tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post1353068575094493358..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: COULD THE EU BAN "BUCKIE"?Munguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-67116322679718519782010-01-27T21:43:05.255+00:002010-01-27T21:43:05.255+00:00Yes Bugger... As I said in my post, perhaps if we ...Yes Bugger... As I said in my post, perhaps if we tried to find out what would make our people want to face a day without a few bottles inside them, maybe that would be a start to sorting the problem....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-83036806823442872352010-01-27T21:32:02.977+00:002010-01-27T21:32:02.977+00:00The little darling's are popping pills as well...The little darling's are popping pills as well as slurping Buckie.<br /><br />Banning Buckie is nuts.<br /><br />Why are they drinking, not what?<br /><br />2 dimensional thinking but that is what short term thinking and politics oroduce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-60308730406769017602010-01-27T21:31:30.614+00:002010-01-27T21:31:30.614+00:00Munguin,
"The Conservative Party. Proudly si...Munguin,<br /><br />"The Conservative Party. Proudly sitting on the fence on all European issues since 1990"<br /><br />:)Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-4428832744301377822010-01-27T21:08:59.113+00:002010-01-27T21:08:59.113+00:00LOL Danny: I was one BAD little boy, but I went ri...LOL Danny: I was one BAD little boy, but I went right off the coal nonsense after that!<br /><br />I've heard of parents who did the same thing with their children who were smoking.... Once you've smoked 20 cigarettes one after the other I guess you probably don't feel like another one for a very long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-263721040268107592010-01-27T17:29:41.396+00:002010-01-27T17:29:41.396+00:00Tris....Your suggestions certainly make sense to m...Tris....Your suggestions certainly make sense to me.....including the plastic bottle idea. And I was amused by your early interest in eating coal. A very inventive way to combine two of the joys of childhood; getting dirty, and putting all sorts of things in your mouth. :-)Danny, 1st Earl of the Ozarksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-19515092188170651302010-01-27T08:25:34.726+00:002010-01-27T08:25:34.726+00:00Dean: are you sitting on the fence again? Reminisc...Dean: are you sitting on the fence again? Reminiscent in many ways of your spurious argument for keeping the royals.Munguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-82729626618075194112010-01-27T00:11:52.630+00:002010-01-27T00:11:52.630+00:00Yes, your Earlness:
It's not the answer at al...Yes, your Earlness:<br /><br />It's not the answer at all. The more you ban something the more you will make it desirable as the USA found out when they tried prohibition...<br /><br />In any case the Holy Fathers, or Brothers or whatever they are, of Buckfast Abbey are big businessmen and they won't take this lying down.<br /><br />Buckfast... or Fast Buck, perhaps....<br /><br />I think my solution is much better, but then I'm not, and will never be, a politician....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-31851850320956357212010-01-27T00:04:29.277+00:002010-01-27T00:04:29.277+00:00Seems to me that this is another quick and easy po...Seems to me that this is another quick and easy politicians' solution to a social problem. <br /><br />We have here a beverage which is "linked to" "crime and health" "problems." And "linked" "by police" to the same "problems." (When you put the operable words and phrases in quotes, it's easier to see what a crock this all really is.) <br /><br />Your quick fix politician Mrs. Stihler tells you that "it is high time for a ban on alcoholic caffeinated drinks." Maybe in fact, it's time for an actual medical study? NAH, that might actually make some sense. And she tells us that "the combination of alcohol and caffeine can be fatal." Oh really??? I'll phrase it more appropriately and accurately: "Alcohol can be fatal."<br /><br />I recall that the politicians here in the US told their constituents that national prohibition of alcohol would obviate any future needs for prisons, since all social ills, including crime, were caused by alcohol.<br /><br />For every social ill, there is a slimy self-serving politician offering a quick, easy, and totally asinine political solution. Scottish MEP Catherine Stihler seems to be in that glorious political tradition.Danny, 1st Earl of the Ozarksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-90574373264691097822010-01-26T22:44:12.528+00:002010-01-26T22:44:12.528+00:00Well, to be fair QM, it is a Scottish MEP backed b...Well, to be fair QM, it is a Scottish MEP backed by a Scottish MSP, trying to get the stuff banned in Scotland. It's not really like some awful foreigner was trying to tell us what to do.<br /><br />But as you said Red Bull, or Lidl's equivalent, and some cheap vodka plus some cider at £1.00 for 2 litres and the job's done..... so banning it is a bit of a waste of time.<br /><br />I just wish they would sell it in plastic bottles. It's hell on the car tyres....<br /><br />When I was a very very small child I always wanted to eat coal. They always forbid it of course... stupid grown up spoil sports. One day when I had crawled over to the coal scuttle and lifted a piece, my father came over and, instead of taking it away from me, he put it into my mouth... he insisted I eat it. of course I hated it. I never again wanted to eat coal.<br /><br />Maybe what we should do with these feral children is force them to drink a gallon of the stuff, and not stop pouring it down even when they are sick.... maybe then they'd never want any more.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-52160113811317773632010-01-26T21:49:10.809+00:002010-01-26T21:49:10.809+00:00Nice (not) to see the EU bansturbators out in forc...Nice (not) to see the EU bansturbators out in force trying to tell people what they can and can't do with their lives.<br /><br />Wonder if they'll go for Red Bull next after all it goes well in Vodka (I'm told)<br /><br />Why can't politicians just mind their own business without the tendency to make life just a little harder, greyer, less worth living because they think they know best.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-52795735853075103252010-01-26T20:42:37.853+00:002010-01-26T20:42:37.853+00:00It's nice to know that you'll be happy eit...It's nice to know that you'll be happy either way, Dean. ;-)<br /><br />As I say, I don't think it will make much difference if it is banned. It's not beyond the wit of man (or chav) to find an alternative that is legal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-40528339127612824022010-01-26T20:40:30.593+00:002010-01-26T20:40:30.593+00:00If the EU does try, then good. If they do not, the...If the EU does try, then good. If they do not, then equally good.Dean MacKinnon-Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221192592535723681noreply@blogger.com