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Saint Patricks Day

2020 Mar 17, 1:27pm 2,801 views 29 comments

by georgeliberte follow (0)

Lighten up and forget the pandemic!

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Patrick @ 2020 Mar 19, 1:00pm

The Irish drink the most per capita in Western Europe, by a very slim margin over the English (who somehow don't notice that the rates are about identical).

But the Russians drink twice as much alcohol per capita as Ireland.

HeadSet @ 2020 Mar 19, 1:17pm

But the Russians drink twice as much alcohol per capita as Ireland.

I remember long ago where a Soviet claimed the dumbest thing his government ever did was to introduce a resealable cap on vodka bottles.

Ceffer @ 2020 Mar 19, 1:25pm

I saw some stats a while ago that were surprising. Apparently, South Koreans drink more per capita than either Irish or Russians. The Japanese also have a very high per capita alcohol consumption. I never woulda thought.

HeadSet @ 2020 Mar 19, 1:37pm

Ceffer says

I saw some stats a while ago that were surprising. Apparently, South Koreans drink more per capita than either Irish or Russians. The Japanese also have a very high per capita alcohol consumption. I never woulda thought.

Is that alcohol, or alcoholic beverages? Everyone in a country having one shot of sake or a glass of rather light beer per day is different from a population that gets hammered on high proof liquor. I remember how in Norway and Iceland all men where unconscious after 10PM, but I do not remember seeing drunk locals in Japan.

Maga_Chaos_Monkey @ 2020 Mar 19, 9:21pm

I have corned beef but no cabbage. Still in the freezer. It's going to be fried onions with pink salmon (costco canned) over rice tonight.

Maga_Chaos_Monkey @ 2020 Mar 19, 9:27pm

Ceffer says

I saw some stats a while ago that were surprising. Apparently, South Koreans drink more per capita than either Irish or Russians. The Japanese also have a very high per capita alcohol consumption. I never woulda thought.

yeah, but it's only a few of them at a time. o_O

RWSGFY @ 2020 Mar 19, 9:44pm

HeadSet says

but I do not remember seeing drunk locals in Japan.

According to my SIL who worked in Japan for several years it's pretty typical for so-called "salarymen" in suits and ties to literally lay passed out drunk on the streets every Friday night.

Patrick @ 2020 Mar 19, 10:24pm

We were in Japan a few years ago and indeed saw some drunk businessmen passed out on the streets.

HeadSet @ 2020 Mar 20, 6:07am

Patrick says

We were in Japan a few years ago and indeed saw some drunk businessmen passed out on the streets.

I was in Masawa. It appears I did not get around enough to see what you saw.

MolotovCocktail @ 2025 Mar 17, 9:24am

MolotovCocktail @ 2025 Mar 17, 4:54pm

24 clambo @ 2025 Mar 17, 5:48pm

I'm willing to bet that the girl in the green above isn't Irish.

25 clambo @ 2025 Mar 17, 5:50pm

The Irish 7 course dinner: a potato and a six pack.

"Guinness is good for you." I saw this on billboards in England and Trinidad.

Patrick @ 2025 Mar 17, 6:27pm

clambo says

I'm willing to bet that the girl in the green above isn't Irish.

That was my thought too, but no problem.

Patrick @ 2025 Mar 17, 6:28pm

HeadSet says

Patrick says

We were in Japan a few years ago and indeed saw some drunk businessmen passed out on the streets.

I was in Masawa. It appears I did not get around enough to see what you saw.

We were in Tokyo. They were in or near the subway stations. Kind of funny to see a guy in a nice suit flat on the sidewalk and everyone walking by him.

MolotovCocktail @ 2025 Mar 17, 6:33pm

Patrick says

clambo says

I'm willing to bet that the girl in the green above isn't Irish.

That was my thought too, but no problem.

Most of the girls you find in Dublin these days are probably not Irish either.

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