Britons giving up booze?!

[Sriram]

Hi everyone,

Here is an article about this.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39785742

Is that a good sign?! 

Cheers.

Sriram

[Harrowby Hall]

Ah, well, you see. What this is reporting is a significant step along the road to Brexit. Drinking alcohol is a habit practised on the continent. It is one of those pernicious aspects of behaviour which arrived in Britain - along with immigrants - when we joined the Common Market.

We thought we were going to get lots of croissants and speculoos biscuits and French beans from the market in Calais but the Europeans (who are foreign) pulled a fast one on us. Not only did they dump golden delicious apples on us but they poured Pernod and Courvoisier and Asti Spumante all down our throats ... and also that most alien of liquids ... WINE.

Don't forget, we were a nation who drank weak warm ale and weak warm tea almost exclusively. Our national sense of propriety was seriously unbalanced. It had a disastrous effect on us ... and our football fans ...

Our football fans were renowned for their hymn singing and the fact that they had impromptu prayer sessions outside the turnstiles during away fixtures but these foreign places with people eating meals on tables in the street were just too much to comprehend. The very small number who decided to sample the wine just fell apart ... and the abolition of the microscopic duty-free allowance allowed them to bring the stuff in and corrupt their families and friends and neighbours. And they all were totally unprepared for its effects.

So you see, Sriram, Brexit is really being imposed for reasons of strict morality - and its effects can be seen already.

[Bubbles]

Ah, well, you see. What this is reporting is a significant step along the road to Brexit. Drinking alcohol is a habit practised on the continent. It is one of those pernicious aspects of behaviour which arrived in Britain - along with immigrants - when we joined the Common Market.

We thought we were going to get lots of croissants and speculoos biscuits and French beans from the market in Calais but the Europeans (who are foreign) pulled a fast one on us. Not only did they dump golden delicious apples on us but they poured Pernod and Courvoisier and Asti Spumante all down our throats ... and also that most alien of liquids ... WINE.

Don't forget, we were a nation who drank weak warm ale and weak warm tea almost exclusively. Our national sense of propriety was seriously unbalanced. It had a disastrous effect on us ... and our football fans ...

Our football fans were renowned for their hymn singing and the fact that they had impromptu prayer sessions outside the turnstiles during away fixtures but these foreign places with people eating meals on tables in the street were just too much to comprehend. The very small number who decided to sample the wine just fell apart ... and the abolition of the microscopic duty-free allowance allowed them to bring the stuff in and corrupt their families and friends and neighbours. And they all were totally unprepared for its effects.

So you see, Sriram, Brexit is really being imposed for reasons of strict morality - and its effects can be seen already.

Before people got into the habit of drinking wine 🍷 it used to be traditional to offer people (guests)  a glass of sherry.

It was a bygone age when people had a front room hardly used, that you took guests too, and plied them with a glass of sherry.

Anyone else remember those chilly front rooms? The one with the ornaments that was kept tidy and not used, back when houses had more room, before they built these shoeboxes to live in.

[Sriram]

Ah, well, you see. What this is reporting is a significant step along the road to Brexit. Drinking alcohol is a habit practised on the continent. It is one of those pernicious aspects of behaviour which arrived in Britain - along with immigrants - when we joined the Common Market.

We thought we were going to get lots of croissants and speculoos biscuits and French beans from the market in Calais but the Europeans (who are foreign) pulled a fast one on us. Not only did they dump golden delicious apples on us but they poured Pernod and Courvoisier and Asti Spumante all down our throats ... and also that most alien of liquids ... WINE.

Don't forget, we were a nation who drank weak warm ale and weak warm tea almost exclusively. Our national sense of propriety was seriously unbalanced. It had a disastrous effect on us ... and our football fans ...

Our football fans were renowned for their hymn singing and the fact that they had impromptu prayer sessions outside the turnstiles during away fixtures but these foreign places with people eating meals on tables in the street were just too much to comprehend. The very small number who decided to sample the wine just fell apart ... and the abolition of the microscopic duty-free allowance allowed them to bring the stuff in and corrupt their families and friends and neighbours. And they all were totally unprepared for its effects.

So you see, Sriram, Brexit is really being imposed for reasons of strict morality - and its effects can be seen already.

The common Market was in the 1970's. I thought there was a centuries old tradition in Britain of taverns, pubs.... ale, rum and scotch....!!

[Harrowby Hall]

Before people got into the habit of drinking wine 🍷 it used to be traditional to offer people (guests)  a glass of sherry.

Oh yes. I had forgotten that. Everybody had a bottle of sherry to offer guests.

And only the best was good enough: VP British Cream Sherry at 3/9p a bottle.

[ad_orientem]

Pubs. Great. Beer. Large VAT. Lunchtime drinks. Brilliant. The younger generation are mugs.

[floo]

I can honestly claim I have never been drunk in my life. I drink alcohol in strict moderation and so does my husband. I cannot see any pleasure in being out of control through drink or waking up with a hangover.

[ad_orientem]

Yeah, we know.

By-the-way, whst do you mean "out of control"? How do you know if you've never been pissed?

[Aruntraveller]

A rare moment or two of agreement with ad-o.

Sometimes alcohol is the only way.

And before accusations of alcoholism or dependence fly my way, I drink very moderately generally - but there are times when I have to cut loose. It may be a weakness or a flaw but I don't really care.

[ad_orientem]

A rare moment or two of agreement with ad-o.

Sometimes alcohol is the only way.

And before accusations of alcoholism or dependence fly my way, I drink very moderately generally - but there are times when I have to cut loose. It may be a weakness or a flaw but I don't really care.

Thumbs up. But I'm old school. Pissed off or stressed? A few drinks.😎

[floo]

Yeah, we know.

By-the-way, whst do you mean "out of control"? How do you know if you've never been pissed?

Because I have never drunk enough to be anywhere near merry let alone inebriated. These days I have a small glass of sherry three times a week, and a glass of wine very occasionally on a special occasion like Christmas.

[ad_orientem]

Because I have never drunk enough to be anywhere near merry let alone inebriated. These days I have a small glass of sherry three times a week, and a glass of wine very occasionally on a special occasion like Christmas.

Have a whole bottle.

[floo]

Have a whole bottle.

No I certainly wouldn't be that stupid.

[ad_orientem]

No I certainly wouldn't be that stupid.

You're such a bore.

[Nearly Sane]

You're such a bore.

I am a big fan of drink but if someone doesn't want to why does it bother you?

[floo]

You're such a bore.

Why should someone be a bore if they are not stupid enough to drink to excess, which isn't a very sensible thing to do. You claim to be a theist, yet what you are advocating is not exactly in-line with your faith I wouldn't have thought! 

[ad_orientem]

I am a big fan of drink but if someone doesn't want to why does it bother you?

It don't bother me. It's just the way she says it.

[ad_orientem]

Why should someone be a bore if they are not stupid enough to drink to excess, which isn't a very sensible thing to do. You claim to be a theist, yet what you are advocating is not exactly in-line with your faith I wouldn't have thought!

I'm not a puritan. Alcohol is a gift of God to warm the hearts of men.

[floo]

I'm not a puritan. Alcohol is a gift of God to warm the hearts of men.

If so, your god is a freak as alcohol can do so much damage.

[ad_orientem]

If so, your god is a freak as alcohol can do so much damage.

No. As I said, you're just a bore.

[floo]

No. As I said, you're just a bore.

I feel sorry for you, I suppose you can't help being as you are, maybe your weird religion has corrupted you in some way!

[ad_orientem]

 

[Bubbles]

You're such a bore.

Be careful what you wish for.

North Wales might not be able to cope with an " out of control" Floo 

Anyway based on what she sometimes posts, Floo falls over or has an emergency enough as it is, I don't think she needs alcohol to add to the mix.

I seem to remember she has enough moments when she is accident prone, didn't she cut herself with some scissors last time or have a fall? 😜

I seem to remember a post where she had to visit A &E.

[floo]

Be careful what you wish for.

North Wales might not be able to cope with an " out of control" Floo 

Anyway based on what she sometimes posts, Floo falls over or has an emergency enough as it is, I don't think she needs alcohol to add to the mix.

I seem to remember she has enough moments when she is accident prone, didn't she cut herself with some scissors last time or have a fall? 😜

I seem to remember a post where she had to visit A &E.

Another good reason for me not imbibing too much booze is that I seem to get into enough bother stone cold sober!

I have had many close calls with death since I arrived on this planet, old age hasn't lessened my ability to do something completely crazy, which seemed like a good idea at the time! Although to be fair my last accident was just that when I slipped and fell on the bridle path at the back of our home. I still have limited movement in my right arm. I have been told to exercise it, which is amusing, a chance to rest it would be great! With all I have to do not using it is impossible. My husband and I have been moving furniture again this afternoon, something we seem to do on a regular basis, even though we swear each time we do it, never to move it again! 

[Robbie]

No harm in moderate drinking. People have different ideas about what is moderate  , to me a couple of glasses of wine of an eveening is OK. A little red wine is reputed to be good for the health, that's what I tells meself anyway.