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Australian man spent 487 pounds a week on beer
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| 7/15/08
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Posted on 07/15/2008 4:21:36 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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A pint of lager is seen at a pub in central London, November 23, 2005. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
To: NormsRevenge
I don’t see a problem here.
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:23:38 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
I’m not a bitter guy, it must be really good. damn.
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:25:38 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
enough to buy more than 2,500 small bottles a monthHey, he kept it under 100 beers a day. I don't see a problem.
There was never enough time for him to say "Hold mah beeer"
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:30:25 PM PDT
by
dfwddr
( Duncan Hunter .)
To: NormsRevenge
...enough to buy more than 2,500 small bottles a month, a newspaper said on Tuesday. 83 "small" bottles a day. Five bottles an hour, 16 hours a day.
He wasn't trying to drown his sorrows, he was trying to pickle 'em.
To: GOP_Raider; EveningStar
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:33:45 PM PDT
by
dfwddr
( Duncan Hunter .)
To: NormsRevenge
He’ll probably weigh 487 pounds when all is said and done.
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:33:51 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: NormsRevenge
Amateur......
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:35:48 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
(How come they never made "6 Pack" II)
To: dfwddr
They never said he was drinking 2500 bottles a month. Just that he was spending that much money. He could’ve been buying expensive beer. If he was, maybe that only amounted to 30 or so beers a day.
I’ve heard stories about how high the taxes are on beer in canada. Maybe it’s the same in australia.
To: NormsRevenge
All I can say is, 24 bottles in a case, 24 hours in a day. Coincidence? I think not.
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:38:30 PM PDT
by
mc5cents
(Show me just what Mohammd brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:39:08 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:39:59 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: glock rocks; tubebender
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:40:43 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Some math. Assume a ‘small beer’ is the 7 ounce pony pack size. Also assume the beer is 3.2 % alcohol. Then
2500 ‘small beers’/month =
83 ‘small beers’/day =
581 ounces/day =
18.6 ounces of alcohol/day every day
WOW!
To: NormsRevenge
The heartbroken construction worker began drowning his sorrows after breaking up with his partner five years ago Baloney. He drank that much beer because he likes to get totally ripped. Drowning sorrow is a false excuse made up by drunks that too many people are willing to buy.
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:44:57 PM PDT
by
Reeses
(Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
To: NormsRevenge
According to Wiki, an Australian "small bottle" is defined as 5 oz...but still that's 500 oz. of beer per day, give or take.
So, he was drinking approximately a bit less than two cases of 12 oz beers per day.
Can people acutally do that?
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:45:06 PM PDT
by
Recovering Hermit
("A liberal feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.")
To: mamelukesabre
I think they would have taken the taxes into consideration. Also, the judge was familiar enough with the Bitter to even admonish the guy. That would lead me to believe it was a less expensive brew.
Maybe some of our Aussie FRiends can educate us on this.
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:45:29 PM PDT
by
dfwddr
( Duncan Hunter .)
To: rzeznikj at stout; GOP_Raider; Rodney King; Tainan; Chasaway; SquirrelKing; dynachrome; ...
(A week? Lightweight!)
Beer Ping!
A low to medium ping list aimed at all of us who, well, love our beer
FReepmail rzeznikj at stout or GOP_Raider to be added or struck from the list
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:47:42 PM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
(Sarah Palin can be my running mate anytime.)
To: NormsRevenge
Good Lord!
The man’s kidneys and liver are inhuman!
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posted on
07/15/2008 4:47:54 PM PDT
by
HankArcher
("When freedom expands to mean freedom of instinct and social destruction, then freedom is dead")
To: 17th Miss Regt
If the picture in your post is correct (375 mL = 12 oz), he is downing 31.9 ounces/day (at 3.2%). If the content is, say 5%, he is downing 49.8 ounces per day. Again, WOW!
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