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Now Big Brother wants to put unit lines on pub glasses to show you EXACTLY how much…(UK)
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 18:48 EST, 5 April 2014 | Sarah Bridge and Stephen Adams

Posted on 04/06/2014 11:05:55 AM PDT by Olog-hai

For many of us, enjoying a glass of wine or pint of beer is the perfect way to unwind after a hard day’s work. But it seems having a drink in a pub or restaurant could be about to get a lot less relaxing.

Campaigners are calling for lines to be printed on glasses to show drinkers how many units of alcohol they are really consuming—and potentially to shock them into cutting down. The plans, put forward by the Drinkaware charity, would see unit measure lines added to glasses, based on average-strength drinks—a 4 percent beer, 13 percent wine and 40 percent spirit.

Given that a 4 percent pint of beer contains 2.3 units, the glass would have two unit lines printed on it—one just below half-full and the second a little way under the official pint mark.

However, pub operators have condemned the “Big Brother” plans as “barmy”, saying the lines would be meaningless because the strength of different beers, wines and spirits varies so much. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: beerglasses; bigbrother; measuringlines; nannystate
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To: Olog-hai

21 posted on 04/06/2014 12:43:01 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Dave Allen (Irish comedian who had lost part of his left forefinger) said that he often stuck his finger in his whiskey glass and it had been eaten away by “strong drink”....


22 posted on 04/06/2014 12:46:24 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: docbnj

Heh, heh, I was stationed in Germany with a sergeant major who must have been there since the occupation. When he hit mandatory retirement & was finally headed stateside, someone asked him how he was ever going to get re accustomed to drinking American beer.

He replied he was going to take a German beer & gradually start adding Clorox!

This was no exaggeration as Budweiser tasted like fizzy chemical froth compared to any local beer made according to the `Reinigungsgesetz’ which is said to be the oldest continually enforced law in the world.

It states that beer will consist of nothing other than water, barley, yeast & hops.


23 posted on 04/06/2014 12:46:25 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: minnesota_bound

LOL, loved watching Dave Allen at Large.


24 posted on 04/06/2014 12:48:19 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Please Sir may I have more.


25 posted on 04/06/2014 1:10:44 PM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!)
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To: SamAdams76

Hey, at least you’ll know if the bartender is cheating you. :)


26 posted on 04/06/2014 2:17:16 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: elcid1970

Hey, why not buy “imported” beers?

Funny story when I was in Stockholm a few years back — they stocked imported American beers. They had a pretty good selection — Fat Tire, Boulder Beer. Just a couple of miles from my home.

Some of the local to the States beers are pretty good. Just avoid the pi$$ beers.


27 posted on 04/06/2014 2:24:28 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Olog-hai

Cool, I love a challenge!


28 posted on 04/06/2014 2:27:25 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: SamAdams76

You mean a sleeve of Fig Newtons PLUS a quart of ice cold whole milk.

Now THAT is a serving size I can live with.


29 posted on 04/06/2014 2:39:39 PM PDT by Rodamala
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30 posted on 04/06/2014 4:37:36 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Olog-hai
Campaigners are calling for lines to be printed on glasses to show drinkers how many units of alcohol they are really consuming—and potentially to shock them into cutting down.

Are they really that stupid?

31 posted on 04/06/2014 4:52:01 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: RightGeek

Dat’s Sexiss.


32 posted on 04/06/2014 4:52:45 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: SamAdams76

It is more likely that bar patrons might see it as a starting line...


33 posted on 04/06/2014 4:52:46 PM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: Cyber Liberty

The campaigners? Unquestionably.


34 posted on 04/06/2014 5:47:23 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

{sigh} Yeah, them. Indeed they are.


35 posted on 04/06/2014 5:54:30 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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