In many countries the name Pat Eddery might not ring too many bells, but in the United Kingdom and his homeland Ireland he was quite famous. The jockey was a horse racing legend. And since everything that has four legs and can be trained is pretty much adored in Britain, this silent man from Newbridge became a star.…
The stereotype of the ignorant American is famous; unaware of anything going on in the world, highly selfish and unable to relate to other ways of thinking, all covered with a wide fake Hollywood smile. While of course not all Americans are anti-social idiots, like in almost every stereotype there is truth to this one…
A man by the name Ram Swaroop has been arrested in India for murdering his wife Pramila, after he beated her to death with a laundry bat. The reason he turned to such drastic measures was that she wouldn’t give him money to continue the drinking spree he was on. The incident occured last Thursday, the…
The effects of alcohol are different for every person. Also your own mood, as well as the atmosphere around you, can determine what kind of metamorphose you experience as soon as the booze kicks in. It can be fun to see all these drunken personalities mingling in one big crowd in a bar or at a…
We already gave you some tips and tricks to get rid of your hangover. But every country has its own traditional dishes to make the process go faster. We like to give you a taste of the international anti-hangover cuisine. This time we take a look in the rich cuisine of the Philippines. More specifically a dish called sinigang…
Mondays are tough enough, so let’s lighten the mood with a good old drinking joke. This one is about drunken driving. Now we know that our audience are usually not that touchy, so we won’t bother in stating that drunk driving is never funny. Just don’t do it in real life. Enjoy the joke!
Beer has been around for ages, more than 5.000 years actually. But the stuff our ancient ancestors drank was quite a different brew than the large variety of beers we know today. In 2013 the Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland (USA) joined forces with archaeologists from the nearby University of Chicago to brew a beer…
The First World War was for New Zealand the period of national awakening. The country with back then just over a million inhabitants in total sent more than 100.000 soldiers and nurses to the frontline. Many of them gave their life in the Battle of Gallipoli or at the Western Front. But their most important…
In the early 1960’s Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) was the man in the Soviet Union. After being the first human ever in Space, the young cosmonaut became nothing less than a rock star. As he was dragged all over the world for Soviet propaganda, his whole life simply turned around drinking and giving toasts. When the…
Halloween is coming up tomorrow and all around the world people will seize this celebration as an opportunity to dress up, get drunk and act silly. But what few people know is that the one of Halloween’s most famous traditions also originates from a mythical drunkard. This is the story of the jack-o’-lantern, the carved…
Lords of the Drinks 