[MissKittyFantastico]

Originally Posted by InOne

Was there a massive row lastnight? And I don't know if I've slept lol

I don't know, was there? I left as things were getting a little heated, probably for the best....don't you remember?!

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Kitty

I don't know, was there? I left as things were getting a little heated, probably for the best....don't you remember?!

Some of it, don't really want to read back lol or might have been deleted

[MissKittyFantastico]

Originally Posted by InOne

Some of it, don't really want to read back lol or might have been deleted

Oh screw that I'm nosey lol, I'm gonna have a look now...in the Shed/Den/Crackhouse yeah?

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Nemo123

Sitcoms and soaps have glorified drink for too long - AbFab, Men (drinking) Badly. Corrie, ENDERS, Emmerdale, all set in pubs.

Drinking isn't fun or a laugh at all. It causes the trheepennies, depression, accidents, violence.

More education and less glorification.

Speak for yourself.

And Patsy and Eddie can do whatever the hell they please.

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Kitty

Oh screw that I'm nosey lol, I'm gonna have a look now...in the Shed/Den/Crackhouse yeah?

AA/The Clinic also

[Nemo123]

Originally Posted by Stu

Speak for yourself.

And Patsy and Eddie can do whatever the hell they please.

Well obviously.

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Nemo123

Sitcoms and soaps have glorified drink for too long - AbFab, Men (drinking) Badly. Corrie, ENDERS, Emmerdale, all set in pubs.

Drinking isn't fun or a laugh at all. It causes the trheepennies, depression, accidents, violence.

More education and less glorification.

Silly PC view.

[Nemo123]

Engerland Engerland Engerland

Engerland Engerland Engerland

Postman Pat
Postman Pat
Postman Pat and his black and white cat

Isn't it? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Nemo123

Engerland Engerland Engerland

Engerland Engerland Engerland

Postman Pat
Postman Pat
Postman Pat and his black and white cat

Isn't it? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Is that you Ian?

[Nemo123]

The drink makes you paranoid.

[InOne]

So does Weed.

[Captain.Remy]

On a economical and financial point...that'd be a disaster. Cigs and alcohol are some of the biggest income of every country.

[Nemo123]

Originally Posted by Captain.Remy

On a economical and financial point...that'd be a disaster. Cigs and alcohol are some of the biggest income of every country.

Er, funnily enough, countries which have cheap booze like France, Spain, Portugal, etc.have fewer problems with antisocial drinking. It's not at all an issue in these countries

Revenue. Problem drinking. Not issues.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Kitty

I can't either anymore, I'm actually devastated The smallest amount gives me wicked heartburn and a migraine type headache, and not the next morning either, within minutes of drinking it. Am rediscovering beer and lager now, it's the only alcohol I seem to be able to tolerate.

If its the cheaper red wines(discounted bottles from supermarkets etc) that cause that, it could be the additives that are used to quicken the process, there are a couple of tricks to try, get a bottle and let it stand totally undisturbed for about a month so that the chemicals settle, then pour while ensuring you disturb them as little as possible.

A quicker way is to nuke it, microwave a glassful, for about 20 seconds on high power.

[Claymores]

Originally Posted by Shasown

If its the cheaper red wines(discounted bottles from supermarkets etc) that cause that, it could be the additives that are used to quicken the process, there are a couple of tricks to try, get a bottle and let it stand totally undisturbed for about a month so that the chemicals settle, then pour while ensuring you disturb them as little as possible.

A quicker way is to nuke it, microwave a glassful, for about 20 seconds on high power.

hahahahaha - any decent hangover tips while your at it Terry

[Claymores]

Originally Posted by InOne

Is that you Ian?

Now now Joe

No need to blame every Engerland slur on poor old Ian!

[Captain.Remy]

Originally Posted by Nemo123

Er, funnily enough, countries which have cheap booze like France, Spain, Portugal, etc.have fewer problems with antisocial drinking. It's not at all an issue in these countries

Revenue. Problem drinking. Not issues.

That wasn't my point but I guess you're right.

[Nemo123]

I know it wasn't. Antisocial drinking has high costs in terms of all the asociated problems, violence, accidents, absenteeism, etc, etc, etc, compensated for by the tax revenue to the govt. Just remarking in other civilised countries they don't have the same problems nor do they overly rely on tax from tobacco and alcohol.

Taxing something to discourage it is bogus.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Claymores

hahahahaha - any decent hangover tips while your at it Terry

I dont get them, I always have a pint or two of water before sleeping. That helps rehydrate the brain and flush the toxins from the body.

Queasy stomach - have a fry up/or egg based meal - lots of protein.

Dehydrated - Irn Bru/Vimto/Red Bull etc

Top tip though if you have a headache dont take paracetamol, take anything but. Believe it or not it will make you feel even queasier.

[Claymores]

Originally Posted by Shasown

I dont get them, I always have a pint or two of water before sleeping. That helps rehydrate the brain and flush the toxins from the body.

Queasy stomach - have a fry up/or egg based meal - lots of protein.

Dehydrated - Irn Bru/Vimto/Red Bull etc

Top tip though if you have a headache dont take paracetamol, take anything but. Believe it or not it will make you feel even queasier.

Irn Bru - my German pals just call it sugar wasser!

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Claymores

Irn Bru - my German pals just call it sugar wasser!

Yeah but its phenomonal.

Best decent hangover tip is drink lots of alcohol, no food no water or mixers and mix wines and spirits with beers and lagers.

Or is that how to get a decent hangover?

[Claymores]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Yeah but its phenomonal.

Best decent hangover tip is drink lots of alcohol, no food no water or mixers and mix wines and spirits with beers and lagers.

Or is that how to get a decent hangover?

Avoid hangovers, just stay drunk Tel!

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Claymores

Avoid hangovers, just stay drunk Tel!

Tried that, it doesnt work, you can have a hangover and still be blootered. Another myth is drinking yourself sober, doesnt happen, you may feel as if you are sober, but sober people around you will see you as drunk.

[bananarama]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Todays 5 live debate but what do you think?

think big

Yes the world would be better off. But it's not going to happen alcohol is a too entrenched recrational drug to get rid of...It could be better managed though.......


A more realistic possibility is the banning of all other recreational drugs and drug taking.........Draconion measures would be needed to rid the world of trashy drugs.....Just needs the political will and the sacking of all psyco babble advisers.....

[BB_Eye]

Originally Posted by bananarama

Yes the world would be better off. But it's not going to happen alcohol is a too entrenched recrational drug to get rid of...It could be better managed though.......


A more realistic possibility is the banning of all other recreational drugs and drug taking.........Draconion measures would be needed to rid the world of trashy drugs.....Just needs the political will and the sacking of all psyco babble advisers.....

I don't think I've ever heard anyone using the word 'draconian' in a positive context.

For my own part, I'd say the so called "war on drugs" has done more harm than good. Resources that might have been better spent on policing and incarcerating antisocial and violent criminals are instead drained by every successive government's futile and sisyphian struggle to tackle the drugs trade by targeting suppliers and addicts, many for whom psychiatric treatment would be far more effective than imprisonment... and that's before you get into the issue of legality. You can thank pressure from the scaremongering media for that.