Of course that pedophile decided to use unneeded Latin words instead of English ones.

"The tavern is worshipped rather than the church

I'll drink to that!

gluttony and drunkenness is more abundant than tears and prayers"

Have another on me!

You want to clean up the culture of drinking in England?

LEGALIZE POT!

/Sorry, I forgot we're talking to the English--LEGALISE WACKY BACKY!

But it should never be forgotten economics is tied to alcohol abuse. As Charles Dickens himself had it: "Gin-drinking is a great vice in England, but wretchedness and dirt are a greater."
And this Government has absolutely no answer to the problems of poverty and wretchedness which are driving modern drunkenness.

About right.

Booze is unique among drugs -- it has the ability to make the drinker feel so darn good for a time. It knocks away the stress of the day, tends to make companions of all, comforts the lonely, eases the pains of the ill, calms the anxieties of the worried and makes it far easier to get laid.

Of course, there are the hangovers to be concerned about, which get worse and worse as you age.

I used to watch these old westerns on TV where they used booze to knock out some guy who was going to get a bullet or arrow dug out of him. I thought that was pretty cool -- until I got older and realized that when the patient awoke, not only would he be in pain from the surgery, but have to suffer through a major hangover.

I had to stop drinking years ago. Yeah, I'm a member of AA even if I no longer go to meetings.

A guy in a movie once told a non-drinker that 'the best you'll feel all day is when you get up in the morning.' Meaning that he could feel better any time he wanted with a shot.

He was right.

Alcohol hits certain parts of the brain like no other drugs can. That feeling is in itself addicting. Plus, when you're below 40, most people can just shake off a basic hangover, but the older you get, the harder it is until you wind up drinking to avoid the condition.

I figure they'll never stop boozing. However, I think they do need to start restricting the massive amount of advertising that goes into pushing booze as the most wonderful thing you can do and correlating it with being smart, sexy, cool and manly.

BTW, I've had Gin and it tastes like shiat unless you mix it with something. A friend of mine switched to gin when out drinking because he hated it so much he would not get plastered. It kept him from drinking too much.

I also noticed when booze companies came out with 40's and later, started flavoring the contents like soft drinks. It also surprised me to find out that MD20/20, the gut wash of the poor and down and out, was made by the well known wine producer, Morgan-David. Not for taste either, but alcohol content.

Prohibition failed. Folks want to drink. However, advertising it as the next best thing since mothers' milk and hinting that something is wrong with you if you DON'T drink is not a good thing.

Try and find a major televised sports event that DOESN'T have tons of beer ads plastered on the screen, walls and jumbotron.

always remember, the American Revolution was largely fomented in the saloons of Boston and elsewhere. Take away our drinks and freedom loses. Fark the Man! Have a drink!

yes, i've been drinking. why do you ask?

As far back as 1362, the Archbishop of Canterbury said: "The tavern is worshipped rather than the church, gluttony and drunkenness is more abundant than tears and prayers"

He says that like its a bad thing.

JuggleGeek: "The tavern is worshipped rather than the church, gluttony and drunkenness is more abundant than tears and prayers"

I can easily prove that alcohol exists. You can't say the same about god.

You can if you drink enough alcohol.

dready zim: Rik01: Booze is NOT unique among drugs -- it has the ability to make the drinker feel so darn good for a time. It knocks away the stress of the day, tends to make companions of all, comforts the lonely, eases the pains of the ill, calms the anxieties of the worried and makes it far easier to get laid.

MDMA, Cocaine, Amphetamine, Weed (maybe not the getting laid bit for that one)
Yeah, weed always worked pretty good for that one

Rik01: BTW, I've had Gin and it tastes like shiat unless you mix it with something

You're obviously under-qualified to comment on alcohol as a whole. n00b

Also your friend must have strange taste buds. Most people I know who start off with straight drink 10 times what they might have sans juniper.

doglover: Also your friend must have strange taste buds. Most people I know who start off with straight drink 10 times what they might have sans juniper.

Maybe. I don't like gin, either.

pxlboy: doglover: Also your friend must have strange taste buds. Most people I know who start off with straight drink 10 times what they might have sans juniper.

Maybe. I don't like gin, either.

Mixing gin is what you would call gilding the lily.

I personally don't like a lot of peat in my whiskey. That doesn't mean I go around putting soda water or grapefruit juice in single malt saying "It's the only way to choke it down."

Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it's not good. Nor does it mean you won't soon get a taste for it. The lovely play of the different spices in Bombay Sapphire is much different than that Spain's Xorringer, but they're both lovely.