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.
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 :huh:
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.
I believe it.
http://ajanlo.kapu.hu/pics.php?d=cardiff
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.
What's the deal with some sects of Christianity being against alcohol?
BTW best not to use the words fuzzy-wuzzy and immigrant in the same sentence in the UK.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 16, 2009, 04:36:00 AMThey 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.
Quote from: Brazen on April 16, 2009, 05:23:36 AMBTW 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".
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.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on April 16, 2009, 04:56:18 AM
I believe it.
http://ajanlo.kapu.hu/pics.php?d=cardiff
Jesus Bloody Christ.
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. :D
You might be able to do it if you vomited, and then continued drinking.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on April 16, 2009, 05:37:13 AM
You might be able to do it if you vomited, and then continued drinking.
So it's not unlike college, then.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 16, 2009, 04:36:00 AMExaggeration? 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
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on April 16, 2009, 04:56:18 AM
I believe it.
http://ajanlo.kapu.hu/pics.php?d=cardiff
*snort*
I haven't been drunk in probably five years or so. I like to drink, but I don't understand the appeal in getting drunk and having to deal with a massive hangover the next day. Also, I've never puked from drinking. :cool:
Did you ever puke from gas station food?
Quote from: Zanza2 on April 16, 2009, 06:44:28 AM
Did you ever puke from gas station food?
No, I don't puke from anything. I have a : steel stomach. :smoke:
The last time I puked was when I got salmonella, in 2000.
Quote from: Caliga on April 16, 2009, 06:42:29 AM
I haven't been drunk in probably five years or so. I like to drink, but I don't understand the appeal in getting drunk and having to deal with a massive hangover the next day. Also, I've never puked from drinking. :cool:
Heh. I don't understand the point of drinking when you're not going to get drunk.
Quote from: Razgovory on April 16, 2009, 05:16:44 AM
What's the deal with some sects of Christianity being against alcohol?
If you're genuinely interested, go back & read up on the Temperance movement.
Quote from: Iormlund on April 16, 2009, 07:05:46 AMHeh. I don't understand the point of drinking when you're not going to get drunk.
a) I love the taste of alcohol
b) You can still get a nice buzz without getting full-blown drunk.
My assumption is that people who frequently get intentionally drunk are trying to self-medicate for depression. :)
I'm virtually always happy, so I have no need to do that.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 16, 2009, 04:36:00 AM
The dude said 30 beers, the chick said 30 shots of vodka.
Haven't they done enough stories about Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil by now? :rolleyes:
Quote from: derspiess on April 16, 2009, 07:07:49 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 16, 2009, 05:16:44 AM
What's the deal with some sects of Christianity being against alcohol?
If you're genuinely interested, go back & read up on the Temperance movement.
My Dad signed the pledge. He got better :D
Quote from: Caliga on April 16, 2009, 07:09:04 AM
Quote from: Iormlund on April 16, 2009, 07:05:46 AMHeh. I don't understand the point of drinking when you're not going to get drunk.
a) I love the taste of alcohol
b) You can still get a nice buzz without getting full-blown drunk.
My assumption is that people who frequently get intentionally drunk are trying to self-medicate for depression. :)
I'm virtually always happy, so I have no need to do that.
B is indeed the way.
Getting totally pissed is only good on rare occasions. Having a bit of Dutch courage and good feeling though is always welcome.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on April 16, 2009, 04:40:33 AMbut I would have thought that 30 pints of beer was more or less a physical impossibility.
Not to mention a financial impossibility. British people must be incredibly wealthy.
30 pints is what? 120 dollars on one night out drinking?
Quote from: Valmy on April 16, 2009, 08:48:19 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on April 16, 2009, 04:40:33 AMbut I would have thought that 30 pints of beer was more or less a physical impossibility.
Not to mention a financial impossibility. British people must be incredibly wealthy.
30 pints is what? 120 dollars on one night out drinking?
But you can save the cab fare by sleeping in an alley :unsure:
I forgot how to drink booze about 20 years ago.
Quote from: Caliga on April 16, 2009, 07:09:04 AM
a) I love the taste of alcohol
b) You can still get a nice buzz without getting full-blown drunk.
My assumption is that people who frequently get intentionally drunk are trying to self-medicate for depression. :)
I'm virtually always happy, so I have no need to do that.
Alcohol = chemical euphoria, you don't have to be anything other than human to find some appeal to that. Obviously tastes vary, but a lot of normal people enjoy mind altering substances.
Sadly though the problem with alcohol is it's very difficult to be responsible if you're shitfaced, so I haven't been the Otto of old since my daughter was born :o.
As to the thread topic, I don't doubt it at all. Once I read into Andre the Giant's drinking habits I don't doubt anything is possible when it comes to consumption of alcohol.
Sure, most of legends are based on second hand information heard from other wrestlers--but amongst pro wrestlers who are infamously degenerate substance abusers, drinkers et cetera he is overwhelmingly the one who they all say was the greatest drinker
alive. Several have gone on record saying they witnessed him down over 100 12 oz. beers in a single night (on multiple occasions.)
Seems like an understandable (although not reasonable) amount. When I was doing data entry for a clinical trial involving alcoholism, many cited on their drink calenders that they had days of 64+ drinks.
Quote from: Iormlund on April 16, 2009, 07:05:46 AM
Quote from: Caliga on April 16, 2009, 06:42:29 AM
I haven't been drunk in probably five years or so. I like to drink, but I don't understand the appeal in getting drunk and having to deal with a massive hangover the next day. Also, I've never puked from drinking. :cool:
Heh. I don't understand the point of drinking when you're not going to get drunk.
I don't understand what's the point of drinking in order to get drunk on purpose.
Quote from: Iormlund on April 16, 2009, 07:05:46 AM
Heh. I don't understand the point of drinking when you're not going to get drunk.
I guess I fail to see why doing something likely to make me feel like shit and puke is a worthwhile goal.
I think there is a difference between getting buzzed, drunk, and pass out/puking drunk. It's fun to go dancing when drunk.
Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 10:14:25 AM
I think there is a difference between getting buzzed, drunk, and pass out/puking drunk. It's fun to go dancing when drunk.
I have pretty low tolerance so I either get buzzed or I get sick. There is no drunk really my body will not let me go that far.
Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 10:01:07 AM
Seems like an understandable (although not reasonable) amount. When I was doing data entry for a clinical trial involving alcoholism, many cited on their drink calenders that they had days of 64+ drinks.
:huh: How can they just not keel over and die?
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 16, 2009, 11:16:24 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 10:01:07 AM
Seems like an understandable (although not reasonable) amount. When I was doing data entry for a clinical trial involving alcoholism, many cited on their drink calenders that they had days of 64+ drinks.
:huh: How can they just not keel over and die?
If it's beer and wine, I would think they'd just keel over. IIRC it's very hard to get fatal alcohol poisoning from simple alcoholic beverages from a single massive binge. You need to be drinking hard liquor.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 16, 2009, 11:16:24 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 10:01:07 AM
Seems like an understandable (although not reasonable) amount. When I was doing data entry for a clinical trial involving alcoholism, many cited on their drink calenders that they had days of 64+ drinks.
:huh: How can they just not keel over and die?
I know a guy, who no longer drinks, but at one point he was drinking two bottles of whiskey/vodka and a dozen beers per day. :blink:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 16, 2009, 11:16:24 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 10:01:07 AM
Seems like an understandable (although not reasonable) amount. When I was doing data entry for a clinical trial involving alcoholism, many cited on their drink calenders that they had days of 64+ drinks.
:huh: How can they just not keel over and die?
Acquired tolerance to alcohol. Up until the point that the liver just gives up, which takes a while, you can improve your tolerance dramatically just by practice.
Quote from: ulmont on April 16, 2009, 11:34:21 AM
Acquired tolerance to alcohol. Up until the point that the liver just gives up, which takes a while, you can improve your tolerance dramatically just by practice.
Yep, which leads to you drinking more to get that feeling.
Immediately after college and my binging, I needed at least a bottle of champagne and a shot or two to get drunk.
Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 11:44:35 AMYep, which leads to you drinking more to get that feeling.
Immediately after college and my binging, I needed at least a bottle of champagne and a shot or two to get drunk.
:mellow:
That's actually a pretty small amount of alcohol...
Kevin
Quote from: Eochaid on April 16, 2009, 11:49:15 AM
:mellow:
That's actually a pretty small amount of alcohol...
Kevin
I'm an American not a big boozer. :blurgh:
Anyway, I'm curious as to what people mean when they say "drunk" as clearly Valmy had a different conception of it than myself.
Quote from: Valmy on April 16, 2009, 08:48:19 AMNot to mention a financial impossibility. British people must be incredibly wealthy.
30 pints is what? 120 dollars on one night out drinking?
More like 150-200 dollars. They generally only do it at the weekend so twice a week, unless it's a bank holiday weekend. I think 30 is not entirely likely. 10-15 would seem a more plausible figure and people will spend over 100 quid on a weekend.
Quote from: Sheilbh on April 16, 2009, 01:19:55 PM
More like 150-200 dollars. They generally only do it at the weekend so twice a week, unless it's a bank holiday weekend. I think 30 is not entirely likely. 10-15 would seem a more plausible figure and people will spend over 100 quid on a weekend.
So they dump 500 dollars a month just on drinking?
Quote from: Valmy on April 16, 2009, 10:12:37 AM
Quote from: Iormlund on April 16, 2009, 07:05:46 AM
Heh. I don't understand the point of drinking when you're not going to get drunk.
I guess I fail to see why doing something likely to make me feel like shit and puke is a worthwhile goal.
Well the goal is to drink enough to get that really nice euphoric feeling, but to stop before you get to the point of feeling shitty that next day...
Wow. That's a lot of booze.
Quote from: Valmy on April 16, 2009, 01:21:35 PM
So they dump 500 dollars a month just on drinking?
Some do, I imagine, but it's a minority for sure.
But then there are people who work for their booze money of a weekend. After food and accomodation I imagine booze is their biggest spend.
Yeah some people spend crazy amounts on drinking.
Friends of mine who went sstraight into work post school just drink like crazy. £50+ a night easily. Somehow.
This reminds me of a drinking contest I somehow got into with a guy in Montreal many many years ago.
2 double shots every 5 minutes until somebody drops. I can clearly recall downing number 24 as I saw his head drop on the table. That is the last thing I remembered for quite some time.
Today there is no chance I would even come close.
No chance I would even try.
Quote from: ulmont on April 16, 2009, 11:34:21 AM
Acquired tolerance to alcohol. Up until the point that the liver just gives up, which takes a while, you can improve your tolerance dramatically just by practice.
Yep. Back when I was in college, I drank a lot. A couple of the local bars had quarter beer night on Wednesdays, and on a couple of occasions, I spent $20+ on quarter beers, after already having a buzz before I went to the bars. I didn't actually drink 80 beers there, though, because I'd buy a few beers for some of my friends too, and I almost certainly topped 50-60 beers at least a few times. I had built up enough tolerance that a 6-pack wouldn't even get me buzzed.
Quote from: Barrister on April 16, 2009, 01:25:48 PMWell the goal is to drink enough to get that really nice euphoric feeling, but to stop before you get to the point of feeling shitty that next day...
:thumbsup: :yes:
Anyway, people who drink that much need to be doing it at home, not a bar. You'll save lots of money and no chance of a DUI (not that I imagine most people in say London drive often, if at all...)
Quote from: Caliga on April 16, 2009, 06:03:44 PM
Anyway, people who drink that much need to be doing it at home, not a bar. You'll save lots of money and no chance of a DUI (not that I imagine most people in say London drive often, if at all...)
Agreed!
Quote from: Caliga on April 16, 2009, 06:02:01 PM
:thumbsup: :yes:
You can get drunk, not just buzzed and not feel shitty the next day. :contract:
Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 06:07:48 PMYou can get drunk, not just buzzed and not feel shitty the next day. :contract:
Please to be sharing your secrets.
last summer I drank 23 beers over 20 hours. we had lots of food and party flavours. when I woke up, I was ravenous, and rode my bike to get 2 uncle burgers.
no hangover, but I was still buzzed when I woke up. really, it's all about pacing.
Quote from: Caliga on April 16, 2009, 06:10:47 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 06:07:48 PMYou can get drunk, not just buzzed and not feel shitty the next day. :contract:
Please to be sharing your secrets.
Just drink lots of water before going to bed.
Quote from: Cerr on April 16, 2009, 08:06:59 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 16, 2009, 06:10:47 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 06:07:48 PMYou can get drunk, not just buzzed and not feel shitty the next day. :contract:
Please to be sharing your secrets.
Just drink lots of water before going to bed.
Or just not drink too much.
Quote from: Cerr on April 16, 2009, 08:06:59 PM
Just drink lots of water before going to bed.
I find this almost always works. 3 pints of water and you're fine :)
Quote from: Cerr on April 16, 2009, 08:06:59 PM
Just drink lots of water before going to bed.
+something starchy (like fries/bread) to help with any residual stomach ache.
Quote from: Cerr on April 16, 2009, 08:06:59 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 16, 2009, 06:10:47 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 16, 2009, 06:07:48 PMYou can get drunk, not just buzzed and not feel shitty the next day. :contract:
Please to be sharing your secrets.
Just drink lots of water before going to bed.
Some people talk wonders of taking an aspirin just before hitting the sack too. But water works great. I saw that on Brainiac. :P
Quote from: Barrister on April 16, 2009, 08:09:22 PMOr just not drink too much.
Self control is bad, mmm'kay?
Quote from: The Larch on April 17, 2009, 03:31:59 AMSome people talk wonders of taking an aspirin just before hitting the sack too. But water works great. I saw that on Brainiac. :P
Back in my youth I tried the aspirin trick and it did not work, at least not for me.
The biggest factor to combat the hangover headache is to just make sure to drink water to combat the dehydration of alcohol
But what if my bladder explodes? :(
Quote from: Caliga on April 17, 2009, 06:47:47 AM
But what if my bladder explodes? :(
Well don't drink that much, sheesh.
But like tonight i had a real light night of 5 beers at the concert and bar afterwords, i'm still gonna make sure to drink a glass of water and leave one on bedside table...the asprin is for the aches i'm gonna have tomorrow after dancing for 3 hours straight. :P
I believe the most I've ever drunk in one "sitting" was ironically on my 21st birthday. :cool:
I started the evening off with two pitchers of snakebite at a local bar. Me and a friend went and ordered four, and split the booze about 50/50 in terms of consumption.
I then went to another friend's 21st birthday party at his apartment, and had about three screwdrivers, a few beers (I think), and finished the evening off by draining a bottle of everclear, which I drank until passing out on the floor.
I had a hangover for like three days. :lol: I still didn't barf though. :yeah:
Quote from: Caliga on April 17, 2009, 06:53:11 AM
I believe the most I've ever drunk in one "sitting" was ironically on my 21st birthday. :cool:
I started the evening off with two pitchers of snakebite at a local bar. Me and a friend went and ordered four, and split the booze about 50/50 in terms of consumption.
I then went to another friend's 21st birthday party at his apartment, and had about three screwdrivers, a few beers (I think), and finished the evening off by draining a bottle of everclear, which I drank until passing out on the floor.
I had a hangover for like three days. :lol: I still didn't barf though. :yeah:
Most i ever drank was 12 pack of Rolling Rock and a 5th of tequila by myself. The occasion was quitting a shitty job after three years of working there during college.
I woke up passed out in bathroom, staggered home and slept for next 12hours :lmfao:
Quote from: katmai on April 17, 2009, 07:00:00 AMMost i ever drank was 12 pack of Rolling Rock
:mmm:
I miss my Rolling Rock keychain beer opener thingy. :(
Quote from: saskganesh on April 16, 2009, 06:25:13 PM
last summer I drank 23 beers over 20 hours. we had lots of food and party flavours. when I woke up, I was ravenous, and rode my bike to get 2 uncle burgers.
no hangover, but I was still buzzed when I woke up. really, it's all about pacing.
Pints or bottles?
Real beer or Bud?
Kevin
Bud is 5% IIRC, you get all the liver damage and still no taste :mad:
Sask's day sounds like what we did every day my 3 months in Australia.
The British :wub:
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/alcoholic-architecture-article-8134.html
QuoteSoho has long been considered a central hub of London's drinking culture. Filled with bars, pubs and clubs it was the obvious choice for Alcoholic Architecture, a temporary pop up bar with a twist and the latest innovation from Bompas and Parr.
Breathable Cocktail
Alcoholic Architecture is just that; the pop up bar is actually a walk in gin and tonic. As you step through the doors you'll be encapsulated by a cloud of breathable cocktail. Bompas and Parr have created a gin and tonic mist, complemented by the decor of the bar consisting of oversized limes and huge straws to give the impression of sitting within a giant cocktail. You have to pre-book tickets for hourly slots between 7pm-9pm, costing just £5.
Now the Science Part
If you enjoy savouring an ice cold G and T after a long day at the office then the pop up Alcoholic Architecture bar may be a little disappointing although the novelty factor is obvious, which is perhaps why this bar is only open for a total of four days. Bompas and Parr have latched on to the clever idea of basically creating an alcoholic vapour that you walk into and breathe in rather than having to drink. The steam is produced using a system utilised in Antony Gormley's installation at the Hayward in 2007 called Blind Light. It may not quench your thirst but it has the same effect as drinking the liquid version of a gin and tonic.
Bompas and Parr
Alcoholic Architecture isn't the first innovation utilised by Sam Bompas and Harry Parr. They produce fine English jellies for such high end bars as the Hawksmoor and even designed a glow in the dark jelly for the UCL chemistry department. They also curate culinary events bringing together the world of food and drink with that of architecture. Their last event was scratch and sniff cinema in February where they screened The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover and created aromas of rotting meat and dusty books to capture the key moments in the movie, which were micro-encapsulated and printed onto special scratch 'n' sniff cards.
Alcoholic Architecture pop up bar is open 16th-18th April and 23rd-25th April 2009 between 7pm-9pm. Tickets are available for hourly slots and cost £5
Quote from: garbon on April 18, 2009, 11:26:17 AM
The British :wub:
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/alcoholic-architecture-article-8134.html
Went past that the other day, it's just round the corner from work. We'll pop in and inhale a few G&Ts after pay day ^_^
Quote from: Caliga on April 16, 2009, 06:03:44 PM
Anyway, people who drink that much need to be doing it at home, not a bar. You'll save lots of money and no chance of a DUI (not that I imagine most people in say London drive often, if at all...)
Ugh. Drinking at home is for total losers. What's the point if there's no hot chicks you can do stupid things around or friends you can laugh at and who can laugh at you?
Anyway, as Garbon said, drunk != puking.
By the way, the best recipe against hangovers by far is having some watermelon before you go to bed. Helps replace fluids, vitamins and all the shit you lose during a night out. If you couple that with something starchy and a yogurt you're hangover free for sure.