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robblok, on 2012-04-09 17:48:46, said:
silsburyhill, on 2012-04-09 17:23:17, said:
edwinclapham, on 2012-04-08 10:32:10, said:
"An other explanation is that the majority of posters here is English and they just are a bit more obsessed by drinking then where i am from. For those who did not know im from the Netherlands. That just might be it because i never seen people who let a drink rule their life as much as the people here."
"This is a serious question not a flame"!
I would have totally disagree with you there, I dont find the Brits more are obsessed with alcohol than many other nationalities!
I have seen as much alcoholism in the Netherlands as I have in GB to be frank, as well as Sweden etc etc.
To place your statement at the Englishman's door I find inflammatory tbh. and again more very broad generalisations.
Much like saying all Dutch are all druggies!
"This is a serious question not a flame"!
I would have totally disagree with you there, I dont find the Brits more are obsessed with alcohol than many other nationalities!
I have seen as much alcoholism in the Netherlands as I have in GB to be frank, as well as Sweden etc etc.
To place your statement at the Englishman's door I find inflammatory tbh. and again more very broad generalisations.
Much like saying all Dutch are all druggies!
Kinda depends if they consume the beer in the morning or if its just a delivery service. I worked in Amsterdam for 5 years i lived 40km above it. So then you know the area. But seems i'm not alone in my observation of the Brits. I do agree about Scandinavians too but that is because alcohol is so expensive there.
Alchohol is only expensive in the marxist states of Norway and Sweden. It's very cheap in Denmark, except for in inner city bars. The cheapest bears cost around 15-20 baht for a bottle. Actually, that's why Swedes and Norwegians flock to Denmark to drink their brains out and hence why 'the drunk swede' is a stereotype in Copenhagen. I find the Scandinavian binge and particularly youth drinking to be very unattractive quality, which solely exists to relive tension in a society where no one dares to be different or speak their mind because of the Jantelov/Jante Law (Google it), except for when drunk out of their mind.
