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I am from Nevada and while there is a lot of alcohol in the casinos, I know of nobody that makes it a goal to drink until they vomit. This is just bizarre.
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That’s more of a phase, really. The real goal is cirrhosis of the liver.
[QUOTE=Capt. Ridley’s Shooting Party]
That’s because all Australian heavy drinkers end up backpacking in Europe on semi-permanent holiday 
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It makes up for the Brits in Sydney. 
I’ve transcribed some interviews for a study on the impacts of backpacking in Sydney, and it wasn’t pretty. Drunken English “gap year” kids pissing in doorways and lifts, lying on the street in their own vomit, etc etc.
I’ve no doubt the Australians do likewise in the UK, of course.
Interesting that the US beats Australia too!
Next we have to tackle the canard that every other critter in Australia is going to kill you when you set foot outside your front door. I was thinking of this when somebody the other day casually posted that there was a bear in their backyard! A. Bear. In. Their. Backyard. Uh… huh. 
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog]
Interesting that the US beats Australia too!
Next we have to tackle the canard that every other critter in Australia is going to kill you when you set foot outside your front door. I was thinking of this when somebody the other day casually posted that there was a bear in their backyard! A. Bear. In. Their. Backyard. Uh… huh.
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Yeah, but at least it wasn’t a drop bear…
[QUOTE=aldiboronti]
Alcohol Consumption incl. individual US states
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New Hamphire? That I never would have guessed. Not that I had any reason to assume they were light drinkers or heavy drinkers. What makes them challengers for the world title? Are neighboring states sneaking in to drink there? Canadians skewing the stats? What’s going on there?
[QUOTE=wolfman]
New Hamphire? That I never would have guessed. Not that I had any reason to assume they were light drinkers or heavy drinkers. What makes them challengers for the world title? Are neighboring states sneaking in to drink there? Canadians skewing the stats? What’s going on there?
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New Hampshire liquor stores are state run and their prices are a lot lower then those in other states (since the entire profit on the sales is essentially the state tax, taxes aren’t added on to the price) - especially Massachusetts. There are state liquor stores just over the state lines on every major highway to take advantage of sales from out of staters.
An interesting answer on their website’s FAQ :
They expect people to buy in bulk and take it out of state (or into Canada).
I’m not from London but was using the tubes Saturday night just before the ban came in. Luckily i wasn’t using the circle line but was waiting on the same platform as those waiting for a circle line tube, and it was horendous/amusing to watch…lots of very drunken people hanging around on the platform surrounded by lots of police all making a lot of noise.
Each to their own i say. Especially the guys wearing the blond wigs…did anyone else see them?!
[QUOTE=Desert Nomad]
I am from Nevada and while there is a lot of alcohol in the casinos, I know of nobody that makes it a goal to drink until they vomit. This is just bizarre.
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You didn’t go to a Big Ten school, did you… Or just about any college. The purpose is perhaps not to vomit, but to get drunk (binge drinking, IOW), the emesis just comes naturally sometimes–or the fight brings it on (not to mention the nachos/curry/sliders aka pub/bar food).
Irrelevant aside: what I don’t get is how anyone finishes a pint. I can’t finish a half-pint of lager. The carbonation fills me up. Now, I used to be able to drink quite a bit in college (we played all manner of drinking games), so at one time I could do this, but now? Two sips and I’m full. I’m a wuss, I know.
[QUOTE=Schnitte]
This is a nitpick, but I think these statistics are not very helpful with regards to countries like Luxembourg. It’s a small nation with a small population, but there’s a lot of tourism and commuting there; quite a number of people who work in Luxembourg live in France, Belgium, or Germany. If you add up all the alcohol sold in Luxembourg, including the stuff drunk by tourists or commuters, and divide it by the number of Luxembourg residents, you’ll end up with an exaggerated per capita consumption.
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They note that in the stats link posted above, which means that Ireland’s really number 1. :smack:
[QUOTE=Desert Nomad]
Peter Moore, 35, from Brighton on the southern English coast, told the agency his night was “Drunken, I just downed a can of beer in 10 seconds. It’s sweaty on there but I’m going round and round until I vomit.”
And this is fun?? :dubious: :rolleyes:
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Bolding mine. I take this as being a play on the fact that they were on the Circle Line which does go round and round in circles.