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Wellington is drunk.

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Wellington is drunk.
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Weekend of drunken mayhem 1000 police calls as party season hits full swing


http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4792740a6479.html

Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Oh Wellington is full of drunks,
Oh Wellington is full of drunks
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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
The key quote from the "Drunken Mayhem" article was:

It is a high number [of calls], but not unusually high for this time of year

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Wellington has NZ's best nightlife people; obviously there are going to be drunks.
And now that party pills have been criminalised there are less options for people.
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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Oh wellington(oh wellington) is full of drunks (is full of drunks)
Oh Wellington is full of drunks
We like our booze, Ricki and the Phoenix!
Oh Wellington is full of drunks!
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Bevan wrote:
The key quote from the "Drunken Mayhem" article was:

It is a high number [of calls], but not unusually high for this time of year


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In full the quote said [quote]"It is a high number, but not unusually high for this time of year in summer people tend to go out in the good weather, start drinking early and carry on right through the night," Mr Darroch said. The average number of alcohol-related calls for a summertime Saturday night was about 400.


Not "unusually high" when it's a 250% greater than average??? 

What would UNUSUALLY high be like then???
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Careful - the top knobs think the best way to stop the drunks is to massively hike the price of alcohol. Put a tax on it to help pay for all the emergency services. 
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dairyflat wrote:
Bevan wrote:
The key quote from the "Drunken Mayhem" article was:

It is a high number [of calls], but not unusually high for this time of year
[/QUOTE]

In full the quote said [quote]"It is a high number, but not unusually high for this time of year in summer people tend to go out in the good weather, start drinking early and carry on right through the night," Mr Darroch said. The average number of alcohol-related calls for a summertime Saturday night was about 400.


Not "unusually high" when it's a 250% greater than average??? 

What would UNUSUALLY high be like then???


OK, I stole that quote from Wellingtonista, I didn't do my own research that time!

Articles like this smack of killjoys jealous that other people are having fun

(yes, I know there are idiots who do stupid stuff while drunk. But don't let them ruin the fun for everyone else)
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Bevan wrote:


Articles like this smack of killjoys jealous that other people are having fun

(yes, I know there are idiots who do stupid stuff while drunk. But don't let them ruin the fun for everyone else)


Fun? Not at a thousand complaints. It strikes me that the drinking was out of control. Gone beyond the fun stage.

Example. Anyone see that group of drunks at the Thistle about an hour before kickoff last week? We'd walked by them at Trax and got abused by them. Then when they came over to the Thistle one of them had to be dragged away by his friend s after taking exception to Bill looking at him. That's not fun.
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

the problem is, people with average to high intelligence are usually charming and funny when drunk, whereas people who are stupid AND drunk can f**k off and die
I like tautologies because I like them.
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Cosimo wrote:

the problem is, people with average to high intelligence are usually charming and funny when drunk, whereas people who are stupid AND drunk can f**k off and die


...was that philosophy in disguise?
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Cosimo wrote:

the problem is, people with average to high intelligence are usually charming and funny when drunk, whereas people who are stupid AND drunk can f**k off and die
 
                          COSIMO?
 

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
dairyflat wrote:
Cosimo wrote:

the problem is, people with average to high intelligence are usually charming and funny when drunk, whereas people who are stupid AND drunk can f**k off and die


...was that philosophy in disguise?
 
deconstruct me at your peril
I like tautologies because I like them.
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