Normal Island

[Fab Foodie]

I've grown to dislike pomp so much; actually turns my stomach.

I find replacing words like pomp with Cosplay helps....

 

[winjim]

British men holding country back in world binge drinking rankings.

https://www.theguardian.com/society...ds-biggest-female-binge-drinkers-report-finds

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

British men holding country back in world binge drinking rankings.

https://www.theguardian.com/society...ds-biggest-female-binge-drinkers-report-finds

The BBC said that UK and Denmark shared the top binge spot. I was trying to imagine penalty shoot out.

 

[BoldonLad]

British men holding country back in world binge drinking rankings.

https://www.theguardian.com/society...ds-biggest-female-binge-drinkers-report-finds

Binge Drinking - defined as having 6 alcoholic drinks in a single session!

Not worth going out for less!

 

[winjim]

Binge Drinking - defined as having 6 alcoholic drinks in a single session!

Not worth going out for less!

TBH I thought the threshold for a binge was actually lower than that but I guess it depends on who's asking.

Is six halves more of a binge than three pints then?

 

[Beebo]

Is six halves more of a binge than three pints then?

Exactly.
What defines 6 drinks?
If it’s 6 units then that not very much.

 

[winjim]

Exactly.
What defines 6 drinks?
If it’s 6 units then that not very much.

To be fair, in the pubs I've worked in BITD, the worst boozers have always been the ones who sit there all day drinking halves.

 

[BoldonLad]

TBH I thought the threshold for a binge was actually lower than that but I guess it depends on who's asking.

Is six halves more of a binge than three pints then?

Halves? What are they?

Friday night, in one of pubs we frequent, it is measures in bottles (of wine) for the Ladies and Pints (with possible chasers).

 

[icowden]

Halves? What are they?

They are what us very casual drinkers use to top up our pint glass when we only want a pint and a half.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I never knew that the British armed forces lost so many mice in combat.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I never knew that the British armed forces lost so many mice in combat.

Actually they’re Desert Rats.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Actually they’re Desert Rats.

Clearly.

But who are the memorial crosses for?

 

[dutchguylivingintheuk]

Clearly.

But who are the memorial crosses for?

The people who died so you lot can mock them.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The people who died so you lot can mock them.

My grandfather died in the WW1 trenches before my own father was 2. I'm not mocking the dead, I'm mocking the bastards who sent him to his death.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

The people who died so you lot can mock them.

You don’t know what you’re talking about. And you don’t know the sacrifices my father and his brothers and sisters made in WWII service to judge anything I have to say about those who died.