From: J Corbally (jcorb@iol.ie)
Date: Sun Sep 07 2003 - 09:49:47 MDT
Wasn't able to access the original link, but if it referred to mobs of
sunburnt, boozed and rowdy Brittish guys on holiday, stomping around in
England soccer jerseys as if they owned the place, then it's pretty typical.
Oh, and they've a habit of chanting "Ingerland" while they stagger about,
arms across each others shoulders for mutual support, beer drooling out the
corners of their mouths. Apparently the women aren't much better either.
In fact, a lot of the holiday hotspots have been clamping down on this kind
of behaviour recently.
Still, you should see them when they're travelling for soccer matches.
James...
>Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 23:31:09 +0100
> >From: Charlie Stross <charlie@antipope.org>
>Subject: Re: SHT: Crazy British...
>On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 01:21:49PM -0700, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> >
> > SHT = "Stupid Human Tricks"
> >
> > Can anyone on the list who understands British culture
> > better than I explain this phenomena:
> >
> > "Travel Advisory: British Abroad, Staggering About"
> > Sarah Lyall, NY Times
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/04/international/04PRAG.html
>The explanation is simple. Beer in UK pubs costs roughly GBP
>2.20-3.50 a pint (imperial pint, not your wimpish American
>pints) -- about US $3.50-$5 a pint. (And imported Czech and
>German beers are at the top of that price range.) In contrast,
>beer in Czech ale houses costs about US $0.5-0.7 a pint. Given
>that the cost of the return flight is about US $25-50 ...
>... Think of it as free market economics in action.
>
>
>- -- Charlie
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