Mark Albrighton Posted June 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2022 The top 40 is a countdown to number 1, but number 1 is top of the charts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonyh29 Posted July 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2022 My daughter does drama at some weekend theatre club and they put a play on end of each term in a local theatre for parents ,family etc The play was about an hour 15 mins long , seems that 90% of the parents can't manage this without a glass of wine or a beer Don't get me wrong I'm not anti alcohol ,I don't get this notion that people have to drink the second they go anywhere , more so if it involves supporting their children. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: My daughter does drama at some weekend theatre club and they put a play on end of each term in a local theatre for parents ,family etc The play was about an hour 15 mins long , seems that 90% of the parents can't manage this without a glass of wine or a beer Don't get me wrong I'm not anti alcohol ,I don't get this notion that people have to drink the second they go anywhere , more so if it involves supporting their children. My parents are dreadful. Always have, always will be. I was in the school play one year and managed to get them there to watch me, they hadn't done parents evenings so it was a shock that they were there. At the interval they popped to the pub, never to return. It was expected. My daughter many years later at the same school was in the chorus of Annie. I went to a all shows, it was **** dreadful but regardless I went to them all. No alcohol. Edited July 4, 2022 by Seat68 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: My daughter does drama at some weekend theatre club and they put a play on end of each term in a local theatre for parents ,family etc The play was about an hour 15 mins long , seems that 90% of the parents can't manage this without a glass of wine or a beer Don't get me wrong I'm not anti alcohol ,I don't get this notion that people have to drink the second they go anywhere , more so if it involves supporting their children. Alcohol at a children’s play would be completely unheard of in Norway. A complete non-starter. When and where alcohol is socially acceptable is such a defining distinction between the UK and Norway. It’s very fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 24 minutes ago, El Zen said: Alcohol at a children’s play would be completely unheard of in Norway. A complete non-starter. When and where alcohol is socially acceptable is such a defining distinction between the UK and Norway. It’s very fascinating. I bet you can drink in your seat at the football though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 I don't see the problem with enjoying a drink if you're going to be there for a while watching a performance, then having a chat with the other parents, etc. I'd certainly not be having several, or putting going to the pub ahead of supporting my kid, but a pint as a bit of social lubricant doesn't strike me as a problem. I'm aided by being a beer snob though, most of the time I wouldn't touch the shit they serve at these kind of places anyway It's something I'll have to be conscious of as a new parent rather than being a single, selfish bloke who can do what I want, but I think I'm comfortable that I can set a good example while occasionally having a drink with a meal or out doing something. I absolutely don't want her seeing me drunk though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: I bet you can drink in your seat at the football though Nope! Can’t even buy a drink in the stadium. I had a brief chat with an English bloke before a game earlier in the year, it was his first ever game in Norway, who was in absolute disbelief at that fact. He just couldn’t wrap his head around not being able to get a beer at the football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, El Zen said: Nope! Can’t even buy a drink in the stadium. What? Madness. Do you guys have some sort of alcohol problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 4, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 4, 2022 When i went to the Bernabeau we deliberately got in there early so we could enjoy a beer before the game. They don't sell beer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post El Zen Posted July 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Davkaus said: What? Madness. Do you guys have some sort of alcohol problem? Haha, yeah. Our «alcohol problem» is called the Christian People’s Party, whose otherwise centrist position all too often has made them parliamentary kingmakers You also can’t legally purchase alcohol in stores after 8pm on weekdays and 6pm on Saturdays. Stores are closed on Sundays. Some local rural councils go even further than that. Rural Christianity in Norway is still deeply, deeply puritanical, and parts of the Labour movement, our most influential political force, has also traditionally been temperance advocates. You have to remember, this is a country that practiced prohibition in the 1920s. I know I’ve answered a lot more than you asked for. And you’re welcome Edited July 4, 2022 by El Zen 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted July 4, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2022 2 hours ago, tonyh29 said: My daughter does drama They all do at some point 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 4, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2022 Checks lists of possible countries to escape to if I win the lottery.... Norway 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 4, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2022 You can't spell Norway without No way. AMIRITE!!1! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Despite Bulgaria's glaring problems in many areas... I can walk into a stadium with a bag of cans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 49 minutes ago, El Zen said: You have to remember, this is a country that practiced prohibition in the 1920s. Before that you guys knew how to party . Odin loved a drink. You should be able to get mead 24/7 , not pay for it and get the cashier pregnant in the process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 4 hours ago, tonyh29 said: My daughter does drama at some weekend theatre club and they put a play on end of each term in a local theatre for parents ,family etc The play was about an hour 15 mins long , seems that 90% of the parents can't manage this without a glass of wine or a beer Don't get me wrong I'm not anti alcohol ,I don't get this notion that people have to drink the second they go anywhere , more so if it involves supporting their children. A lad I used to work with was a big rugby player, he'd had a day at a rugby do followed by a night watching his missus doing some am dram event He got escorted out for heckling her thinking it was funny 10 year relationship down the drain Also in Germany you can get a bottle of beer just about anywhere, they'll also have radler (shandy) and 0% bottles but they'll drink it like it's an alternative to cola, 1 beer every 3 hours as a cold drink, wouldn't get drunk but they'd think nothing of drinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 hours ago, tonyh29 said: Don't get me wrong I'm not anti alcohol ,I don't get this notion that people have to drink the second they go anywhere , more so if it involves supporting their children. I always think the same about airports and planes. No real need to sell booze. I know its 'tradition' to neck 8 pints at 5am in the BHX spoons before flying to Alicante, but I'd ban it Maybe serve the odd drink on the flight at a push, but thats about it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted July 4, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 4, 2022 5 hours ago, El Zen said: Alcohol at a children’s play would be completely unheard of in Norway. A complete non-starter. When and where alcohol is socially acceptable is such a defining distinction between the UK and Norway. It’s very fascinating. It’s money in the bank for the PTA. My ex had a kid and her school couldn’t organise enough parents-only events because they made a killing at the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 4, 2022 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Xela said: I always think the same about airports and planes. No real need to sell booze. I know its 'tradition' to neck 8 pints at 5am in the BHX spoons before flying to Alicante, but I'd ban it Maybe serve the odd drink on the flight at a push, but thats about it. That just reminded me of as story from a flight to America in the early '90s Flight attendant comes around to see if we want a drink "yeah sure, what beers have you got" "We've got Z, Y and Z(American beers) or... we've actually got *revered tone* Heineken on board today" "Anything but Heineken, thats stuffs awful, give me your favourite of the American ones" Flight attendant looks crestfalled It was explained to me later that Americans love a proper European beer and Heineken at the time was considered to be the best of the best (I realised why after a few days of drinking pissy weak 3% beers everywhere I went) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 4, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 4, 2022 We're back to the 'two approaches to alcohol' debate again. Forgive me if I'm putting words in your mouth, @tonyh29, but you do seem to take the approach that routine consumption of small quantities of alcohol is a somehow a bad thing, while getting absolutely slaughtered in occasional massive binges is perfectly OK. I take the exact opposite view. A glass of wine or a beer with a meal, or at a social gathering (even a school play) seems perfectly natural behaviour to me. I'm not talking about getting drunk around kids, but then I don't drink to get drunk. I don't even like being drunk (after the first buzz), but I do love a nice wine, ale or malt whisky. (Personally, I'd ban the consumption of cola in front of kids, it's a far more pernicious habit). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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