The Lemon Fool

Shortfall?

There seems to be a host of boards for those who are sober

I demand equality

AiY

PinkDalek wrote:https://www.lemonfool.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=74

Really?

Dod

Well, unlike at TMF, there’s no specific board for insomniacs so why on earth not?

PinkDalek wrote:Well, unlike at TMF, there’s no specific board for insomniacs so why on earth not?

Why not indeed.

Dod

Slightly off topic, but given the number of book recommendations and requests recently can I recommend:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231 ... of_Britain

As this book shows, the English have in fact spent much of the last 2000 years semi-permanently drunk.

Urbandreamer wrote:Slightly off topic, but given the number of book recommendations and requests recently can I recommend:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231 ... of_Britain

As this book shows, the English have in fact spent much of the last 2000 years semi-permanently drunk.

I watched Prof. Alice Roberts' program about London last night. One of the points mentioned was that people in the city spent most of their time either half or totally drunk, so much so that when the coffee craze started in the 17th century they could suddenly see the world with clear vision - thus helping propel the age of reason. Serious business and advances were made in science and commerce (Lloyds of London started in a coffee house where trading was carried out). Think vibrate Theatre, the advances in science - particularly Navigation which started a major phase of British expansion - and commerce.

Well, I took it as a joke, an urban myth. Frankly, I think it was more to do with the ethos promoted by the restoration, but thinking again: it's possible that sitting around talking over strong bitter coffee (as it was then) did produce more action that drinking oneself under the table.

Arb.

Arborbridge wrote:Well, I took it as a joke, an urban myth. Frankly, I think it was more to do with the ethos promoted by the restoration, but thinking again: it's possible that sitting around talking over strong bitter coffee (as it was then) did produce more action that drinking oneself under the table.

Arb.

People didn't give up booze though. There was a terrible industrial accident in 1814 that also lead to 8 deaths.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood

between 128,000 and 323,000 imperial gallons

of beer lost!

AsleepInYorkshire wrote:Shortfall?

There seems to be a host of boards for those who are sober

I demand equality

Difficult question, but I think the best board depends on the stage one has reached in non-sobriety. In rough time order, Beerpig's Snug, then Drink, then Catastrophe Corner seem most appropriate to me... ;-)

Gengulphus

Actually thinking about it I think we also need a board for "Hangover Posts"

AiY

AsleepInYorkshire wrote:Actually thinking about it I think we also need a board for "Hangover Posts"

Maybe that's a better name for viewforum.php?f=91 ... ;-)

Gengulphus

Maybe a bright Fool could write a phpBB add-on that would track users' content for style; speling, hic; and lucidity to arrive at a personalised sozzled-score, which could appear beside each post for the benefit of readers?

Chris