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£7 pint anyone?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:43 am
by DiscoDave
The cost of alcohol should be trebled to discourage binge drinking, according to a top policeman.
full story :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4147058.stm
thats $12 for you yanks
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:45 am
by Guest
Whats a pint?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:46 am
by HM-PuFFNSTuFF
ToxicBug wrote:Whats a pint?
well you're a half pint so two of you i guess
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:53 am
by R00k
Yea. That bit of social engineering would go over really well.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:57 am
by Scourge
About like prohibition in the 40's in the US.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:05 am
by seremtan
what a brilliant idea. now only the wealthy will be able to binge-drink
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:05 am
by seremtan
scourge34 wrote:About like prohibition in the 40's in the US.
...apart from the prohibition bit
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:08 am
by Scourge
seremtan wrote:scourge34 wrote:About like prohibition in the 40's in the US.
...apart from the prohibition bit
Well, that was in response to Rook's post about how well it will go over. Guess I shoulda quoted.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:30 am
by PhoeniX
ToxicBug wrote:Whats a pint?
1 Imperial pint = 0.568261485 liters
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:33 am
by Guest
I see.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 9:53 am
by MKJ
7 quid pint? thats half of what kracus pays for a regular beer
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:09 am
by Ezekiel
MKJ wrote:7 quid pint? thats half of what kracus pays for a regular beer
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:59 am
by mik0rs
Mate that's ancient, that article's from August.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:01 am
by Pauly
ToxicBug wrote:Whats a pint?
You'll find out when you're an adult
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 9:01 pm
by Grudge
you can always go to Ibiza to binge, oh wait you're already doing that
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:16 pm
by seremtan
the swedes all get on the ferry to copenhagen when they binge, so i'm told
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:34 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
seremtan wrote:the swedes all get on the ferry to copenhagen when they binge, so i'm told
Yup that's what they do.
It's exactly what the USA did with cigarette tax to discourage smoking $5.00 to $7.00 a pack and people still smoke 3 packs a day
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:19 pm
by blood.angel
So it would take £7 to get half you bastards drunk then?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:29 pm
by Canidae
Too bad your net value is less than that. Don't you even check the hookers pockets before you get rid of them? :icon25:
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:48 pm
by Guest
hookers don't have pockets. you have to fish with your fist.
Re: £7 pint anyone?
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:06 am
by farad
...that's how they raise taxes again...and they tell you it's for your own good...
..."we must protect them from themselves"...
Re: £7 pint anyone?
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:13 am
by seremtan
farad wrote:
...that's how they raise taxes again...and they tell you it's for your own good...
..."we must protect them from themselves"...
= wankers
if they were serious, they'd ban alcohol, but prohibition doesn't work, except when it's drugs, in which case it works perfectly, which is why reclassified cannabis, to save police time, because prohibition doesn't work, erm, or something...
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:41 am
by Grudge
seremtan wrote:the swedes all get on the ferry to copenhagen when they binge, so i'm told
yea, they also ship busloads of people to Denmark and Germany every day to buy cheap alcohol. My parents go to Puttgarden every 6 months to stock up. That's what a state monopoly and sky high taxes will cause people to do.
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:26 am
by Massive Quasars
Grudge wrote:That's what a state monopoly and sky high taxes will cause people to do.
This lesson seems hard learned.
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:10 pm
by R00k
Giraffe }{unter wrote:seremtan wrote:the swedes all get on the ferry to copenhagen when they binge, so i'm told
Yup that's what they do.
It's exactly what the USA did with cigarette tax to discourage smoking $5.00 to $7.00 a pack and people still smoke 3 packs a day
And the government makes a killing, and noone is the wiser.
And all the non-smokers who demonize smokers will vote for them again, for cleaning up the 'dirty people.'
