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Yep, the DRINK! Not sex, as not all students get the chance, despite all wanting it. This leaves us with alcohol. Now I enjoy a drink now and again, and have often enjoyed going out with friends for the sole intention of getting detatched from my brain for a bit.
But here in this new uni I have been struck by the way alcohol is incorporated into EVERY social event. First night here - Party in the bar until late. Second night here - Pub Crawl until late - make your own way home. Third night here...I mean I could go on...
Even the clubs that you'd think have absolutely no alcoholic pretentions are in for it. From a flyer I was given: "Come to the Christian Union! We'll have an informal meeting to introduce new members, and then head off down the pub!"
Am I alone in thinking that anyone so desperate to get drunk EVERY BLEEDING NIGHT must have some serious s##t in their lives they're trying to shut out?
AAGHH! Every damn night they get pissed in a room of deafening noise and foul air that makes your clothes instantly unwearable without fumigation and full decontamination procedures.
Or am I just being a prude?
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Drugs and over consumption alcohol are for the weak. I have no interest in them, or patience for those who do.
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Saltah'na
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I tell ya, even if I was in a college/university residence, I wouldn't even have the guts to pick up a glass of froth. Tried beer before, couldn't stand the taste. Same with wine. The only thing that I ever had was a small glass of champagne diluted in Sprite.......
How does anyone become addicted to stuff which tastes so AWFUL????
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Because I had to go home for the weekend, I missed a stonking piss-up where some of my classmates bounced off out of town to a music festival in Conneamara.
I intend to make up for lost drinking time this week.
No, you're not being prudes. Some of the girls in my class don't drink, purely because they can't abide the taste of beer (and if you thought bottled beer was bad, you should taste it straight from the tap in a nightclub _ugh!_ I had to go on vodka and Red Bulls for the rest of last night it was so bad) and that certainly doesn't stop them having a good time.
Of course, when you have four 9 o'clock starts in the week (quantum physics being three of them!), it helps to moderate the sauce intake. Still, last Thursday I stayed up watching "The Life of Brian" and "Image in the Sand" until 3.45am, and was still able to rise at 8.30am (same day) after about 6-8 cans of lager.
What I find most disturbing about this is that The Foxy One seems to be implying that he cannot drink.
Can you say "Achilles Heel"? Soon, very soon.
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I have been known to drink a beer or four, now and then. Unfortunatly, I am currently restricted to drinking on Bowling night, Thursday, and the only thing the Alley serves is American beer, which may well be the worst in the world.
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Orion Syndicate
He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
Member # 25
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Since I don't drink, I have been forced to watch my mates get completely rat-arsed with me just drinking the cokes and orange juices.
I don't care - I go out to have a good time, and I don't think that I need to get totally off my face in order to do it. I have a good time, and can still remember it. I don't know if I am missing out on the key aspect of being a student, but even if I am, I've still had the best two years of my life whilst being at university and have still got my final year left after this work placement that I'm on.
And the moral is.....you don't have to drink to have a really good time.
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I really don't like beer and other alcohol, simply because I don't think they taste good. Alway I don't really think I should get drunk with is the only reason most people my age drink (there aren't many social drinkers at this age). Anyway I going to wait until I am 21 to drink, which is in 6 months, but I really not looking forward to it.
------------------ HMS White Star (your local friendly agent of Chaos and a d*mn lucky b*st*rd:-) )
Orion Syndicate
He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
Member # 25
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Lee, the grant goes almost nowhere. Last year, I got a �2000 grant. My rent came to more than that, and then there was the food, drink, clothing, socialising....
HMS Whitestar: If you don't want to drink, don't. We can drink here when we're 18, but I haven't touched a drop. As for the 21st birthday, mine's in 3 months, and I'm greatly looking forward to it.
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Montgomery - it is a truth universally acknowledged that students try to see how much they can abuse their bodies without actually dying. In your neck of the woods have they discovered "shooters" of lime Jello and vodka or is that a particularly horrid American treat?
Gaseous A. - when you are on the other side of 30, you'll remember your restorative powers with amazement. Enjoy. It goes by so fast.
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