Brits LIKE to get drunk

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Jan 2nd 2007 | 11:54 am

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anabella

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Re: Brits LIKE to get drunk

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Originally Posted by dakota44

I understand that the Irish might like it even more. Just saying...

..not to mention the Scottish..

Jan 2nd 2007 | 11:55 am

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Re: Brits LIKE to get drunk

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Originally Posted by anabella

..not to mention the Scottish..

only if some else is buying.

Jan 2nd 2007 | 2:19 pm

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Re: Brits LIKE to get drunk

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Originally Posted by Rushman

Drink is good....we built an empire on it.

Yep - there's a reason sailors in the Royal Navy used to get 9 pints a day.

Jan 2nd 2007 | 2:24 pm

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Re: Brits LIKE to get drunk

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Yep - there's a reason sailors in the Royal Navy used to get 9 pints a day.

Yes...so they would be too drunk to keep asking..."Are we there yet?"

Jan 2nd 2007 | 3:25 pm

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Re: Brits LIKE to get drunk

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Originally Posted by Rushman

Ahem!!!

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dutch_courage

Like Danish pastries, English muffins, French fries....

The drunkest people I saw in Amsterdam were ALWAYS the Brits (who could hold their alcohol) and the Americans (who could not).

Jan 2nd 2007 | 3:31 pm

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Re: Brits LIKE to get drunk

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Originally Posted by Rushman

Ahem!!!

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dutch_courage

Funny, that expression doesn't have a dutch translation/equivalent.

Jan 2nd 2007 | 3:33 pm

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Re: Brits LIKE to get drunk

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Originally Posted by AdobePinon

"We actually enjoy getting drunk,"

I'll drink to that!

Jim.

Jan 2nd 2007 | 3:36 pm

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Re: Brits LIKE to get drunk

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Originally Posted by Toontje

Funny, that expression doesn't have a dutch translation/equivalent.

The truth behind that particular expression has nothing to do with the dutch finding courage in a bottle. When that expression was founded Britains biggest rivals were the Dutch and in particular the Dutch East Inda company...so therefor anything negative had the word "Dutch" put infront of it......"Dutch courage" however is the only one thats stuck to this day.