Make Mine a Double

posted by Arty on May 30

Why do people drink alcohol?

It’s bad for us, it’s a waste of money, damages our liver, makes us throw up (sometimes anyway, dependent upon volume obviously) and many people turn into loud monsters when they’ve had a few.

Across Europe, many countries do not drink as the Brits do.  We compete with each other about how much we can drink, we measure our friends on how long they can last on a night out and even have drinking competitions.  We even consider University an education of drinking and have places called ‘beer gardens’.  Where did this culture come from?

And yet we love it, and as the weekend approaches yet again, we rejoice and head to the pub for after-work drinkie with work colleagues followed by late drinks with friends and a hangover Sunday.  Hurrah…