Comments on: Don't let the bastards grind you down

By: Kieran Haslett-Moore

Kieran Haslett-Moore — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:41:07 +0000

and just to reinforce the point that this debate has been going on in Britain for hundreds of years you could look to Dickens explanation of the binge

“Drunkenness as a national horror, is the effect of many causes. Foul smells, disgusting habitations, bad workshops and workshop customs, want of light, air, and water, the absence of all easy means and decency and health, are commonest among its common everyday physical causes, mental weariness languor so induced, the want of wholesome relaxation, the craving for some stimulus and excitement, which is as much a part of such lives as the sun is, and last and inclusive of all the rest, ignorance, and the need there is among English people of reasonable, rational training, in lieu of mere parrot-education, or none at all, are its most obvious moral causes. “

By: Paul Garrard

Paul Garrard — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:25:39 +0000

“Binge drinking is not the problem — it’s a symptom.”

Spot on.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:28:15 +0000

You really cannot beat a nap in the afternoon. When you’ve had a nap, ideally on the sofa, everything makes sense.

By: Stonch

Stonch — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:21:34 +0000

Well, apart from taking a nap in the afternoon that is.

By: The Beer Nut

The Beer Nut — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:13:33 +0000

Very interesting. Though, saddeningly, probably unchangeable.

By: Stonch

Stonch — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:22:35 +0000

Very well put. I agree entirely. That’s why I gave up the nine to five.