Y are so many events/activities just excuses to drink booze?

_John_
_John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
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something I've often pondered.
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  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
    Because it is delicious.
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    What she said
  • IwearBatmanUndies
    IwearBatmanUndies Posts: 324
    because we all need to do something to escape all those squares out there.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    why not?
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Because it is delicious.

    Ethanol (itself) is delicious?
  • VelvetMorning
    VelvetMorning Posts: 398 Member
    I often ponder weak and wreary how Halloween became an adult's holiday!
  • MoJokes
    MoJokes Posts: 691
    It seems pretty much embedded into society, In England anyway
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Because it is delicious.

    Ethanol (itself) is delicious?
    No. Nor is wheat flour. Pizza is though.
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Because it is delicious.

    Ethanol (itself) is delicious?
    No. Nor is wheat flour. Pizza is though.

    Now I want a pepperoni and black olive with a G&T.
  • mikeykhan2003
    mikeykhan2003 Posts: 177
    pizza and beer.

    damnit!
  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    It seems pretty much embedded into society, In England anyway

    :drinker:
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Because it is delicious.

    Ethanol (itself) is delicious?
    No. Nor is wheat flour. Pizza is though.

    Now I want a pepperoni and black olive with a G&T.
    I want a sausage and onion pizza and a glass of chardonnay. I'll definitely have the chardonnay tonight!
  • F00LofaT00K
    F00LofaT00K Posts: 688 Member
    I don't think the events themselves are excuses, if we're talking about New Year's and Halloween and such. If people want to drink they will drink whether there is an event or not. My friends throw parties just because and those ARE just so they can get together and drink. I think that these holiday events are celebratory and many people have parties... the way most adults party is to drink. But it is also about getting together, sharing food, catching up and having fun (regardless of whether you're drinking). I've been sober at many parties and had plenty of fun. I've also been drinking at parties and have had just as much fun.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Because I'd rather be the interesting drunk at the party than the disinterested drunk on my bathroom floor?
  • GadgetGuy2
    GadgetGuy2 Posts: 291 Member
    Watch the movie......How Beer Saved the World. It's very clever and funny.

    It starts with:

    Why was barley the first grain domesticated? (i.e. it was beer that motivated the development of agriculture).

    There are quite a few kinds of animals that have a "taste" for alcohol. Some even can become alcoholic.
  • awtume9
    awtume9 Posts: 423 Member
    Because it is delicious.

    yup
  • FatHuMan1
    FatHuMan1 Posts: 1,028 Member
    Because spending another hour sober with those boring sods you call relatives/ in-laws/ coworkers/ business clients/ etc. seems foolish when you can enlist the magic of alcohol to make them far more bearable.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Because....booze.
  • VelvetMorning
    VelvetMorning Posts: 398 Member
    Because it is delicious.

    Ethanol (itself) is delicious?
    No. Nor is wheat flour. Pizza is though.

    I wish you would have got "gangsta" and said "Pizza is dough."

    hahah
    hahah
    ...ha
  • Pandora_King
    Pandora_King Posts: 153
    Life is an excuse to drink.
  • horsepal
    horsepal Posts: 19 Member
    You do know that Johnny Appleseed planted apple trees across the United States just to make hard apple cider, don't you?

    I just love home made Apple Jack!
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Because drinking is awesome? Oh wait, that's already been answered.
  • EngineerPrincess
    EngineerPrincess Posts: 306 Member
    Because people will drink whether they have an excuse or not, but an excuse makes it more socially acceptable. Friend pulls out a flask in the library while studying --> gets judged. Friends pull out flasks after our engineering final --> not judged. :drinker:
  • Pandora_King
    Pandora_King Posts: 153
    My dog loves Heineken and would totally become a drunk if he could.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    It is for amateurs.

    Us true drinkers need no excuse.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    Because I'd rather be the interesting drunk at the party than the disinterested drunk on my bathroom floor?

    i've been both, in the same night :drinker:
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    something I've often pondered.
    It sounds more like certain events are used by certain people as an excuse to drink booze. Perhaps the problem is those people, not 'events' that need to be blamed for personal choices.
  • FatHuMan1
    FatHuMan1 Posts: 1,028 Member
    Because I'd rather be the interesting drunk at the party than the disinterested drunk on my bathroom floor?

    i've been both, in the same night :drinker:


    The thing is, no drunk is nearly as interesting to others as they are to themselves.
  • vanillacoffee
    vanillacoffee Posts: 1,024 Member
    Because those situations can prove to be awkward and lots of people need alcohol to loosen up a little? Probably.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    Because I'd rather be the interesting drunk at the party than the disinterested drunk on my bathroom floor?

    i've been both, in the same night :drinker:


    The thing is, no drunk is nearly as interesting to others as they are to themselves.

    unless the others are drunk too. then everyone's best friends!

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