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Race-related violence in Sydney in 2005 was part-blamed on alcohol



Gee, d'ya think?

Only 24?



Since it is Australia, I guess I could get by on that.

piccini9 wrote:
Race-related cuddling in Sydney in 2005 was part-blamed on alcohol



Gee, d'ya think?

fixed.

I saw that link earlier. It made me wonder what percentage of the rowdy beer drinking population they're affecting by eliminating those who drink over 24 beers. That's a lot of beer there.

Rabbit_Fighter wrote:Only 24?



Since it is Australia, I guess I could get by on that.

The funny thing is that no-one in Australia drinks Fosters.

Cue commercial: Fosters. The Great Australian Marketing Campaign.

Never ever met an Australian who drinks Fosters, and I first tasted it whilst living in Viet Nam and going through a brief spell of home-sickness. A decent mouth-full of that shite had me recanting my home-sickness and pledging my allegiance to Saigon Lager (green label). Great beer for hot climates.



Australia's real "Fosters" (read: Most Drunk Beer) is Victoria Bitter:




I think the only reason that the daily beer intake is being restricted is so that the fine gentlemen who patronize this historic race are less encouraged to throw full, unwanted "stubbies" at the "piss-weak cunts" who drive the Holden and/or Ford machines which they despise. Australia has a tough, remarkably partisan crowd.






PS: Bathurst 1000 is kickarse and wish I could watch it om telly here! Huge recommendation for anyone who likes watching v8 touring cars go around a street mountain circuit.

24 beers for a three day event. Hm. Let's assume it's not a midnight-to-midnight attendance, so 24 beers for maybe 60 hours.
Two nights of not-enough sleep, about 6 hours each, so 24 beers for 48 hours of wakefulness. That's one beer every two hours. I can see how that isn't enough for some people, especially in a hot country like Australia. You'd need to top up with water, or worse, soft-drinks in between. You are left with a choice of spending half the day sober or never getting a buzz on at all. Just cruel.
They should take a lesson form the European football championship that was held jointly organized by the Netherlands and Belgium. Belgium had plenty of sports-related riots. The Netherlands had red-eyed, huggy fans blocking up the food stalls and supermarkets.

Fuck 'em. They should do that here, but make it 12. People and their stupid juice...

DerGolgo wrote:24 beers for a three day event. Hm. Let's assume it's not a midnight-to-midnight attendance, so 24 beers for maybe 60 hours.
Two nights of not-enough sleep, about 6 hours each, so 24 beers for 48 hours of wakefulness. That's one beer every two hours. I can see how that isn't enough for some people, especially in a hot country like Australia. You'd need to top up with water, or worse, soft-drinks in between. You are left with a choice of spending half the day sober or never getting a buzz on at all. Just cruel.
They should take a lesson form the European football championship that was held jointly organized by the Netherlands and Belgium. Belgium had plenty of sports-related riots. The Netherlands had red-eyed, huggy fans blocking up the food stalls and supermarkets.

All that silly math in vain . . . 24 PER DAY.

Flatline wrote:Fuck 'em. They should do that here, but make it 12. People and their stupid juice...

Stupid juice? You've been bouncing too long, man!

Rabbit_Fighter wrote:

DerGolgo wrote:24 beers for a three day event. Hm. Let's assume it's not a midnight-to-midnight attendance, so 24 beers for maybe 60 hours.
Two nights of not-enough sleep, about 6 hours each, so 24 beers for 48 hours of wakefulness. That's one beer every two hours. I can see how that isn't enough for some people, especially in a hot country like Australia. You'd need to top up with water, or worse, soft-drinks in between. You are left with a choice of spending half the day sober or never getting a buzz on at all. Just cruel.
They should take a lesson form the European football championship that was held jointly organized by the Netherlands and Belgium. Belgium had plenty of sports-related riots. The Netherlands had red-eyed, huggy fans blocking up the food stalls and supermarkets.

All that silly math in vain . . . 24 PER DAY.

And here you see why I failed higher-mathematics.

DerGolgo wrote:

Rabbit_Fighter wrote:

DerGolgo wrote:24 beers for a three day event. Hm. Let's assume it's not a midnight-to-midnight attendance, so 24 beers for maybe 60 hours.
Two nights of not-enough sleep, about 6 hours each, so 24 beers for 48 hours of wakefulness. That's one beer every two hours. I can see how that isn't enough for some people, especially in a hot country like Australia. You'd need to top up with water, or worse, soft-drinks in between. You are left with a choice of spending half the day sober or never getting a buzz on at all. Just cruel.
They should take a lesson form the European football championship that was held jointly organized by the Netherlands and Belgium. Belgium had plenty of sports-related riots. The Netherlands had red-eyed, huggy fans blocking up the food stalls and supermarkets.

All that silly math in vain . . . 24 PER DAY.

And here you see why I failed higher-mathematics.

You probably failed those trick questions on "READ ALL THE DIRECTIONS BEFORE YOU BEGIN SOLVING THE PROBLEM."

DerGolgo wrote:24 beers for a three day event. Hm. Let's assume it's not a midnight-to-midnight attendance, so 24 beers for maybe 60 hours.
Two nights of not-enough sleep, about 6 hours each, so 24 beers for 48 hours of wakefulness. That's one beer every two hours. I can see how that isn't enough for some people, especially in a hot country like Australia. You'd need to top up with water, or worse, soft-drinks in between. You are left with a choice of spending half the day sober or never getting a buzz on at all. Just cruel.
They should take a lesson form the European football championship that was held jointly organized by the Netherlands and Belgium. Belgium had plenty of sports-related riots. The Netherlands had red-eyed, huggy fans blocking up the food stalls and supermarkets.

"...limiting race-goers to 24 cans of beer a day."
a day...

Rabbit_Fighter wrote:

Flatline wrote:Fuck 'em. They should do that here, but make it 12. People and their stupid juice...

Stupid juice? You've been bouncing too long, man!

I'm back on the wagon. Booze can be good, but people that are bitching about this 24 per day thing, I have no sympathy for. I like drinks. I don't like people that are stupid drunk.

Well of course you don't like people who are stupid drunk...if you're sober. Only stupid drunk people like stupid drunk people. Then you're best friends. I believe the coming DOOM will support this theory.

SpecialK wrote:Well of course you don't like people who are stupid drunk...if you're sober. Only stupid drunk people like stupid drunk people.

All you people are stupid.

I LOVE stupid drunks--they are the best form of entertainment.

SpecialK wrote: I LOVE stupid drunks--they are the best form of entertainment.

Only as long as you are in NO way responsible for anything that they do, nor are they around your friends or stuff or anyone/thing that you care about.

Sure, they are a hell of a lot of fun. I just have a problem when they get all 'rape-y' and 'break-y' and 'fight-y', you know, how drunks get. They are fun as long as they stay in the 'WoooooooOOoh' and 'I love you man, no really, I means it. You are the, you and me, and you, you are the best, the best guy ever, I love you." phase of being drunk. But when they get to the rage part of the evening, the humor fades for me.

Otherwise... hilarious.

good thing I get to the "vomit all over" phase right after the "love you man no really" without the rage phase.
24 seems not so much tho, not after what I saw in france where you're lucky to be alive if you can witness the start of the 24h race before you passed out on the floor.