Plans are afoot in Britain for a ban on the major supermarkets here to do away with the ridiculously cheap beer and booze deals they currently offer. To be frank, this doesn't really affect me as I hardly drink any more, but alcohol abuse is a big problem in the UK especially amongst the young, whose idea of a nice time seems to be to drink as much strangely coloured and terribly sweet cheap drink as they can before they either pass out or get arrested. Call me old fashioned (or just old if you want, I'm used to it) but there's more to life than getting so off your face you can't remember what you did every weekend.
PS. As an example of what the supermarkets here are offering, you can buy 45 big cans of lager for £20 in Asda. Shocking. Why the fuck does anyone need 45 cans of lager?
6 comments:
lol, I'm actually from the U.S. and when I was young I also suffered from this problem. It wasn't until I was legally old enough to drink that I realized that having fun while drunk really doesn't matter so much if you can't remember what fun you were having. Or if you even had fun. You DO remember the hangover. I remember about 3 years worth of hangovers and they were not fun. Ironic huh?
I guess I should have said when I was youngER, as I'm still fairly young. My mistake.
I might just be jealous. When I was young, alcohol was horrible, now it tastes like bubblegum
it just makes me feel instantly nauseous. I am from the UK and I have been going out since I was 15 but don't drink :)
I can honestly say I've never been drunk :)
My issue with the alcohol ban is that some people currently spending £20 on 45 cans of larger may still spend £25 or £30 when the deal ends. Thats potentially £10 less on food for their kids.
The ban won't bother me, when I do drink I have expensive tastes, Champagne and single malts are top of the list. Just concerned the ban might effect the wine club!
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