Ship of Fools: Drink & Drive in rural Ireland? Sure.

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Posted by The Riv (# 3553) on :

Careful, Emerald Islanders -- next thing you know recreational marajuana will be legal.

[Biased]

Link (then drink)

Link (then drink)

[Drink & Drive in rural Ireland? Sure. ]

[ 13. February 2013, 00:16: Message buggered about with by: comet ]

Posted by Ronald Binge (# 9002) on :

The most surreal sight I have seen recently was Michael Healy-Rae, the county councillor who proposed his ludicrous idea, on BBC Breakfast. I was waiting for him to proposition Susanna Reid..

Duelling Banjos was nothing to that idea. There are already subidised Rural Transport schemes which are free of charge to the over-66s but this was a ludicrous idea. In any case, all that will happen is that the motion will go to the Republic's Minister of Justice, who will give the petition due consideration and tell Kerry County Council to go fuck themselves.

Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on :

Few beers, they said; it'll be grand, they said.

Posted by Ronald Binge (# 9002) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Anselmina:
Few beers, they said; it'll be grand, they said.

Damn! Well spotted and played Anselmina! Saw it on facebook earlier with a superimposed Kerry County Council sign.
[Big Grin]

Posted by The Riv (# 3553) on :

[Killing me]

Posted by Ronald Binge (# 9002) on :

I never thought I'd say this, but I am finding Hell quite agreeable. Coffee and biccies anyone? [Big Grin]

Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :

Far too cosy for hell. What you people need is a few drinks inside you.

Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on :

Only if I can be the driver?

Posted by Ronald Binge (# 9002) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Anselmina:
Only if I can be the driver?

Me with drink on AND posting on the interweb! There's a thought..

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Never mind reading and posting, try hosting when you're sober.

Sioni Sais
Hellhost

Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :

I see the limit was changed from .08 to .05. In Ireland

In my province in Canada, a .04 level results in a 24 hour roadside suspension, and if you do it again, you're not driving for 2 weeks, and you pay a fine that technically pays for a "course".

I get the issue for those living in isolated areas with no other form of transport. The issue obviously is where to set the impairment level, combined with an understanding of what is safe.

Our local .04 level means is that if you've had any alcohol at all, probably you should not drive. Not even a beer with your supper out, nor a drink with your teammates after playing a sport. I went to conference years ago and they had a breath tester there. I drank one 5% 355 ml Canadian beer and blew more than the .04 level within about 25 mins of having it. With 2 beer within an hour, with the test about 20 mins later, I was at .077. I weigh 10 more lbs today, but it has always cautioned me to have 1 drink at the very most, and then wait a full hour before driving or more usually to just have tea.

Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Never mind reading and posting, try hosting when you're sober.

Sioni Sais
Hellhost

Does that work, then?

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
try hosting when you're sober.

we can do that? nobody told me!

Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on :

Ahem. Is there even a single post in this thread that actually belongs in Hell? As opposed to Purgatory or those amusing stories you get to close the nightly news bulletin?

In other words, what are you doing on THIS board exactly?

orfeo
Hellhost who hasn't had breakfast yet, explaining his greater grumpiness than the other hosts

Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :

I had planned in my youth to have a glass of port in bed before breakfast when older, at about the same time that I imagined there was something intriguing and romantic about being a moderate alcoholic and rake. Idiot! Might a glass of something medicinal medicate you orfeo, regruntling you out of your pre-breaky grumps? -- It seems we're all happy drunks here at the moment. However, we might have enough shortly to black out and punch it all up, smashing bottles, yelling obscenities and peeing on boulevards at any moment.

Posted by The Riv (# 3553) on :

I'm, er... expressing my outrage, Yes!, that the long-in-the-tooth stereotype of the drunken Irish has permeated the Irish psychology so deeply that they themselves now seem to conduct governmental meetings and votes while intoxicated. Arg!

Posted by Snags (# 15351) on :

quote:
I was waiting for him to proposition Susanna Reid..

Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Save presence of Mrs Snags and Ms Reid's doubtless overly high standards one could be tempted to do such a thing in a similar position.

Posted by GordonThePenguin (# 2106) on :

It certainly gives a new meaning to the slogan "Twenty's Plenty'...

Cheers!

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