Britain loses to Germany!

[Lost Cause]

Britain put up a helluva fight, but Germany eeks by to win!

LONDON (Reuters) - Germans are Europe's worst binge drinkers with almost one in five believing "the point of drinking is to get drunk," according to a survey Wednesday.

In the past, Britons have been condemned as the continent's prime offenders but the Mintel market research survey of 35,000 people painted a different picture.

"Although the Germans may not go drinking as often as the British, when they do drink, many want to get drunk," said Mintel senior consumer analyst Michelle Strutton.

The survey showed that 17 percent of German adults believe "the point of drinking is to get drunk." This was twice the proportion of adults in Britain who felt the same way.

"The fact that German adults are seemingly more inclined than the British to get drunk could help ease the British reputation for lavish drinking and an over-indulgent pub culture," Strutton said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...nm/20040721/od_nm/leisure_drinking_germans_dc

 

[steve w]

I actually find this hard to believe. Absolutely everyone I know thinks the point of drinking is to get drunk. Like the point of driving is to travel somewhere.

The real problem is this -

When Germans get drunk, they wear ludicrous small leather shorts, and sway gently on a bench to oompah-oompah music, before apologising endlessly to every non-German in the room for the war. They then moan endlessly about the Russian linesman in 1966, remind all concerned that they've won the World Cup three times, moan that all Volkswagens are now made by Czechs and Mexicans, and pass out.

When the British get drunk, they glass each other in the face, spill out into the street and fight in front of the CCTV cameras, accompanied by some unknown girl shouting "leave 'im, Gary, 'e ain't wurf it" for no apparent reason. When the men get dragged away by the police, the girls argue about whose fault it was, and get into a second fight. Finally, everyone throws up, and seeks out the nearest Indian restaurant, where they can abuse the waiters and mispronounce the names of all the dishes.

Hmmm. There may be a stereotype in there.

 

[SleepingWarrior]

When was the point of drinking changed from getting drunk to whatever it is suppose to be now?

 

[Lost Cause]

I think it's because it's on the list of social bugaboos people are suppose to be concerned about.
Look at the fucking U.S. panic response to the "obesity crisis."
Mark my words, surveys and probes are designed to give support to legislation and bureaucratic programs.....out of your pocket of course!

Cheers!

 

[Harrowborg]

I think it's because it's on the list of social bugaboos people are suppose to be concerned about.
Look at the fucking U.S. panic response to the "obesity crisis."
Mark my words, surveys and probes are designed to give support to legislation and bureaucratic programs.....out of your pocket of course!

Cheers!

This is insane! by god we beat the germans 5-1 in the football and we will beat them at being the worst drunks in Europe! and in terms of panic responses from the US, you have to have a giggle over a certain nipple incident on the superbowl.

 

[SnoopDog]

That's one of the reasons I don't drink alcohol at all.

Just drinking for the sake of getting drunk and wasted is in my opinion so stupid.
And it's right, Germans are pretty bad when it comes to that.

Then again the stereotypes that steve w brought up are all but right.

Snoopy, prost !

 

[Lost Cause]

*Giggle...*

Superbowl nipple.......

"The sky is falling!"

 

[Lost Cause]

There's a deeper mystery to Janet's nipple....ooowwweeeeeeooooooo!

http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/february_2004/nipple.html

 

[Harrowborg]

You can't show the nipple of doom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! America will explode if you do!!!!!!!!!

 

[SIN'til8?]

You should see Hermann, Mo durink Oktoberfest!

Some German guy wrote a book about America and entire communities up and moved to America. My paternal family was one of them...

 

[Lost Cause]

KA-BLOOOOOOOEY!

 

[p_p_man]

I actually find this hard to believe. Absolutely everyone I know thinks the point of drinking is to get drunk. Like the point of driving is to travel somewhere.

The real problem is this -

When Germans get drunk, they wear ludicrous small leather shorts, and sway gently on a bench to oompah-oompah music, before apologising endlessly to every non-German in the room for the war. They then moan endlessly about the Russian linesman in 1966, remind all concerned that they've won the World Cup three times, moan that all Volkswagens are now made by Czechs and Mexicans, and pass out.

When the British get drunk, they glass each other in the face, spill out into the street and fight in front of the CCTV cameras, accompanied by some unknown girl shouting "leave 'im, Gary, 'e ain't wurf it" for no apparent reason. When the men get dragged away by the police, the girls argue about whose fault it was, and get into a second fight. Finally, everyone throws up, and seeks out the nearest Indian restaurant, where they can abuse the waiters and mispronounce the names of all the dishes.

Hmmm. There may be a stereotype in there.

LOL...



ppman