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[Windom Pearl]

According to a new research finns drink the second smallest amount of alcohol per citizen in EU!

WTF!?!?!

On the other hand, we are nro 1 in western countries "deaths by alcohol-poisining" chart.

 

[nevershine]

That's bullshit! But we don't drink every day unless we're on holiday and we drink stronger stuff than beer and fseio5buwält <el-<hghlä< FUCK!!! Why am I answering this 4 #(%#¤("=&NV(3oyklerjsslör...
No need to prove anything. We are a nation full of cultivated, intellectuel, smart-dressed and sober people. Others may think what they want.

 

[Downfall]

That's not very surprising. In france, spain, italy, greece etc. they drink wine while eating. (and in germany they drink beer and in russia vodka... ) We just know how to party.

 

[Windom Pearl]

Yea fuckin snobs.

COME HERE YOU FUCKIN EUROPEAN WINE WUSSIES AND I'LL SMACK YA!!!!

(Cheap lingon wine -> Rockah)

 

[Downfall]

 

[Rei Toei]

having a bottle of wine on the table at meals is quite common here in italy, yep. however, drinking wine isn't considered snob at all unless you go bragging around about how many wines you've tasted while in fact you know only some famous ones besides, table wines are usually of good quality but quite affordable ones, while a real wine lover looks for particular types of wine that are often very expensive and sometimes even difficult to find.

@windom pearl: you talking to me?!?
i'll be there soon, dude, polish your sword and get ready

 

[Orchid]

Wine is good.

Spanish if you drink red, aaand, uh, shit... white... naah, it doesn't matter. I know absolutely nothing about wines in general, not to mention how grapes, soils or climates affect the taste and give a certain texture, so I drink whatever that isn't too dry.

 

[rahvin]

having a bottle of wine on the table at meals is quite common here in italy, yep. however, drinking wine isn't considered snob at all unless you go bragging around about how many wines you've tasted while in fact you know only some famous ones besides, table wines are usually of good quality but quite affordable ones, while a real wine lover looks for particular types of wine that are often very expensive and sometimes even difficult to find.

word.
except for the part about expensive wines. there are no expensive wines in italy or france, at least for a standard notion of "expensive wine" as understood by non-wine producing countries: you can buy the most expensive wine of the lot and still you don't have to pay 280 euros a bottle. if you do, then that *is* snob and hyped by collateral factors such as how many scantily-clad geishas bring you the bottle and the number of hilarious words such as "fruity aftertaste" you have to listen to before you can start drinking.

rahvin.

 

[nevershine]

i'll be there soon, dude, polish your sword and get ready

So... When were you coming? Antti spoke me about that but the date was unclear. I/we will teach you all about finnish traditional sport: Who can say a whole sentence after consuming a harmful amount of different beverages.

 

[Windom Pearl]

Anything wine-related is snob in Finland

What I know of wines is "humppakuutio", which means a 3 litre box. I plan to purcase a few of those for my holiday.

 

[Downfall]

 

[Rei Toei]

@rahvin: we were talking about drinking wine on a daily basis. of course spending so much money for a bottle would be exaggerated
getting practical: the average bottle of wine is the 700/750 ml one. a cheap (not always good) wine costs about 3 euros, a good quality wine around 6, an excellent one can be purchased for 15/20 while a "noble" wine price varies from 25 to 40 euro and even more. an average table glass contains about 200 ml liquid, so 4 people who like drinking tipically consume at least one bottle of wine during a meal. so said, of course it's probable that you don't mind paying more than 40 euros for a bottle of, say, refined barolo once, but i don't think you'd be willing to drink that wine (or others of the same category) at every meal... if so, may i join you for dinner?

@nevershine: i thought the national finnish sport was drowning after a booze, as clearly explained here
as for me, i'll get there in the end of august, so if you needed an italian homemade pizza you'd know who to ask

@windom pearl: i don't know how many bottles of wine i'm allowed to bring to finland, gotta check this detail... i might take some snobbery there

 

[Downfall]

as for me, i'll get there in the end of august, so if you needed an italian homemade pizza you'd know who to ask

Hot-digidy! COUNT ME IN! *already drooling*

 

[nevershine]

@nevershine: i thought the national finnish sport was drowning after a booze, as clearly explained here
as for me, i'll get there in the end of august, so if you needed an italian homemade pizza you'd know who to ask

drowning at midsummers eve after drinking. yep that too.
i know you know that i like pizza. i'll call you(or antti) then.
oh and if you need any drinking tips...

 

[rahvin]

@rahvin: we were talking about drinking wine on a daily basis. of course spending so much money for a bottle would be exaggerated

yet in the states and in the norther parts of europe you can either spend your whole salary on wine or drink red-coloured bathwater. while scandinavian well-known tradition of welfare state could eventually provide you with some life-saving treatment, this is hardly appliable if you live in the usa, making both solution equally expensive in the end.

getting practical: the average bottle of wine is the 700/750 ml one. a cheap (not always good) wine costs about 3 euros, a good quality wine around 6, an excellent one can be purchased for 15/20 while a "noble" wine price varies from 25 to 40 euro and even more. an average table glass contains about 200 ml liquid, so 4 people who like drinking tipically consume at least one bottle of wine during a meal. so said, of course it's probable that you don't mind paying more than 40 euros for a bottle of, say, refined barolo once, but i don't think you'd be willing to drink that wine (or others of the same category) at every meal... if so, may i join you for dinner?

aside from the fact that you already did more than once i'd like to point out that good quality wine for 6 euros is clearly a perfect ok solution for your average meal. nonetheless, going out for dinner at a fairly cheap place in town once a week might allow even the scots among us to get away without head traumas: let's say two people (i wanted to go for the "let-me-show-this-girl-i'm-dating-how-i-can-come-up-with-a-romantic-dinner") spending 20 euros each for a good meal in a quaint place, plus a grand total of 18 euros for a bottle of high-quality red wine. that's easily affordable by proletarians. on the other hand, american white trash can't be so effectively seducing so easily. oh wells.

rahvin.

 

[Downfall]

Rei: careful with nevershine's drinking-tips. one example from our boozeparty: "get an extremely terrible hangoever before you start drinking". well, it works, but soon you'll have to move to finland after your fellow italians start failing to understand you...

 

[|ngenius]

Finnish and italians discussing about wines... Life can be strange every now and then, and btw... this thread is absolutely fruity tasting. Where's my geisha?

|ng (The pinchotortilla)

 

[~Zeanra~]

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[nevershine]

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