Lord Byron, the 19th century Charlie Harper

Lord Byron (1788-1824) was a poet from England, who later in his life became a national hero in Greece because of his leading role in the revolution against the Ottoman Empire. But most of his fame he probably achieved with his extravagant lifestyle. George Gordon Byron had numerous love affairs and punished his liver severely…

Poetry: Good Night

Time for a little homemade poetry. At least if we can call it that. It’s more like a funny verse really. At least we hope you’ll enjoy it. And if not, you should try to follow this scenario next time you hit the town. Cheers!

How to join the Mile High Club for Drunkards

The number of incidents with drunken passengers on airplanes has increased 12-fold in just 4 years according to the International Air Transport Association. Although the latest figures are from 2011 it’s still impressive. In 2007 there were ‘only’ 500 reported incidents, but 4 years later this number went up to 6.000. Although we wouldn’t want…

Poetry: Friends sharing a bottle in winter

We believed it was time for some poetry again. The only problem was we had no more alcohol related poems laying around. So it was time to ick up a pen ourselves. Last night Micky wrote his first poem ever and now we’d like to share this with you. A bit of an exciting moment really,…

Alcohol possibly slows down muscle disease MS

It’s very well possible that alcohol can slow down the breakdown of the human body caused by the muscle disease MS (multiple sclerosis). At least for the ‘relapsing-remitting’ form of the disease. That’s the conclusion Dutch and Belgian researchers draw in the European Journal of Neurology. Besides alcohol the progress of MS would also be…

Drunk policeman in training arrested in Russia

In Russia a trainee of the St. Petersburg Police Department was arrested on Monday night for drunk driving. His ‘colleagues’ were called to the spot by a scared woman who he was stalking. The 55-year old Thomas Toft did 2 tests that showed a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.153 and 0.61. He is ‘punished’…

The biggest drinking cities in the United States

The United States has always been a country of immigrants. Built by settlers and today still many people in this world have their own American dream; make their fortune in the land of opportunities. But what good is money if you can’t get along with the people around you? This week the Centers for Disease…