UAE drinks almost double amount of Alcohol than anywhere else
 

This is hard to believe!

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/uae-d...ge-550467.html

Re: UAE drinks almost double amount of Alcohol than anywhere else
 

Alcohol sales for entire population (including the locals/muslims). divided by the number of people who are supposed to be allowed to drink alcohol?

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and have an alcohol licence

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I haven't the time to look into this one, but what was the methodology of the WHO survey? If they were including alcohol sales in hotels and restaurants how did anyone know who was a resident and who was a tourist?

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I drink more here than I did at home I think.

Not by much, but a bit more for sure.

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I don't think 5 pints of shandy will skew the figures.

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Owned :rofl:

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:thumbsup::thumbsup:

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:rofl:

To be fair under laboratory testing conditions you can find trace elements of alcohol in a shandy.

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:beer::beer::drinkingwine::drinkingpals: :drinkingbeer:

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All of which indicates a visit to the great white porcelain bus...!

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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst :cool:

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Dipsomania is a terrible thing!:drinkingbeer::drinkingbeer::drinkingbeer::d rinkingbeer::drinkingbeer:

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Probably greater than my consumption!

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I always have an urge to remind any GP I'm seeing to ask how many units/week I drink. But it's not like that area is a major health risk in my life.