The continuing story of Josh and Megan, now in the land of tea and beer.
This just makes me chuckle, the BBC ran a similar story a few weeks ago, still funny... I mean distressing... I mean funny.
Some Britons Too Unruly for Resorts in Europe
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| : | |
| 25 | Number of cups of tea drank in one day |
| 4 | New foods tried that will not be tried again |
| ?? | Pints drunk |
| 280 | Pints of home brew made |
| 77 | Academic books checked out |
| 48,262 | Academic words written... |
| 36 | Hours in Megan's work week |
| 16 | Number of Atlantic Crossings made | 4 | Number of 'Last train from Newcastle' missed |
| : | |
| 12 | Number of countries* visited** |
| 18 | Number of borders crossed |
| 647 | Total amount in dollars spent on visas |
| . | |
| 90 | Hours spent waiting at airports |
| 88 | Hours spent on airplanes |
| 9.5 | Hours of average train trip |
| 9.5 | Day equivalency spent on buses (228 hours total) |
| 17 | Percentage of our trip time spent on transportation (24.3 days worth) |
| 37 | Percentage of our budget spent on transportation |
| . | |
| 66 | Percentage of guest house rooms with attached bathrooms |
| 1.89 | Cheapest guest house room in dollars |
| . | |
| 12 | Number of shots (vaccines) received before leaving |
| 382 | Prescription pills bought in the USA |
| 69 | Number of times offered drugs in Asia |
| . | |
| .13 | Cheapest glass of beer in dollars |
| 1 | Number of near charging rhinos encountered |
| 2 | Pairs of underwear Josh took along |
| 4 | Number of dead people seen on the trip |
| 47 | Percentage of days ice cream was purchased |
| 3668 | Number of photographs taken |
| : | |
| 9 | Passes crossed (Berthoud, Muddy, Loveland, Rabbit Ears, Gore, Vail, Fremont, Lizard Head, Monarch) |
| 11 | Colorado resorts skiied (Copper, A Basin, Winter Park, Steamboat, Aspen, Aspen Highlands, Snowmass, Telluride, Monarch, Crested Butte, Vail) |
| 24 | Days skiied (not at work) |
| 47 | Number of days Josh worked |
| 48 | Number of days Meg worked |
| 491 | Number of kids taught |
| 1 | Number of busted tailbones (Meg) |
4 comments:
I read this this morning and had the exact same thought. Finally, a group of people are more obnoxious than we are, stereotypically speaking at least. Yay for bundling people into categories!
my favorite line: "...helping to cement Britain’s reputation as the largest exporter of inebriated hooligans in Europe."
And, seriously, elizabeth, stereotypes are true because their true, right? I'm gonna go eat a hamburger and some potato chips now while I polish my gun.
I brought this article up in school this week in a class discussion that involved lowering the drinking age to eighteen. It was some handy knowledge.
-Sarah
Nice... I'm glad Josh could help! Under-age drinking is a huge problem here, as is binge drinking when you are 'of age' (over 18). It's been in the news quite a bit lately. We've seen groups of teenagers- about age 15 or so- sitting around just downing the two liters of alcoholic cider you can get here. It's weird to see so many people just out in the open drinking.
However, other countries in Europe, those along the Mediterranean in particular, have an even lower drinking age but fewer problems. I think it really has to do with the dominant cultural view of alcohol. Here, as in the USA, it allows you to give yourself permission (not legally, of course) to act out, be violent or aggressive, ignore rules... Other cultures don't have the perception that alcohol promotes aggression and, even though alcohol lowers inhibitions, the same issues don't come up as often. Researchers have even done studies giving out real and mock alcoholic beverages, and not knowing some of the ‘alcohol’ was fake, both groups allowed themselves to act more aggressively!
But I'm sure with that discussion you know more about it than we do! :)
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