Posted on 08/24/2014 11:27:04 PM PDT by chessplayer
Chart Shows Which Nation Has World's Biggest Boozers
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The US is becoming more Wino.....
Based on the elections of late, that all makes perfect sense.
Given my time spent in Japan, I have significant doubts as to the methodology of a study placing them this low. And if their diligence regarding a culture which has always been fairly unapologetic about their consumption is this far off then I suspect that the rest of the study is steaming male bovine excrement as well.
Any rating missing UK and South Korea near the very top is a bull crap.
Any rating missing UK and South Korea near the very top is a bull crap.
Not really. Central and Eastern Europe and Russia have always had a big rep as huge boozers.
I see the countries that tee-total have the highest number of beheadings.
If the Eastern Europeans would just share with the Middle East folks, the world would be a happier place.
I have trouble with this Japan numbers too. We booze it up a LOT out here. I personally can go through 1 to 2 liters a day over several hours after work when I’m walking through the city and enjoying the weather and scenery. The grapefruit chu-hi is hard to beat for an evening relaxer.
~Not really. Central and Eastern Europe and Russia have always had a big rep as huge boozers.~
Just walk through a Russian and British downtown on a Friday night for comparison. The latter is a drunk public orgy. There would be crowds of people and none is sober. I can’t imagine a thing like that in Belarus.
Probably not 1 to 2 liters of 100%, 200 proof alcohol. Even a strong grapefruit chi-hi is about 10% alcohol, so you’d have to drink 10 to 20 liters of it.
You may be behind the times, MrEdd. I have lived in Tokyo for 28 years and I can tell you that there has been a significant change in alcohol consumption habits over the last two decades.
Drinks after work is no longer a social obligation of Japanese men, and they are strongly encouraged to spend more time at home. Companies no longer, or seldom, pay for booze at parties — and when they do, it’s not an all-night nomihodai sort of deal.
The economy is getting tighter, the recent increase in the consumption tax has bitten into the discretionary spending Japanese men used to have.
All in all, this placement on the list matches what I see.
I can vouch for South Koreans.
They can throw down with the best of them.
"Pakistan, you SUCK!"
Where is Israel?
The teetotalers are all Islamic, so they won’t be drunk when they cut your head off. That means they are totally aware of what they are doing and why they do it.
I suppose so.....lol...but when they come to the west, they drink up....
Not good to drink while you are waging war anyway...You can get shot peeing on a tree..
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