Tha’s why I get caught up on my week’s quota every weekend...
It’s amazing how much they drink. Reading the diaries and autobiographies of theater artists, etc., I’m amazed at how juiced up they have to be just to talk to another person. Saturday night in the west end, you end up stepping over inebriated Brit men and women.
I’ll have what Sam Nunberg is having.
Considering the Brits were “civilized” then, how much were the Irish drinking?
I’m a fan of British mysteries but it’s amazing how much booze is packed away in such as “Inspector Morse” or even “Midsomer Murders”.
Breakfast of champions!
Hogarth’s engraving Gin Lane is a well known image of the gin craze, and is often paired with “Beer Street”, creating a contrast between the miserable lives of gin drinkers and the healthy and enjoyable lives of beer drinkers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Craze
Today I learned about the Gin Craze. It seems like a good example of how governments often create more problems than they solve.
Interesting story!
Damn sure aint drinking the water from any of the old countries!
ML/NJ
People used to drink beer because it was safer than water.
This was true for hundreds of years.
Good news! I’m a traditional Englishman, not a raving alcoholic!!! This rounds on me!!!
Pittsburgh was the same way back when the mills were running three shifts.
I was in Russia for a few weeks some years ago and there were lines at the local store first thing in the morning with guys getting a full sized glass filled with vodka on their way to work.
That's the right way to moderate use of a mind-altering substance: regulation and social pressure, not counterproductive bans.
Perhaps another factor was that most people walked everywhere and did physical labor, so the calories were not as much of an issue. I could give a rip less about what anyone thinks of my alcohol consumption, nor do I care what anyone else consumes unless and until they actually damage or injure my family or property, but the calories in beer force me to limit my consumption even more than the stupid prudishness of modern society.
Maybe all that drinking is why Britain is a shell of her former self.
because, bad water
Thank you for that. I have been to the Market Porter many times. My favorite pub (although there is rarely space inside after 5pm).