Binge drinking... its not the kids

[stampy]

Aahhh the Brandivino...I remember it well

The old 'Five Buck Chuck' eh?...
Fair dinkum, I don't think that poison's changed in price for two decades eh!

How did it compare to the old Fruity Lexia?

funny you mention that cos she who must be obeyed has only been full once - as a teenager on fruity lexia and she hasnt drank since.......bloody wowser , great for me though

[The Big Shrek]

Fruity Dyslexia we used to call it.

[MatteeG]

About on par with Fruity Gordo I would have thought Pseudo...

Other gems included Wild Peach, West Coast Cooler and Strongbow White Lemon *shudder*

[smac]

Wipe out was always a favourite for a cheap night.

[stampy]

as a teenager, pink charmaigne was a cheap way of getting a cheap fix

[Mickyj]

if you want to see public drunkenness on display just go to oakbank, an absolute bloody disgrace after 2pm on both days. and sweet FA is done about it. i sent an email to the oakbank racing club asking what measures would be taken to control the problem the week leading up to easter this year and got no response, and i love me pi$$ by the way, but when the wife (who doesnt drink) is too uncomfortalbe walking to the toilets without an escort - its just not good enough. the same thing was a problem at tanunda at a day on the green concert back in november, we have bred a society of adolescents who just dont give a s***t about anyone else but themselves who think they can do and get away with anything with a total lack of regard for the rest of the human race........and the females are a hell lot worse than the males.

Its funny how much you notice when Sober .
My work place is Alcohol Free unless it xmas party time .You see peoples real colours then .And when the entire company gets together the Alcohol is also free for everyone ,which is great when you work with people who can not handle it.You know the ones that start guzzling and never stop until they either fall down or want to fight the GM .Henceforth they have been banned from company functions due to over drinking of free Alcohol.Now if the company didnt give it to them there would be no problem .

[tigersupporter]

Aahhh the Brandivino...I remember it well

The old 'Five Buck Chuck' eh?...
Fair dinkum, I don't think that poison's changed in price for two decades eh!

How did it compare to the old Fruity Lexia?

funny you mention that cos she who must be obeyed has only been full once - as a teenager on fruity lexia and she hasnt drank since.......bloody wowser , great for me though

Mrs tigersupporter never drank either, which was also good for me, until we had some pommy friends stay with us for a couple of weeks, and they dont mind a drop or 2 or 3 or..(you get what i mean), and now she has been corupted so much that I now have to watch what I drink when we are out, in case I have to drive.

Number 1 son drives now too, and that is also good for me. ....

[Mic]

I never drank in my years as a youth. I make up for it now.

[JAS]

Well for what it's worth this is the great Scottish Parliament answer to the problem...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7458102.stm

Hate to but have to agree with the Tory MP who says more licencees should be prosecuted for selling the stuff to them. I've never heard of a pub, club or shop around here losing it's licence for selling to under-age drinkers. Also think the kids themselves should be procecuted too...most of the time I believe the police just take the drink and pour it away in front of them. They are breaking a law so prosecute and issue a hefty fine that will hurt their pocket to them and/or their parents...stop the slapped wrist/don't do it again approach.

Regards
JAS

[Psyber]

Police don't want to do the paperwork because they are to busy, there are not enough judges and magistrates and the courts are flat out, so they all take the easy way out, and slowly the problem builds. More serious crimes don't attract gaol terms because it costs too much to keep the serious crims off the streets.... and so on.

Then come the weird [but inexpensive] "solutions" that don't really work, like "targeted" price rises. So addicts steal to pay the higher prices and round and round we go!

[brod]

The memory of Missisipi Moonshine still turns my stomach

[Psyber]

There is a conundrum popular in medical circles and I think it may have come up in a Geoffrey Robinson's Hypotheticals show.

You need urgent surgery and there are only 3 surgeons available.
One is an alcoholic, one is a Valium addict, and one uses Heroin.
Who is your best bet?

For those who haven't heard it do you want to guess or have the answer supplied?

[bucketts]

There is a conundrum popular in medical circles and I think it may have come up in a Geoffrey Robinson's Hypotheticals show.

You need urgent surgery and there are only 3 surgeons available.
One is an alcoholic, one is a Valium addict, and one uses Heroin.
Who is your best bet?

For those who haven't heard it do you want to guess or have the answer supplied?

i must confess that i'm a binge drinker since getting home at 5.30pm i have had 4 cans (west end draught) i have a big problem, i may get to 5 cans tonight, look out!!!!

[Pseudo]

There is a conundrum popular in medical circles and I think it may have come up in a Geoffrey Robinson's Hypotheticals show.

You need urgent surgery and there are only 3 surgeons available.
One is an alcoholic, one is a Valium addict, and one uses Heroin.
Who is your best bet?

For those who haven't heard it do you want to guess or have the answer supplied?

I'd pick whichever had the steadiest hands!

[Q.]

There is a conundrum popular in medical circles and I think it may have come up in a Geoffrey Robinson's Hypotheticals show.

You need urgent surgery and there are only 3 surgeons available.
One is an alcoholic, one is a Valium addict, and one uses Heroin.
Who is your best bet?

For those who haven't heard it do you want to guess or have the answer supplied?

Trick question?

The one that uses heroin. The other two are addicts and likely to be under the influence. As you've stated the other only uses heroin and isn't addicted (yet) he's less likely to be stoned.

[Psyber]

The Heroin user is the least impaired so long as he [or she] isn't currently in withdrawal.
The other products cause more impairment of judgement and coordination even when not in withdrawal.
With them in withdrawal - in all cases you'd be better doing it yourself with a local anaesthetic and a mirror!

While some claim to be able to use Heroin and not get addicted, the regular user almost certainly is - I should have said "addicted to Heroin" avoid that confusion.
[There have been cases of people going into physiological withdrawal after one use, though it usually takes several.]

All the opioids including codeine and synthetic ones like d-propoxyphene [in Digesic and Doloxene] and Pethidine [and its anti-diarrhoea relative Lomotil] are rapidly addictive.

[gadj1976]

if binge drinking is 4 "pots" I might have a binge or two tonight