...middle-aged men, drinking more than two pints of beer a day speeds up memory decline...

National Post ^ | January 17, 2014 | Sarah Knapton, The Daily Telegraph/National Post Wire Services

[AU72]

In Heaven there is no beer, that’s why we drink it here.

[Zeneta]

I remember using the floor board of the passenger seat as a cooler for my beer.

[dfwgator]

I was going to comment, but I forgot what this thread was about.

[Rodentking]

Did their mental state decline because of alcohol consumption or did their alcohol consumption increase because of a mental decline? That is the first question. The second is; how valid is the mental pool representation of people in general using British Civil Servants as a test pool. Based on my experience with a similar group in the US, it would seem not. Here many of those offices resemble the Star Wars bar scene.

[svcw]

People for centuries have enjoyed pints per day, docs use to recommend two glass of wine at diner and before after cocktails.
These studies normally are as reliable as...oh wait what

[Pajamajan]

"A study of more than 7,000 male and female CIVIL SERVANTS"

Maybe alcohol wasn't the main cause of the brain damage.

[ßuddaßudd]

beer

[Politicalkiddo]

Another good one. “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria.”

[thackney]

FRiends...

I had something really important to tell you.

But I forgot what it is...

[MIchaelTArchangel]

I think we knew that years ago...but I don’t remember exactly when.

[humblegunner]

Well..

If the stuff I want to forget was caused by the same beer that helps me forget...

There’s some kind of logic loop closure there.

[vpintheak]

At what age does middle-age begin?

[CrazyIvan]

This is why I drink Scotch.

[Sawdring]

Aa notable Hobbit once asked, “It comes in pints?”

[henkster]

In Heaven there is no beer, that’s why we drink it here.

Not in my vision of Heaven. I think of Heaven as a warm sandy beach...and across the road behind the beach is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. You can't miss it; it's right between IU's Assembly Hall and Wrigley Field. Of course there's beer in Heaven.

[TigersEye]

How can you test someone’s memory when they’ve had over 2 1/2 pints of beer? lol

[henkster]

People for centuries have enjoyed pints per day, docs use to recommend two glass of wine at diner and before after cocktails.

A beer a day is good for you...and I'm set until sometime in...20 or 21 something...when was that? Nevermind; it's a long way off.

[Gay State Conservative]

Archie Bunker once observed that you don't really *buy* beer,you just rent it.

[TigersEye]

One of the best sitcom bits of all time!

[rllngrk33]

Doing mind numbing work in the government for ten years is probably more of a factor in memory loss than drinking.

Hey I resemble that remark.