Famous non-drinkers?

Dave! · 30-07-2008 1:22am #1

Hey folks,

Just thought it'd be fun to collect a list of well-known non-drinkers

The most recent one I heard is Cristiano Ronaldo! :eek: Alex Ferguson mentioned it in response to allegations that Ronaldo was out drinking in LA

Any others?

unreggd · 30-07-2008 1:29am

I dont know any

Only loads of people who went sober after bein bad alcoholics

juvenal · 30-07-2008 1:36am

Padraig Harrington

monkeyfudge · 30-07-2008 1:41am

Ehhh.... Mickey Mouse?

newballsplease · 30-07-2008 2:38am

ronaldo does drink.
i heard phil taylor the darts player doesnt

Dave! · 30-07-2008 9:59am

newballsplease wrote: »

ronaldo does drink.
i heard phil taylor the darts player doesnt

http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/243037/cristiano-ronaldo-i-hate-smoking-i-don-t-drink-and-i-m-not-a-big-spender/1/

‘Many people have images of footballers as people who like to go out all the time, spend their money lavishly and like to date many women,' he tells Hello!

‘But I don’t drink alcohol, I hate smoking and I’m not a big spender. I live in a rural part of Cheshire, where squirrels, birds and cows are my closest neighbours.'

Ciaran500 · 30-07-2008 10:00am

Henry Rollins

Feeonaw · 30-07-2008 2:30pm

Des Bishop! This I know cos I was talkin' to him in the International. This was before I started the NDG of course. I'd actually love to talk to him about it when I get back from travelling in December and maybe he could put on a gig for us? :pac: he's such a motivated guy and he'd be really supportive I'd say. There are actually quite a few comedians who are non-drinkers.

hupyago · 31-07-2008 5:42pm

Feeonaw wrote: »

. There are actually quite a few comedians who are non-drinkers.

dylan moran being one despite apperances
also the irish guy from prison break said on tubridy that he wasn't drinking n e more
that bill cullen (I'm terrific) gazillionare seems to be one of us as well
I remember saying something like you can do what hes done (have money comin out your ears) by not doin the drinkin and the smokin and the drugs

Zarbon · 31-07-2008 9:01pm

Me.

(Shut up!)

Ok....

kelle · 31-07-2008 9:15pm

I think Madonna is a non-drinker. I can't be too sure though.

Tha Gopher · 01-08-2008 11:58pm

50 Cent doesnt drink as much Bacardi as his choons suggest.

Hitler.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teetotalers

As for C Ronaldo there was a photo in the paper only a few weeks back showing him looking fairly pissed. Not like him tp mislead his fans!

Nailz · 02-08-2008 11:15pm

Paul Davis, keyboardist for the Happy Mondays doesn't drink, but he did drugs! How's that possible??

pocketdooz · 03-08-2008 4:43pm

Warren Buffett
JD Rockefeller
Donald Trump

I remember reading an article once about how there were a higher disproportionate number of non-drinkers who were successful in areas of business and politics.

Also, the Irish guy who owns all the mines and distillerys - John Teeling

I suppose it's down to time, motivation etc. which drinking kills.

I also think Hitler and Bismark didn't drink but I'm sure they're not the examples we're looking for !!!!!!!!

Podge2k7 · 03-08-2008 4:51pm

Shane McGowan

:):)

Feeonaw · 04-08-2008 6:33pm

Podge2k7 wrote: »

Shane McGowan :):)

The glamourous side of drinking

thusspakeblixa · 13-08-2008 10:39pm

Che Guevara
Muhammad Ali
David Beckham
Jim Carrey
Russell Brand
George W.Bush
Eric Clapton
Richard E.Grant
Franz Kafka
Elton John
Crazy Horse
Stephen King
Ewan McGregor
Friedrich Nietzche
Ross Noble
Peter Kay
Bruce Lee
Gwyneth Paltrow
Malcolm X
Tom Waits
Chris Martin
Donald Trump
Henry Rollins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teetotalers

Bottle_of_Smoke · 14-08-2008 7:48pm

MArtin Cahill

Dave! · 15-08-2008 12:26pm

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

Che Guevara
Muhammad Ali
David Beckham
Jim Carrey
Russell Brand
George W.Bush
Eric Clapton
Richard E.Grant
Franz Kafka
Elton John
Crazy Horse
Stephen King
Ewan McGregor
Friedrich Nietzche
Ross Noble
Peter Kay
Bruce Lee
Gwyneth Paltrow
Malcolm X
Tom Waits
Chris Martin
Donald Trump
Henry Rollins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teetotalers

Now take away the recovering alcoholics

thusspakeblixa · 15-08-2008 7:16pm

Dave! wrote: »

Now take away the recovering alcoholics

Yeah, a lot of them (George W.Bush,Peter Kay) would be...
Still, the likes of
Che Guevara,Muhammad Ali,Henry Rollins, and Bruce Lee never drank
oh
And lets not forget ''Big'' Jim Larkin, he of the statue on O'Connell Street

mikemac · 17-08-2008 10:12am

pocketdooz wrote: »

I also think Hitler and Bismark didn't drink but I'm sure they're not the examples we're looking for !!!!!!!!

Hitler did drink the occasional beer.
I think you're mixing up his hatred for smoking. It seems he couldn't stand smoking and nobody could smoke in his prescence.

Celtic67 · 19-08-2008 1:25pm

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

Yeah, a lot of them (George W.Bush,Peter Kay) would be...
Still, the likes of
Che Guevara,Muhammad Ali,Henry Rollins, and Bruce Lee never drank
oh
And lets not forget ''Big'' Jim Larkin, he of the statue on O'Connell Street

Don't think Peter Kay ever drank - not a recovering alcoholic.

Currently reading a book on Che Guevara and there are several references to him drinking.

thusspakeblixa · 19-08-2008 5:28pm

Celtic67 wrote: »

Currently reading a book on Che Guevara and there are several references to him drinking.

In ''Bolivian Diary'' Che states that the drink never agreed with him and he stopped by the time he was in his late 20's. When he did drink he didn't drink much, apparently.

CDfm · 22-08-2008 7:03pm

I heard the Duke of York or whatever Prince Andrew is called is teetotal.

So how come he married Fergie?

David Bowie and Peter Tork from the Monkees.

And that drummer guy from Derek and the Dominos who is in jail in California for killing his mother - I suppose that doesnt count.

dartsfan · 08-09-2008 6:30pm

newballsplease wrote: »

ronaldo does drink.
i heard phil taylor the darts player doesnt

Phil Taylor definitely does drink. Unless it was water I seen him drink out of a Budweiser bottle!

CDfm · 08-09-2008 6:55pm

micmclo wrote: »

Hitler did drink the occasional beer.
I think you're mixing up his hatred for smoking. It seems he couldn't stand smoking and nobody could smoke in his prescence.

he also was a vegetarian and had a problem with flatulence

Dave! · 08-09-2008 6:59pm

He killed a load of Jews and gypsies too!

Oh and he was big into architecture

CDfm · 08-09-2008 7:07pm

and his brother worked in the Shelbourne Hotel in Stephens Green and married an Irish girl called Bridget Dowling that he met at the RDS and had a son called Patrick Hitler.

In later years Bridget claimed to have devised the famous hitler tache

Paddy@CIRL · 28-09-2008 12:42am

Tha Gopher wrote: »

50 Cent doesnt drink as much Bacardi as his choons suggest.

Hitler.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teetotalers

As for C Ronaldo there was a photo in the paper only a few weeks back showing him looking fairly pissed. Not like him tp mislead his fans!

Not to be defending the gimp, but I ALWAYS look drunk in photographs yet I've never drank so he might suffer from that conundrum !

CDfm · 28-09-2008 10:12am

I think Hitler had the odd beer -but was vegetarian and hated smoking.

It was probably better he didnt drink much cos he was a bit of a p**** sober

witnessmenow · 28-09-2008 10:01pm

Mark Hoppus(sp?) from Blink182 (the taller of the two) doesn't drink

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