10 thoughts on ““He was not aware of the demonstration… and regretted the bad timing of his decision.””
He only had 9 beers over 4-8 hours? Bunch of fucking wusses, those Brits.
Also too, when is the right time to streak through a gathering of women and children? (Also also too, I don't believe for a second he did not know what those people were there for.)
To be fair, they were probably pints, as opposed to 12 oz. bottles or something, but still. When I was studying in the UK many moons ago, I was struck by how many, especially younger, Brits drank Budweiser for some unknown reason. Why drink Bud when you can drink giant bottles of Newcastle?! Nine of those would get the Pope's clothes off!
When is the right time to streak through a gathering of women and children? Ummm, how'z about, when your clothes are on fire and the ER is on the other side of said women and children? Otherwise, possibly Mardi Gras?
Younger types do seem to be going down the "lager lout" route.
UK beer is also stronger than US stuff, apparently. But I just checked and they seem to have tweaked the levels in the past few years? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of_alcohol
Sorry, I don't drink so I don't really understand ABV and units and all that. But HTH
Beers have gotten stronger in here in the past couple of decades, thanks, primarily, to the microbrew phenomenon. Also, I think recently, it was decided that it was OK to post the ABV (Alcohol By Volume) amount on packaging, whereas it was, I believe, against the rules before. In the 1970s, there were things called "three-two" beers, meaning they were 3.2% and could be sold, in many states, outside of liquor stores (convenience stores, groceries, etc.) Today, Budweiser is at 5%; a decent amount, but, still, a shitty beer. Most IPAs go well over 6%, and some Double IPAs go over 8%, which is approaching the traditional 12% of most wine. Don't get me started on malt liquors or other such things. I go for taste over strength every time. I mean, if I just wanted to get lights-out blotto, I'd slug a few shots of Everclear and have done with it.
A lot of what I drink is in the 7-8% ABV range, some of the specialty beers go up to 11-12% (anything above 12% starts to get into mead territory). English pints are also a bit bigger than American pints. If he drank 9 Imperial pints of something 6% or stronger in 4 hours he'd probably be pretty buzzed-8 hours and/or the typical 4-5% ABV stuff and he's a limey fruit lightweight…
According to the article, he drank hose 9 pints over 8 hours.He was either an incredible lightweight or a HUGE LIAR (lean toward the latter).
Thanks for the info! Yes, the microbrewery thing makes sense. I'd always been told that US beer cans had less alcohol than UK (and Canada) ones, but this was a decade or two ago, and I obviously haven't been keeping up to date with modern developments in the alcoholic beverage world.
As for this idiot – I think it's part pissed, part hold my beer and watch this, and part general levels of stupidity and ignorance.
Whether he knew precisely what he was doing (i.e. the 'take back the night' part), I'm not sure, as I can't attest to his level of reading comprehension… to indeed any comprehension at all.
TBH I think he saw a whole bunch of ladies and thought the obvious way to "impress" them was to strip naked and run at/through them.
"Epic bantz" as I think they say…. ugh.
According to Billy Connolly, the Pope drinks pints of creme de menthe. That may have been Ringo I, though. Also, Newky Brown? Really? Disgustingly sweet. Edit: in my opinion, because who else's would I be expressing? But, yeah, a bit dogmatic of me.
He only had 9 beers over 4-8 hours? Bunch of fucking wusses, those Brits.
Also too, when is the right time to streak through a gathering of women and children? (Also also too, I don't believe for a second he did not know what those people were there for.)
To be fair, they were probably pints, as opposed to 12 oz. bottles or something, but still. When I was studying in the UK many moons ago, I was struck by how many, especially younger, Brits drank Budweiser for some unknown reason. Why drink Bud when you can drink giant bottles of Newcastle?! Nine of those would get the Pope's clothes off!
When is the right time to streak through a gathering of women and children? Ummm, how'z about, when your clothes are on fire and the ER is on the other side of said women and children? Otherwise, possibly Mardi Gras?
Younger types do seem to be going down the "lager lout" route.
UK beer is also stronger than US stuff, apparently. But I just checked and they seem to have tweaked the levels in the past few years? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of_alcohol
Sorry, I don't drink so I don't really understand ABV and units and all that. But HTH
Beers have gotten stronger in here in the past couple of decades, thanks, primarily, to the microbrew phenomenon. Also, I think recently, it was decided that it was OK to post the ABV (Alcohol By Volume) amount on packaging, whereas it was, I believe, against the rules before. In the 1970s, there were things called "three-two" beers, meaning they were 3.2% and could be sold, in many states, outside of liquor stores (convenience stores, groceries, etc.) Today, Budweiser is at 5%; a decent amount, but, still, a shitty beer. Most IPAs go well over 6%, and some Double IPAs go over 8%, which is approaching the traditional 12% of most wine. Don't get me started on malt liquors or other such things. I go for taste over strength every time. I mean, if I just wanted to get lights-out blotto, I'd slug a few shots of Everclear and have done with it.
A lot of what I drink is in the 7-8% ABV range, some of the specialty beers go up to 11-12% (anything above 12% starts to get into mead territory). English pints are also a bit bigger than American pints. If he drank 9 Imperial pints of something 6% or stronger in 4 hours he'd probably be pretty buzzed-8 hours and/or the typical 4-5% ABV stuff and he's a limey fruit lightweight…
According to the article, he drank hose 9 pints over 8 hours.He was either an incredible lightweight or a HUGE LIAR (lean toward the latter).
Thanks for the info! Yes, the microbrewery thing makes sense. I'd always been told that US beer cans had less alcohol than UK (and Canada) ones, but this was a decade or two ago, and I obviously haven't been keeping up to date with modern developments in the alcoholic beverage world.
As for this idiot – I think it's part pissed, part hold my beer and watch this, and part general levels of stupidity and ignorance.
Whether he knew precisely what he was doing (i.e. the 'take back the night' part), I'm not sure, as I can't attest to his level of reading comprehension… to indeed any comprehension at all.
TBH I think he saw a whole bunch of ladies and thought the obvious way to "impress" them was to strip naked and run at/through them.
"Epic bantz" as I think they say…. ugh.
According to Billy Connolly, the Pope drinks pints of creme de menthe. That may have been Ringo I, though. Also, Newky Brown? Really? Disgustingly sweet. Edit: in my opinion, because who else's would I be expressing? But, yeah, a bit dogmatic of me.
"Little did he know the group was actually gathered for the Reclaim The Night rally,"
Aha! 'Little did he know…'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfvwUlCQvkE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Rx6xPUwvQ
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