Drink driving 1972

[Chippy_Tea]

 

[Stevieboy]

I want that on a T Shirt.

 

[hoppyscotty]

Does inflation work on pints too? Maybe a 1972 pint was smaller

 

[Chippy_Tea]

This may be a bit of a daft question but what was the average % of beer back then it's not something I ever looked at when I started drinking in the late 70s

 

[Erik The Anglophile]

Ordinary bitter and mild was the bog standard pint still, so about 3-3.5% I'd reckon.

 

[Bosch]

This image did the rounds on Irish social media during COVID.

It's fake, it is from a comedy book by David Mitchell

https://www.thejournal.ie/factcheck-1972-drink-driving-poster-3725712-Nov2017/

 

[Agentgonzo]

Does inflation work on pints too? Maybe a 1972 pint was smaller

Shrinkflation. In 1972, a pint was 3 times bigger

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...inking-alcohol-during-working-day-court-rulesMeanwhile in Spain

 

[Chippy_Tea]

A Spanish court has ruled that a company was wrong to fire an electrician who may have drunk more than three litres of beer in one day because it had not proved that his consumption had left him “inebriated, intoxicated or drunk”, or unable to do his job.