British Drinking Habits

[Admiral Yi]

Caught some NPR, as is my wont, and BBC World Service was on.  They were doing a story about religion in England, how the CoE has gotten fuzzy wuzzy and immigrant members are trying to Calvinize it up a little.  The story turned to drinking and the reporter interviewed a couple of people on the high street in Rochester, asked them how much they planned to drink that evening.  The dude said 30 beers, the chick said 30 shots of vodka.

Exaggeration?  Outliers?  High end of normal?  30 pints of beers is a ferocious quantity, I don't think I've ever seen anyone drink that much.

[Richard Hakluyt]

People drink too much in Britain, but I would have thought that 30 pints of beer was more or less a physical impossibility. Now 10 pints of beer, on a major night out, that would be quite common. I normally have 3 or 4 pints of the weaker English beers when I drink now, because I can't take the pace anymore 

[Brazen]

It's at the far end of normal but happens quite regularly. A delightful documentary series called Booze Britain (and its sequel Binge Nation) regularly features young folk downing that amount - usually shots before they go out then beer in pub - and throwing up all over the streets. The camera crew keep track of how many units they down. Search for clips on YouTube if you've a strong stomach.

[DisturbedPervert]

I believe it.

http://ajanlo.kapu.hu/pics.php?d=cardiff

[Josquius]

The more you drink=the better (or so goes conventional wisdom....)
They're gonna be passed out before they reach 30 though. I doubt most people could fit 30 pints of water in one night let alone beer.

[Razgovory]

What's the deal with some sects of Christianity being against alcohol?

[Brazen]

BTW best not to use the words fuzzy-wuzzy and immigrant in the same sentence in the UK.

[CountDeMoney]

They were doing a story about religion in England, how the CoE has gotten fuzzy wuzzy and immigrant members are trying to Calvinize it up a little.

Good, we need a little more old fashioned Calvinism in this age.

[CountDeMoney]

BTW best not to use the words fuzzy-wuzzy and immigrant in the same sentence in the UK.

Since everybody over there freaks out over a simple abbreviation like "Paki", I figured he'd be safe unless he used "fuzz-wuzz".

[Monoriu]

Must be an exaggeration.  30 pints is what?  15 litres or something.  I can't imagine anyone drinking that amount of water, let alone beer.

[The Larch]

I believe it.

http://ajanlo.kapu.hu/pics.php?d=cardiff

Jesus Bloody Christ.

[Slargos]

Barry the bastard consumes that much easily.

I saw a documentary on this massively fat guy who had a 5KG liver.

You will need to consider that urination takes care of a lot of the excess fluids in a relatively rapid fashion.

Me, I get well and truly fucked on 10 0.5l beers myself. 

[DisturbedPervert]

You might be able to do it if you vomited, and then continued drinking.

[CountDeMoney]

You might be able to do it if you vomited, and then continued drinking.

So it's not unlike college, then.

[Eochaid]

Exaggeration?  Outliers?  High end of normal?  30 pints of beers is a ferocious quantity, I don't think I've ever seen anyone drink that much.

I remember a St Patrick's night from back when I was a bartender when I had 28 pints of Guinness between 3PM and 4AM. That was my personal "best" (worst?)

I was fully functional, working efficiently and actually managed to charm a girl I just met (and whom I eventually married :p).

Nowadays I usually have 3 to 5 pints on an average night out boozing.

Kevin