I know a lot of guys that do that in a month (or less)!
Posted on 05/19/2009 4:54:15 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Koreans Drink 110 bottles of Beer and 74 Bottles of Soju Annually
A survey has found that Korean adults drink an average of 110 bottles of beer and 74 bottles of soju annually. The survey also reveled that the export of Korean alcoholic beverages rose 23 percent from last year.
The National Tax Service announced that the total consumption of alcoholic beverages in Korea amounted to 3.39 million kiloliters last year, up 3.2 percent from 3.29 kiloliters in 2007. In terms of the type of beverage consumed, soju and beer consumption increased 4.3 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively. When converted into per-adult consumption, it reveals a Korean adult drank 74.4 bottles (360ml-bottle) of soju and 109.83 bottles (500ml-bottle) of beer.
The export of alcoholic beverage amounted to 227,705 kiloliters in Korea last year, up 23 percent from last year. Beverages were exported to some 65 countries, with 131,000 kiloliters, more than half of the entire total, being exported to Japan, followed by Hong Kong, Mongolia, China and the U.S.
Soju, in particular, was exported to 58 countries worldwide, earning sales of more than $100 million. The export of makgeolli -- a milky, unrefined rice-based beverage -- increased 27 percent from 2007.
Ping!
Tamar holds up her end!
That would be SOUTH Koreans. The poor souilsd in the North would be lucky to have much more than clean drinking water.
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I drink around 900 bottles of beer and 20 bottles of scotch per year. And I don’t mean Bud Lite.
What? One beer every 3 days?
Does annually mean per year?
I’d drink myself silly if I knew an insane dictator is just next door ready to send nukes within a few minutes. Besides, if anyone knows the cliche about Koreans drivers here in L.A., well...
110 beers! Sounds like a slow week.
No, it was a typo. They meant anally, as in a high colonic. It's a funny Korean thing they do.
That’s what we called, back in college, a weekend.
In Korean culture, using two hands to offer and accept items is considered an act of respect. Accordingly, if one's glass is going to be filled by a superior, one should hold the glass with both hands. Similarly, when pouring soju for an elder, one holds the bottle with both hands.
To pour a drink, hold the bottle in the right hand with the left hand touching the right forearm or elbow; this peculiar arm position originated from the practice of holding back the sleeve of the hanbok so that it wouldn't touch the table or the food.
Similarly, when receiving a drink, rest the glass in the left palm and hold it with the right hand, perhaps bowing the head slightly to show additional respect. You can also hold the glass using the same hand positions as when pouring. Pouring and receiving with just the right hand by a senior, or between equals, is common in normal situations.
Koreans often say "one shot", a challenge to everyone in the group to down their glass in one gulp.
A glass should not be refilled unless completely empty and should be promptly refilled once empty; it is considered rude to not fill someone else's glass when empty.
Some special rules apply when drinking with someone of much higher status, i.e. greater age or rank. When drinking in front of elders (people older than you), the junior is expected to turn away from the elder first. Drinking the shot while directly facing the elder is considered disrespectful. However in recent years, the prevalent practice has been to drink the shot without turning away from the elder (but still using both hands to drink), as most Koreans view the practice as archaic and a detriment to camaraderie, irrespective of the age groups involved.
On occasions, an elder gives an empty soju shot glass (usually his/hers) to an equal or junior. A junior may also offer an empty glass to a senior after they have established a closer relationship.
Giving the glass implies that the person is going to fill it and wants the receiver to drink it. It is not obligatory to finish the drink immediately, but it is impolite to place the glass on the table without at least pretending to drink from it.
After finishing the entire glass, it should be returned and refilled. It is not necessary to return it immediately, but holding it for a long time is considered rude, as it deprives the giver of his glass.
Among friends of equal social status, it is not necessary to use both hands while pouring or receiving a drink, but may be done out of habit or politeness, or if the situation is considered a particularly formal one.
I hate it when people make getting a buzz a pain in the ass.
Exactly! I went through that on my way to work this morning!
BTW, does that big bottle behind them say "ass"?
Obviously, Hawkeye Pierce and Colonel Blake are no longer there!
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