I think you'll go over!
Mar 24th 2005, 3:41 pm
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Re: A nation of Alcos?
Originally Posted by Simone
Ahh, so I wasn't correct at all when I thought... "a western world full of alcos"
It's the whole world after all!
Brian, if it was number of drinks per day, then yeah, you'd do fine. It's litres per year... I think you'll go over!
It's the whole world after all!
Brian, if it was number of drinks per day, then yeah, you'd do fine. It's litres per year... I think you'll go over!
Is there a luxembourg forum?
Or are they all to pisshed to type
Cheers,
JTL
Mar 25th 2005, 12:26 am
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Re: A nation of Alcos?
Originally Posted by JackTheLad
The biggest wussies are americans. They talk the talk, but they go all coy and girlie when the have to walk the walk.
Funniest story was in Boston I bought a 6 pack of budweiser (thats 6 ordinary sized bottles of beer, say 350ml). The shop attendant asked me if I was having a party. I said no, I was going back to my hotel room and knock back these six and then go to a bar. He was shocked.
. I think he was on the verge of calling the police, or Alcoholics anonymous.
And all this nonsense about having to put beer in a brown paper bag, so people can't see its beer.
Wussies I tell ya,
Cheers,
JTL
Funniest story was in Boston I bought a 6 pack of budweiser (thats 6 ordinary sized bottles of beer, say 350ml). The shop attendant asked me if I was having a party. I said no, I was going back to my hotel room and knock back these six and then go to a bar. He was shocked.
. I think he was on the verge of calling the police, or Alcoholics anonymous.And all this nonsense about having to put beer in a brown paper bag, so people can't see its beer.
Wussies I tell ya,
Cheers,
JTL
We've got the wife's cousin over from Toronto, Canada at the moment (he emigrated there 15 years ago). From what he's told me it would appear that the Canadians are as poor as the yanks in the beer stakes. He says that if you are in a bar and just ask for "beer" they will assume that you want a small glass of light beer as this is what most poeple order. If you want the full strength beer you have to specify exactly what you want. It seems that they don't sell much of the stronger beers, mainly the light stuff, well where he lives in Toronto at least.
Mar 25th 2005, 12:31 am
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Re: A nation of Alcos?
Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Hey!!! Wheres Luxembourg on that list Every other list I can find, Luxembourgs at the top.
Cheers,
JTL
Every other list I can find, Luxembourgs at the top. Cheers,
JTL
Don't know where that fits in to the list
I got that list from the Lonely Planet Thailand book as it was highlighting that the Thais have a bit of a drinking culture as they are near the top of the list.
Mar 25th 2005, 1:25 am
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Re: A nation of Alcos?
Originally Posted by NJJ
Don't know where that fits in to the list I got that list from the Lonely Planet Thailand book as it was highlighting that the Thais have a bit of a drinking culture as they are near the top of the list.
I got that list from the Lonely Planet Thailand book as it was highlighting that the Thais have a bit of a drinking culture as they are near the top of the list.I also find the Yanks very naive - young Yank blokes love to pretend they're piss heads, they're the first to get all "fratty" and start drinking games they are guaranteed to lose. They don't know how to have a quiet 5 pint little session.
I can't stand whiskey either, it makes me gag.
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Mar 25th 2005, 9:45 am
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Re: A nation of Alcos?
Originally Posted by Badge
Luxembourg was the only place I have ever drink drive - and I am not proud of it.
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