The fire brigade from the German town Chemnitz had an unusual job to do today (Thursday) as they rescued two drunks from a factory tower. The men (21 and 33 years old) shared some drinks in the town in the Sachsen region and decided it was time for a little adventure. They climbed the 35…
Many times before we have read filthy lies about the negative effects of alcohol on the human health. But not often has the propaganda been as bad as the fixed results of a research by Public Health England (PHE). This organisation found out that the number of deaths by liver disease in the United Kingdom in…
Many suspected it but now there is actually some sort of evidence that men enjoy alcohol more than women. Scientists of the universities of Pittsburg (USA) and Oslo (Norway) were had a computer check out videos of men and women drinking in groups of three. The amount of ‘real smiles’ was a lot higher among…
We’ve all done some stupid stuff at times when drunk but sometimes you’re just very unlucky. Like Ria Buford, a 32-year old woman who got arrested last Saturday morning in the American city Pittsburgh. After a Wiz Khalifa concert that was followed by an afterparty she felt like she was a little too smashed to…
Great news from Hungary, as since last weekend it’s no longer a crime to ride a bicycle drunk. The Central European country had a zero tolerance policy for driving under influence on major roads, no matter what vehicle it was. With a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0,05 (0,5 by European standards) or more one would…
This world is getting more and more crazy. Stuff that we were laughing away as stupid science fiction in the past is getting very, very real. The latest violation of people’s privacy in Europe comes from the United Kingdom, where new laws are introduced to force people to wear booze bracelets. This device measures the…
A whole bottle of vodka saved the life of a Maltese terrier (like the one in the picture) after it got heavily poisoned in Melbourne, Australia, writes the online edition of The Independent.
The 27-year old Paul Harbord from England was given a fine of 100 pounds and six months conditional discharge in court for “obstructing a police officer”. This sentence was given for an incident in December. Harbord was having a hardcore drinking session with his mates in a pub in Old Shotton (County Durham) and expected…
