The stiff upper lip

[REKIBorter]

What gets me mad is the mindset that you must get drunk to have a good time. Very sad.

 

[MiniNinjaRob]

What gets me mad is the mindset that you must get drunk to have a good time. Very sad.

+1

I very rarely drink but I always have loads of fun. IN fact I always have more fun now than back in Uni when I used to drink a lot more

 

[Ernie]

That might be some, perhaps those that ascribe to a youth culture, but in many Islamic countries the use of drugs and trafficking in drugs carries the death penalty, so that method of chilling out seems insane when using alcohol would if caught be imprisonment or public corporal punishment and ostracisation, so there has to be something other than intoxicants to chill. Or is it I/we am/are thinking from a western perspective where it is we are used to using intoxicants to chill so therefore expect others must do also ?

No offence but these are hardly model countries you speak of :? sure booze is one thing but maybe the lack off it is causing mass murder and barbaric practises.
Not a lot has changed in the past 1000 years there and it aint working thats for sure
You want booze go to Saudi.You want drugs? Go to Afghanistan.You want gambling? go to Pakistan.

Do you eat meat on a Friday?
Burned at the 'steak' for you my friend
Lets face reality here,under most 'religions' something is usually a no no but in the real reality everyone does what ever suits them just cos there is a few bad apples,dont think everyone thinks or acts that way.

Always remember that religion goes a long way to preventing the poor from killing the rich

I agree with Dyna on this..also alot of "picking and choosing"..and "moving of goal posts" with the leaders of these countries when it suits them..especially religion and dont forget equalilty for women :roll:

Ernie

 

[suburbanreuben]

The stiff upper lip, British resolve, why are us Brits so uptight ?

And with that why does alcohol feature so much when Brits are supposed to be enjoying themselves, where many other cultures can do so without alcohol ?

It's not just the Brits that like a bevvy; it's a northern European thing.
There's nothing wrong with beer ,
"Beer is the proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy!"
I'm not going to argue with that.

 

[greenstiles]

recent stats show UK has a big problem compared to other countries.

 

[suburbanreuben]

recent stats show UK has a big problem compared to other countries.

Stats can show anything you want them to show.

 

[greenstiles]

true but this was from a very good recent source, but true lies, bloody lies and statistics and all that.

 

[highlandsflyer]

I don't consider us uptight at all.

The stiff upper lip is indeed to do with resolve, which is another matter entirely.

Lived and partied in quite a few countries, we are up there amongst the most sociable and relaxed people in the world.

How else did we spew forth such an enormous amount of amazing party music over the generations?

 

[brocklanders023]

I can drink nothing and have a good time.

I can drink a bit (last night for example, work this morning) and have a good time.

I can get smashed + fall over and have a good time.

I do all three and enjoy my life. Why worry so much?

 

[dyna-ti]

Interesting point :?
Heroin kills less that tobacco and alcohol,and does less damage to the economy.

Just a point,dont take it that im suggesting we all swop onto that