Comments on: Beer – it fills a gap

By: Richard Carr

Richard Carr — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:31:48 +0000

I was really just using beer as a byword for alcohol, as I do in everyday life. I’ll be more careful in future.

By: Paul Garrard

Paul Garrard — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:07:55 +0000

I was thinking that wine is probably more popular than beer?
Not my choice just observation.

By: Richard Carr

Richard Carr — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:56:04 +0000

What other opiate would you suggest? (Maybe I’ve used “opiate” in a wrong technical way – I used that word instead of “drug” because of the phrase “opiate of the masses” which is what I was getting at.) What I meant was that beer’s the social drug of choice for most people, it seems. Correct me if I’m wrong and there are bustling crack houses all the pub-goers have moved to.

By: Paul Garrard

Paul Garrard — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:20:01 +0000

I agree with your ” for the rest, life drifts by with an opiate of choice” statement. Particularly as I can identify with that. Not sure that beer is the top choice though. Are you really saying that?