Beer is barbaric

[lisztisforkids]

Beer is utmostly barbaric. Drink wine instead. Wine is the drink of the gods. Dionysis commands you to drink wine!

[pianistimo]

there's nothing barbaric about beer you lobster-eater.  beer is not alive.  beer is good in moderation.  wine is good in moderation.  it's just disgusting when people drink too much.  that's what makes people dislike beer and wine.  seeing people act ridiculous.

but, beer and cheese or wine and cheese - mmmm.  and in the winter - beer and fondue or wine and fondue.  i don't really see the difference between beer and wine.  it depends on your mood and what you are eating.  beer and pizza.  wine and steak.  whatever.

that's like having to live on an island with only one composer's music.  well, thanks for helping me get rid of some pent up emotion - even if it quickly passed.  ps you can always use a frosty mug instead of the bottle.

btw, i think wine hinders your circulation - so if you want to stay warmer in the winter - drink beer.   wine must be for hot countries (like italy) because that's where the grapes grow.

[lisztisforkids]

there's nothing barbaric about beer you lobster-eater. beer is not alive. beer is good in moderation. wine is good in moderation. it's just disgusting when people drink too much. that's what makes people dislike beer and wine. seeing people act ridiculous.

but, beer and cheese or wine and cheese - mmmm. and in the winter - beer and fondue or wine and fondue. i don't really see the difference between beer and wine. it depends on your mood and what you are eating. beer and pizza. wine and steak. whatever.

that's like having to live on an island with only one composer's music. well, thanks for helping me get rid of some pent up emotion - even if it quickly passed. ps you can always use a frosty mug instead of the bottle.

btw, i think wine hinders your circulation - so if you want to stay warmer in the winter - drink beer. wine must be for hot countries (like italy) because that's where the grapes grow.

What do you have against eating lobsters??? I still stand that beer is the drink of uncivilized barbarians.

[pianistimo]

and lobster is good with beer?  you don't make sense - you barbarian.

[lisztisforkids]

and lobster is good with beer? you don't make sense - you barbarian.

I like my lobster with Merlot. Not only does wine taste better than beer but its also a lot healthier for you to.

[pianistimo]

wine is for barbarians!

[rc]

...I'm fine with being a barbarian.

[ted]

Neither beer nor wine appeals to me. The only alcoholic drink I come close to enjoying is brandy and gingerale, but alcohol has all but lost its charm for me now - sad really, isn't it - getting past it I suppose. We'll use the bottle of brandy for the Christmas cake and for London bread puddings. The recipe for these was given to me by a genuine Eastender and a London bread pudding with brandy and cream is a dessert of rare delight.

[Jacey1973]

mmmmmmmmmm gin and tonic......or port and WKD blue!

[paris]

Wine is the drink of the gods.

ah dude you're wrong... french have got so far and described wine as food...my ancestors were french...white wine...deliciooouus

[Tash]

beer is gross, which is annoying, because when we had our final screenprinting assessment the traditional thing is to go down to the pub and have a beer (despite it only being 4pm), except because i don't like beer i had to get vodka and coke instead. which is more expensive. which is annoying. i wish i did like beer it'd be much more convenient...not hugely fond of wine either

i'll tell you somethin funny, my sister went clubbing for the first time the other night- she lasted 45 minutes because she thought it was positively awful!! i was like ah i've brought you up well my child:) (she's a ballerina and didn't like the whole bopping kind of dancing, nor the music- i've hooked her up on classical) hahaha how hilarious!

[pianistimo]

your a good big sis, and probably right about beer being gross if it's used as a method to a means.  it's just that if you rarely drink it, and when you do, drink it at home - to my way of thinking it's just as relaxing as a gin/tonic (which seems to me just as hard of liquor or harder). 

[steve jones]

Beer is utmostly barbaric. Drink wine instead. Wine is the drink of the gods. Dionysis commands you to drink wine!

Lol, this is actually very close to the attitude that certain people are trying to cultivate in the UK. Tony Blair wants us all to become hopeless alcoholics, so he has been finding ways of doing it on the sly.

For the under 25's he mass marketing alco pops, while glamourising bar culture and extending opening hours (24 / 7 now!).

For the middle agers it has suddenly become culturally 'cool' to be a wine addict. Its so funny, because half of my street are these upper working class snobs that think they have transended into middle class on the grounds that they drive Merc and guzzle wine rather than beer. Yet, when it comes down to it they are just the very same functioning alcoholics that fill every pub in my village.

Sad...

If you drink alcohol habitually you are an alcoholic. Doesnt matter whether its beer, spirits, wine... its all ale at the end of the day. And this thread is beyond stupidity.


Btw, what if the lobster is curried? Sounds like beer food to me!

[rimv2]

Beer taste like poo

and people who drink it taste like poo too

 

[ted]

Steve:

New Zealand is going berserk in the same direction; it isn't just England. The national consumption of booze, especially wine, is staggering (literally and metaphorically). The social consequences, particularly for the young, threaten everybody's future happiness. Booze is thrust at the public everywhere. In the main street of the suburb I live in, eleven booze outlets have sprung up in the last ten years, counting the local supermarket. There are almost as many booze outlets as there are useful shops. I can easily count, among my friends and relations, at least six people who would consume two bottles of wine or its alcoholic equivalent every day.

The worst aspect is that the attitude to drink is becoming, "Let's all drink as much as we can until we pass out or are sick." Perhaps somebody in our parliament owns vineyards or breweries.

[gorbee natcase]

I drink both and much worse, what does that make me

[rc]

I drink both and much worse, what does that make me

A very thirsty barbarian?

[Mozartian]

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[perfect_pitch]

I say both of you shut up, and drink a real mans drink... something the scottish drink all the time....

WHISKEY!!!!!    

[pianistimo]

i'd prefer a woman's drink - desert pear margarita.  it's so good.

[lisztisforkids]

I say both of you shut up, and drink a real mans drink... something the scottish drink all the time....

WHISKEY!!!!!

Thats something you drink when you get into a brawl. I like good Whiskey, but not that cheap Jack Daniels stuff.

[steve jones]

Steve:

New Zealand is going berserk in the same direction; it isn't just England. The national consumption of booze, especially wine, is staggering (literally and metaphorically). The social consequences, particularly for the young, threaten everybody's future happiness. Booze is thrust at the public everywhere. In the main street of the suburb I live in, eleven booze outlets have sprung up in the last ten years, counting the local supermarket. There are almost as many booze outlets as there are useful shops. I can easily count, among my friends and relations, at least six people who would consume two bottles of wine or its alcoholic equivalent every day.

The worst aspect is that the attitude to drink is becoming, "Let's all drink as much as we can until we pass out or are sick." Perhaps somebody in our parliament owns vineyards or breweries.

The crazy thing is Ted, Iv been there! In my student days I was permanently half soaked, lol. But I begin to wake up each morning with a pounding head ache and wonder where my fifty quid had vanished too - this combined with a greater political awareness lead me to the decision that drinking is a muggs game.

Let me ask you, are you having the same problem with drink related violence? In the UK they have made these 'entertainment' areas in all the major towns and cities - problem is they dont have enough police and every weekend it goes off BIG TIME!


"Perhaps somebody in our parliament owns vineyards or breweries."

You dont know how right you are with that statement!!!


"Beer taste like poo"

I'll just have to disagree there. I love a frosty one as much as the next man, just in moderation these days! Wine is for wreck heads.

[ted]

Steve:

Indeed yes. When I was young people had a few drinks and became happy. We had many parties, plenty of drink, lots of music and I don't remember a single argument. Nowadays it seems a party isn't considered successful unless there's a punch-up with the police and somebody is carted off on a stretcher.  Mind you very many drugs are also consumed these days, and forty years ago those were only rarely involved. The worst occasions seem to involve teenagers of wealthy parents rather than the not so well off. In certain areas it has almost become normal for the police to be called to a party.

[perfect_pitch]

Don't get me wrong... Whiskey is good and I didn't mean that Jack Daniels crap....

I'm talking about Ballantines Whiskey, or Lavagulan whiskey or Johnnie Walker.

And for the record, I have never been drunk.... In case anyone thinks I'm a big Whiskey boozer.

[brewtality]

Beer is awesome. Especially Aussie beer, my favourite is Toohey's extra dry, it's scrummy. I hate wine, brings back too many bad memories of drinking goon in a random park in yr 10. When I'm getting on the piss (rare these days) I prefer to stick to spirits, unfortunately I'm a cadbury and they leave me with a nasty week-long vagueness. 

[g_s_223]

Lager is barbaric, freezing gassy p*ss. A good real ale, pumped by hand, at cellar temperature, is indeed the drink of the gods. 

[perfect_pitch]

Nah nah.... de germanz are de bezt at making ze beer....

God love Becks.... REAL BEER!!!!!

The russians have the best Vodka
The scots have the best Whiskey
and the Germans have the best beer.