Site Supporter superjohnmcginlay Posted September 30, 2014 Site Supporter Share Posted September 30, 2014 Who drinks more Us oop north or the Southern shandy pants? This bar has a load of regular type folk who come in every neet, when I lived in Henley it was the same the drinking culture seemed bigger down south, or is it the fact I don't go out enough at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 London seems like constant boozing. If you took London out(a combination of everyone) I think the north wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) They go out every night, well you would an' all if you had a box room in a shared hovel to the tune of £300 a week, you'd need to go out and get mindless pissed every neet to take your mind off the accommodation situation - Fact. Edited September 30, 2014 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Bock Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Agree with Tomski, London is a different animal altogether, the pubs are all busy after work even on a Monday. We definitely sup more up north though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Everyone I've know who lives In London just boozes all week. Deffo something to do with lack of space at home or green areas I reckon. Then again everyone I know in London is a northerner abroad so maybe they just think they are on holiday and can get on it at 5 am and it still be respectable? Who knows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallywell Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I would of put money on this being a Leigh white thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Agree with the London thing,pubs are rammed in the afternoon. Worked in Northampton,Luton,Market Harborough and the pubs during the week were empty. There a mad daytime culture round these parts now,much more prominent than it was 10-15 years ago. Pubs can't open early enough. Our gaff stars serving ale during breakfast hours at 10am now due to deman. Folk think nothing of supping a pint with their breakfast at 10am. Madness. Some pubs in town open at 8am now. NTK before it closed started the trend now 4-5 around talbot road open at the that time. Kitty's bar has a mob of all ages waiting outside at 8am on a Thursday morning. Grim as fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurichwhite Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I was in Newport, South Wales last year through work and went for a normal breakfast at Wetherspoons as soon as the doors opened at 7am. By the time I finished at 7.45, the place had about 30-40 blokes on their second pint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 In Poland they have vodka on their cornflakes instead of milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) I was in Newport, South Wales last year through work and went for a normal breakfast at Wetherspoons as soon as the doors opened at 7am. By the time I finished at 7.45, the place had about 30-40 blokes on their second pint. In Poland they have vodka on their cornflakes instead of milk. You'd hope they were night workers, but probably not. They did promise 'continental' style drinking with the relaxing of licensing laws, it's nowt to see a Frenchman have a snifter in his coffee first thing, similarly a Spaniard with a caña, even the italians might have a grappa - on their respective ways to or from work. As a somewhat related aside, day-night reversal (of sleeping patterns) is a common feature of acute liver disease (specifically the effect on the brain, via the blood not being 'filtered' of nasties like ammonia by the liver efficiently - hepatic encephalopathy.) I was in Wetherspoons for a normal breakfast t'other week, there was an old couple with bags of shopping and a pint apiece, at 8:30am - they both looked rosy cheeked and happy as larry - I thought ''Those that sup together, stay together..." Edited October 1, 2014 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgoefc Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 not a frequent pub goer these days, but between 2010 and 2012 I frequently had to make 2-3 day round trips around the southern counties with my business partner. We'd often call at some village pub for lunch and what struck me was the number of locals in there,propping up the bar enjoying a couple of pints of real ale, reading the Times or Guardian,very civilised. Admittedly most looked retired or over 50, but it struck me as somat I seldom see oop North on a weekday. This was particularly the case in every pub we went to in Hampshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 There's a guy comes in all day downstairs with his Laptop. 21st century pisscan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 He might be working? Imagine that, it's not beyond the realms of possibility these days, spending your working day (rather than squeezing it into lunchtimes) on the pop in the pub. If anyone comes in with about four laptops on the go, they'll definitely be 'working'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 City of London types can usually get better annuities because of their lifestyles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 How come? Does being a git shorten life expectancy? (only joking, they're not all gits, I bet there's one or two, literally, alreet ones). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 He might be working? Imagine that, it's not beyond the realms of possibility these days, spending your working day (rather than squeezing it into lunchtimes) on the pop in the pub. If anyone comes in with about four laptops on the go, they'll definitely be 'working'... Now it all makes sense! Always wondered why he has a framed picture of his dog on his table and sups his pint out of a worlds number 1 dad mug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Does he pop into the office block around the corner for a swift ten coffees at dinnertime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big City Girl Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I worked at a Country pub over the years. Some of the men used to come in straight from work, riggers an all, and sup about 3 pints an hour until closing. I remember one guy would do about 20+ pints a night. He would be in every night. The rest used to have about 10 then go home. There are a lot of heavy drinkers up North, but I think it's more of a social thing down South. I've got mates who moved there and they're out most nights. I don't think I could hack it any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledwhite2 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 The busy nature of London pubs isn't down to more drinking, it's just the sheer number of people working in the city, who socialise in the city because they actually live 40 miles apart (so they don't meet locally) Go out to the suburbs and pubs are no more busy than up north I'd say there's moreregular night out lads aged 30+ in the north west than London/down south Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I'd say there's moreregular night out lads aged 30+ in the north west than London/down south Which is probably because said types see shit all of their family down South so have to spend their weekends doing family time rather than supping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I've seen blokes in pubs down South ordering glasses of white wine for themselves. That's not right at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Years ago, and I mean years ago, when The Varsity first opened and they did the 'buy two glasses of wine get the bottle free' offer - I'd buy two glasses and sup the bottle (of white wine) alone, then do the same again, and sometimes again and again... It was, pound for pound, the cheapest way of getting tanked up of an afternoon, whilst maintaining the thinnest sliver of a veneer of respectability. Edited October 1, 2014 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 How come? Does being a git shorten life expectancy? (only joking, they're not all gits, I bet there's one or two, literally, alreet ones). That's right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Bock Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I've seen blokes in pubs down South ordering glasses of white wine for themselves. That's not right at all The first weekend I moved to London I walked into a boozer near Fulham on a Sunday lunch time and there was two blokes playing table tennis sharing a bottle of red. Culture shock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 The first weekend I moved to London I walked into a boozer near Fulham on a Sunday lunch time and there was two blokes playing table tennis sharing a bottle of red. Culture shock Who won? You or garrp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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