Buckfast: Scottish Sparks

[Pete_H]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/world/europe/04scotland.html?ref=todayspaper

 

"In a survey last year of 172 prisoners at a young offenders’ institution, 43 percent of the 117 people who drank alcohol before committing their crimes said they had drunk Buckfast. In a study of litter in a typical housing project, 35 percent of the items identified were Buckfast bottles. And the police in the depressed industrial district of Strathclyde recently told a BBC program that the drink had been mentioned in 5,638 crime reports between 2006 and 2009 (the bottle was used as a weapon in 114 of them)."

 

[olyclimber]

the best alcoholics have the path to a buzz charted from every angle. apparently Buckfast is a very efficient method.

[Pete_H]

8 times the caffeine of a bottle of coke.

[olyclimber]

well it only makes sense. booze can make you sleepy, so you need a way to stay awake at work.

[prole]

[Pete_H]

Good for alpine starts.

[JoeR]

Buckfast for breakfast?

 

Also, best quote ever

 

“It goes straight to your head,” he said, “but it’s not my cup of tea.” (Mr. Rooney noted that his cup of tea is half a bottle of vodka a night.)

[mkporwit]

So who distributes this in the Seattle area?

[Pete_H]

I sense a business opportunity.

[Dirtyleaf]

Now this IS my "cup of tea." With that amount of booze and and caffeine you'd be like a Russian Spestnatz (whatever) But honestly, it sounds like the effects of PCP. Who needs Absynthe? When you can pick up rolled over cars and rob banks? America needs this. We need this. I need this.

[Dirtyleaf]

But really, this is greatest thing since....beer and coffee?

[G-spotter]

Did you ever see any delinquents who blamed Irish Coffee for their troubles?

 

Didn't think so.

[Dirtyleaf]

ITs an evolution dipshit. Its gotta start somewhere. Besides, I would probably drink 2 bottles of Buckfast, track down your IP address and come find you and blow up your house and steal your girlfriend. Maybe go for a ride on your bicycle. Irish Coffee? It's still legitamately effective.

[Dirtyleaf]

And yes, I am delinquent and I can blame Irish Coffee for some of my troubles. Jameson, AND Coffee? Gets ME arrested!

[G-spotter]

at least red bull plus vodka has taurine in it. you can't say that about buckfast

[Dirtyleaf]

Red bull plus vodka ='s crashing a three wheeler at 25mph into a fallen down tree...then crashing it into a closed black steel gate at night. I jumped off in time for both. Besides a twisted ankle I was fine. Can't say the same for the 3 wheeler though!