The Benefits of Alcohol.

6541

I was just thinking that Alcohol gets bashed a lot. But if you think outside the box it creates loads of indirect employment.

A few examples:

Extra Gardai required to police the consumers.
Extra Medicals to take care of the consumers health.
Extra Fire personnel to take care of accidents.
Motor industry, panel beaters etc for motor accidents.

whiskeyman

I never knew the Vintners Association posted here

marizpan

Or another way to look at that is that it increases the rate of taxes, as all those services need funding.
I'd prefer to pay less tax and for those services not to be required.

Kevin McCloud

It gives people ideas of going into my wood cutting down xmas trees.

Timberrrrrrrr

6541 wrote: »

I was just thinking that Alcohol gets bashed a lot. But if you think outside the box it creates loads of indirect employment.

A few examples:

Extra Gardai required to police the consumers.

Which costs the taxpayer money and diverts resources away from other crimes.

Extra Medicals to take care of the consumers health.

Again, drunks take away much needed resources that could be used elsewhere, spend a Saturday night in A&E and tell me it's a good thing.

Extra Fire personnel to take care of accidents.

And you think this is a good thing? Drunks usually walk away from the carnage they cause.

Motor industry, panel beaters etc for motor accidents.

Yeah :rolleyes:

bear1

whiskeyman wrote: »

I never knew the Vintners Association posted here

Apt username :P

bear1

6541 wrote: »

I was just thinking that Alcohol gets bashed a lot. But if you think outside the box it creates loads of indirect employment.

A few examples:

Extra Gardai required to police the consumers.
Extra Medicals to take care of the consumers health.
Extra Fire personnel to take care of accidents.
Motor industry, panel beaters etc for motor accidents.

In all seriousness though you can't be serious?
When I saw the thread I was thinking the only benefit I can see is that it loosens people up and easier to talk.
Extra fire personnel? Come on.
Motor industry, if a drunk crashes a car I seriously doubt they could just panel beat it back to form.
If a drunk crashed into my car I wouldn't be thanking alcohol that I've provided someone a job.

Shenshen

It's a reasonably good disinfectant.
My mom used to drip a few drops of schnapps into our ears when we had ear aches as children...

Galway K9

Shenshen wrote: »

It's a reasonably good disinfectant.
My mom used to drip a few drops of schnapps into our ears when we had ear aches as children...

Ya, loads of remedies with it. My mom used to drink back a bottle of whiskey to help her cold. Sometimes in the morning too to help her wake up properly.

Wabbit Ears

WOW, really, every post so far having the OPs post Whoosh over their heads?

keithclancy

Increased birth rate which produces more people to pay for the old.

Galway K9

Helps ugly people get laid.

Timberrrrrrrr

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

WOW, really, every post so far having the OPs post Whoosh over their heads?

Why wouldn't op be serious? Or are we supposed to auto know when someone is trolling? :rolleyes:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93294955&postcount=13

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93294503&postcount=5

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93294316&postcount=1

Don Kedick

Most of us wouldn't be born if it wasn't for alcohol.

Galway K9

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Why wouldn't op be serious? Or are we supposed to auto know when someone is trolling? :rolleyes:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93294955&postcount=13

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93294503&postcount=5

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=93294316&postcount=1

HAHA. You just got served
https://warosu.org/data/cgl/img/0070/59/1377304812452.jpg

Flex

Do people actually think the OP was being sincere? I read it as sarcasm

Anyway, I like having a few drinks on the weekend with my friends, whether its just sitting in or a night in town. I also think the fact there's more distilleries and micro breweries emerging around the country is a great thing, and while still a long way behind scotch, I think that Irish whiskey like Jameson, Bushmills, Tullamore Dew and so on are having such rapid growth world wide is great in my view. I don't care for the stereotype, we don't have many strong indigenous exporting businesses, but drinks are something that historically and in the future I think we could be brilliant at

I think the rate of tax on drinks, especially as a proportion of the price in the off trade, is unacceptable, especially after the recent excise increases. I'd rather see large penalties and fines placed upon people who cause the emergency services to spend time treating/arresting people so as that excise duty could be reduced.

Timberrrrrrrr

Galway K9 wrote: »

HAHA. You just got served
https://warosu.org/data/cgl/img/0070/59/1377304812452.jpg

HAHA your link is not working :rolleyes:

This webpage is not available

Specialun

keeps the Jonnie machines in the pubs going which in turn keeps people in the Job

Kevin McCloud

Can relieve constipation.

RikkFlair

Red wine is good for blood pressure.

And the cheap Aldi stuff is a great laxative.

Lapin

6541 wrote: »

I was just thinking that Alcohol gets bashed a lot. But if you think outside the box it creates loads of indirect employment.

A few examples:

Extra Gardai required to police the consumers.
Extra Medicals to take care of the consumers health.
Extra Fire personnel to take care of accidents.
Motor industry, panel beaters etc for motor accidents.

Very good points.

The benefits of smoking are also neatly addressed in points two and three.

I feel like going to the pub right now and doing my bit for society.

I also like your subtle suggestion that this is thinking 'outside the box'.

See folks, The OP even covers the steady employment of coffin makers.

6541

Glad you all agree, off to the pub to do my bit for Mother Eireann

bear1

6541 wrote: »

Glad you all agree, off to the pub to do my bit for Mother Eireann

Make sure you drive now, don't want those panel beaters out of a job

RDM_83 again

Both moderate to heavy drinkers live longer than those who completely abstain. On phone so cant link to studies done via meta analysis

Noobascious

Ah alcohol my best and only friend. Without it I'd be a rapist/serial killer if I had the criminaler kahoonas. So probly just suicidal if I ran dry.

AnonoBoy

One of the main benefits of alcohol is that I like drinking it.

Kevin McCloud

The morning stalk.

jimgoose

Alcohol is mighty stuff - I personally like the odd half-gallon of stout or Carlsberg, after a gin-and-tonic amuse-bouche. However, the trouble with it is the same malaise that afflicts the vote in these debased times, that is to say, every blithering idiot has it.

To that end, I would propose a complete ban on supermarkets selling alcohol, severe restrictions on off-license locations and opening times, and an outright ban on alcohol consumption with the exception of white, non-traveller, property-owning males over the age of 35, with full drivers' licenses.

Menas

I would still be a virgin if not for alcohol.

Adamantium

Most university societies/clubs wouldn't exist.
Once a year you get to drive around Galway and feel like you're in the Mad Max universe for a week. "Don't look at them in the eyes, don't look him in the eye!!"

wendell borton

R-OH

Earl Turner

Don Kedick wrote: »

Most of us wouldn't be born if it wasn't for alcohol.

Without alcohol we'd have to have arranged marriages in Ireland like the Hindus.

Mesrine65

Alcohol, getting ugly people laid since brewing/distilling began

ToddyDoody

It helps nervous drivers relax

Mesrine65

RDM_83 again wrote: »

Both moderate to heavy drinkers live longer than those who completely abstain.

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2017200,00.html

Vincent Vega

Keeps people away from far more dangerous and health threatening drugs such as cannabis.

biko

It's a great disinfectant.