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In Australia, people of all classes drink like they have just crossed the Mojave desert, barefoot, after escaping Alcatraz.
by mahmud 17y ago
In Australia, people of all classes drink like they have just crossed the Mojave desert, barefoot, after escaping Alcatraz.
- bergkampf 17y agoAccording to this listing, Australia is not even in the top 20: Luxembourg, Ireland and Hungary seem to be the top three. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_co...
- mahmud 17y agoThat answers it. Half of my social circle in .au are Irishmen ;-)
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- jussij 17y ago> According to this listing, Australia is not even in the top 20: That was back in 2003. These days Australians take their drinking far more seriously: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/foo_alc_con-food-alcohol-consumption-current http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/foo_alc_con-food-alcohol-c...
- nreece 17y agoSOURCE: OECD Health Data 2005 That data set is not very recent as well.
- fnid2 17y agoThat list doesn't account for the type of alcohol. A liter of whiskey would do more than a liter of beer. Point: Australia could be drunker if they drink relatively more hard alcohol than those higher on the list, giving mahmud the win.
- winter_blue 17y agoI'm pretty sure they count only the quantity of ethanol consumed.
- philf 17y agoYes. It lists 12l of alcohol for Germany where the average person drinks more than a hundred liters of beer.
- adulau 17y agoI'm wondering if the article in Wikipedia is really based on "alcohol consumption" and not Alcohol reported to be sold in the country? There is a clear reason why Luxembourg is on top. The taxes on alcohol is (very) low in Luxembourg and a lot of people from the countries closed to Luxembourg (Belgium, France and Germany) are buying their alcohol there. We don't forget the travellers (Luxembourg is a crossroad in EU) making a stop in Luxembourg...
- qq66 17y agoThat explanation could work for Luxembourg. But Ireland?
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- RK 17y agoI hang out a couple times a year in Europe with a group of primarily Irish, Germans, and Danes and the Danes are the only ones I ever see drinking at breakfast. They're also the only ones who've ever commented on the fact that I wasn't having a beer at lunch...
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- bonsaitree 17y agoUm, have you visited the U.K. recently?! Based on their ethanol consumption, I think embalmers have a pretty easy go of it.