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[Dravyk]

Ok, so they limited hours severely to keep drinking down.
This caused people to binge drink in the shot time they had.
Thus creating fewer casual drinkers and more drunks.

That about sum up the wisdom?

And also, they finally got the idea and now pubs are open longer? Cool.

[pushpills]

last call at 11 is crazy! I don't even usually head out till after that. Bars in chicago can close as late as 4am 6 days a week, 5am saturday, the way god intended. And you can smoke, the way god intended.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Ok, so they limited hours severely to keep drinking down.
This caused people to binge drink in the shot time they had.
Thus creating fewer casual drinkers and more drunks.

That about sum up the wisdom?

And also, they finally got the idea and now pubs are open longer? Cool.

You know, when you put it like that....

[Dravyk]

I have the feeling whatever wanker who originally came up with the idea for bobbies not to carry guns probably came up with this one as well.

Yes, I hear they have guns now. Wow.

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Ok, so they limited hours severely to keep drinking down.
This caused people to binge drink in the shot time they had.
Thus creating fewer casual drinkers and more drunks.

That about sum up the wisdom?

And also, they finally got the idea and now pubs are open longer? Cool.

Erm no, if there was a mark you'd be the furthest thing from it.

Pub opening hours are 11am - 11pm
Nightclub opening hours 8pm - 2/4am

So the drinking time is not limited at all, soon it won't be limited at all with some bars and clubs open 24/7.

People binge drink because it's the get as much down your throat in the shortest possible time mentality. Most of them still go onto a nightclub to throw more down their throats as well.

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by Trev

Erm no, if there was a mark you'd be the furthest thing from it.

Pub opening hours are 11am - 11pm
Nightclub opening hours 8pm - 2/4am

So the drinking time is not limited at all, soon it won't be limited at all with some bars and clubs open 24/7.

People binge drink because it's the get as much down your throat in the shortest possible time mentality. Most of them still go onto a nightclub to throw more down their throats as well.

Well I was going by what El Pres said which was:

"In the UK it's to do with having to get as much alcohol down your thoats between 8.30 and 11 when the pubs close."

So if I'm further from the truth, it's because of the information provided in this thread.

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Well I was going by what El Pres said which was:

"In the UK it's to do with having to get as much alcohol down your thoats between 8.30 and 11 when the pubs close."

So if I'm further from the truth, it's because of the information provided in this thread.

Ah, then I take back my remark about you being the furthest thing from the mark

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by Trev

Ah, then I take back my remark about you being the furthest thing from the mark

Thanks.


I think.

[el pres]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Well I was going by what El Pres said which was:

"In the UK it's to do with having to get as much alcohol down your thoats between 8.30 and 11 when the pubs close."

So if I'm further from the truth, it's because of the information provided in this thread.

Even though they can go onto a nightclub, or a pub with longer opening hours,
probably 80% of establishments that serve/sell alcohol close at 11..
And most people are too pissed to go anywhere else except the kebab shop...
mmmm kebabs.

[Jeremy]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Ok, so they limited hours severely to keep drinking down.

The opening hours bit of the licensing laws were introduced in WW1 as the factory workers would spend their time getting pissed in the pub rather than down the munitions factory.

Rather like Income Tax (intro'd to pay for the Napoleonic Wars) they forgot to repeal generally it until now.

The copper what said it is from North Wales home of the Chaaaapel (boyo), where until a few years ago, the pubs shut at 10.30 and didn't open at all on Sundays... gives you an idea of where he's coming from :-)

Oh yeah, one more thing - we haven't called them Bobbies since Dixon of Dock Green. It makes you sound "quaint" Drav :-))

As for "binge-drinking", HVVDs. High Volume Vertical Drinkers has been the mecca of the brewers for a while. The brewers discovered if they put booze in a bottle for the same price as a pint, named it something wanky and took away the chairs, then people stood up and you could fit many more in a bar. Another phenomenon of making people stand is that they drink more (of the more expensive wanky drinks). And they made way more profit and could open more bars. Nice one.

Fuck knows what'll happen when they ban smoking in bars and all the whiners who "haven't been able to go out for a drink in years" come out to play.

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by Jeremy

Oh yeah, one more thing - we haven't called them Bobbies since Dixon of Dock Green. It makes you sound "quaint" Drav :-))

Great history lesson, buddy! But what is "Dixon of Dock Green"? (Speaking of sounding quaint).

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Great history lesson, buddy! But what is "Dixon of Dock Green"? (Speaking of sounding quaint).

It's a really old tv show from waaaay back when:

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/...ixonofdock.htm

[Jeremy]

Originally Posted by Trev

It's a really old tv show from waaaay back when:

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/...ixonofdock.htm

I had that URL as well... I bet there's two of us that have heard of this new-fangled thing called Google :-)

Drav - not so much history, more context. As well all know context is everything.

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Jeremy

I had that URL as well... I bet there's two of us that have heard of this new-fangled thing called Google :-)

Drav - not so much history, more context. As well all know context is everything.

I betcha them google folks will come up with, I dunno, say a toolbar type of thing where you can do a search right from the browser.

[Jeremy]

Originally Posted by Trev

I betcha them google folks will come up with, I dunno, say a toolbar type of thing where you can do a search right from the browser.

Imagine that! So if someone wrote something and it appeared on a web page, I could, say, highlight it, copy and paste it into this toolbar thing, hit return and... I'd have search results for what was written????? WOW!

I tell ya, those Google chaps are clever little sausages... it wouldn't surprise me if they eventually sold shares in their company and make a million or two. Maybe even ten million!