Relaxation of Alcohol laws in UK results in FALL in crime

[RTSigma]

Its been talked about here (almost to the point of dead horsery) that bars should be open til 2am, not 1. This is to prevent house parties that could lead to potential health and hazard problems as well as underage drinking. In the past (before I came to Eastern Illinois U.) the bar entry age was 19 and from what I heard it wasn't rowdy, but they bumped it up to 21 and now everyone goes to house parties and causes problems.


Bars in Chicago are open til the early morning almost...

[Dago]

Originally posted by Furball


thats funny. very true except the tv comment, our tv is better than yours - it never ceases to amaze me the crappy quality of american recorded programmes.

Lets see, you import a lot of American TV, we import very little British TV.

British comedy is mostly men dressing up in womens dresses, we find many things funny beyond that.

Half your shows are about gardening, half ours are bad sitcoms.

Over all, I think I prefer our TV.

dago

[lazs2]

british humor is odd to me...  At times it is very funny and sharp and at others..... it would embarass soupy sales...  

The real problem is that.... I find that I am laughing at different stuff than the brits even when we are watching the same program.

lazs

[Swoop]

Originally posted by Dago
Over all, I think I prefer our TV.
 

That's funny, so do we.

And the reason you import so little British TV is cos ya'all have got a habit of remaking stuff yourselves.

Archie Bunker?   Based on Alf Garnett.
There's quite a few of these.....

[beet1e]

Originally posted by Dago
Lets see, you import a lot of American TV, we import very little British TV.

You would gain that impression, if you were the sort of cheapskate that watches only the standard network TV "13 channels of chit". The cap fits!!

I, on the other hand, watched only the Public Broadcasting channels, and these were stuffed full of British programmes, in addition to which there was my American hero, Dr. Carl Sagan.

[Pei]

11pm closing was introduced during WWI (just like day light savings) to ensure all the workers were back making shells in the morning.

[SOB]

Originally posted by Swoop
That's funny, so do we.

And the reason you import so little British TV is cos ya'all have got a habit of remaking stuff yourselves.

Archie Bunker?   Based on Alf Garnett.
There's quite a few of these.....

Heh, NBC recently moved a couple of shows from their Tuesday night lineup to Thursday night.  One of these shows is The Office (US remake), and in promoting this move, they called the shows the "most original shows on TV".  Made me chuckle.

[SOB]

Originally posted by beet1e
You would gain that impression, if you were the sort of cheapskate that watches only the standard network TV "13 channels of chit". The cap fits!!

I, on the other hand, watched only the Public Broadcasting channels, and these were stuffed full of British programmes, in addition to which there was my American hero, Dr. Carl Sagan.

Thirteen broadcast network channels?  Where did you get that?  Also, you can watch PBS whether you donate or not, so you can still be a cheapskate AND watch PBS.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by beet1e


I, on the other hand, watched only the Public Broadcasting channels, and these were stuffed full of British programmes, in addition to which there was my American hero, Dr. Carl Sagan.

Is that with the TV tax?

[Masherbrum]

Originally posted by SOB
Bar cribbage?  Sounds like a real rowdy place.  And yeah, trying to separate people from their drugs can tend to make them disagreeable.  Congrats on figuring that out all by yourself.

Allow me to also make a prediction.  The next time you're out and about, bring along a cricket bat and use it to clobber the first person you see.  I predict they won't like it.

I just woke the wife up due to me laughing my a** off for a couple minutes.

Karaya

[Masherbrum]

Originally posted by beet1e
You would gain that impression, if you were the sort of cheapskate that watches only the standard network TV "13 channels of chit". The cap fits!!

Roger Waters should sue your arse for plagiarizing a lyric from "Nobody Home".

Karaya

[storch]

Originally posted by Replicant
I'm rather surprised Beetle, though I'm sure some places they'll still want something to do in the early hours.  

There's many places here that are open all night and even though Germany (or is it just Bavaria) have an intense drinking culture I don't ever see any trouble at all.  My annual medical actually noted my liver is improving here lol!

@Yeager, I didn't note any anti-American post.

the problem is hardly ever the liver but the hook that suspends it below the wobble shaft.  if it rusts through and the liver falls you are screwed.  to be safe never, ever drink water.

[beet1e]

Originally posted by SOB
Thirteen broadcast network channels?  Where did you get that?  

Masherbrum said it - it's a sort of cliché from a Pink Floyd song. RW obviously wasn't writing about England as we didn't get 13 channels (of anything) back then.


Pei - 11pm closing to get the WW1 workers back indeed. Not only that, but they watered the beer down too, from an average 10% strength to about 4%. I think Dago's dad had something to do with it.

[Saintaw]

Beetle,
Isn't it simply because now that pubs are open later, one does not feel the need to drink a case of beer BEFORE going to the pub? I saw that a lot a few years ago.

Please forgive Dago, he's trying to enlighten us somehow... please make sure you use the sarcasm colour if you want to make sure your message gets accross

[Nilsen]

99% of TV sucks, so its down to who has the least commercials.

Unless my new TV idea comes thru that replaces all commercials with nude girls or shaved icebears.. then the channels with the most adds wins.

The guys in my volcano are working on it now.. its all based on wireless fiberoptics and melted snow.