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Wow... the country still exists this morning!
BillieTheBot
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Against all predictions Great Britain has survived the night after the new drinking laws where introduced and pubs were allowed to serve alcohol for longer.
Tens of thousands of binge drinkers and yobs were nowhere to be seen terrorising town centres, urinating on doorsteps and disturbing the locals.
A & E departments across the nation reported thousands of casualties suffering from hypothermia, cuts and bruises, alcohol poisoning and fight-related injuries had failed to materialise.
Police stations up and down the land recorded their highest ever number of non-arrests and non-existent reports of disturbances.
Businesses reported as much as 0% of their workforce had called in sick due to excessive drinking.
An spokesman for the Conservative Party said: "this is what we have been predicting all along. Britain is on meltdown. Now if you excuse me, I'm off to my Club for a quick one."
Tens of thousands of binge drinkers and yobs were nowhere to be seen terrorising town centres, urinating on doorsteps and disturbing the locals.
A & E departments across the nation reported thousands of casualties suffering from hypothermia, cuts and bruises, alcohol poisoning and fight-related injuries had failed to materialise.
Police stations up and down the land recorded their highest ever number of non-arrests and non-existent reports of disturbances.
Businesses reported as much as 0% of their workforce had called in sick due to excessive drinking.
An spokesman for the Conservative Party said: "this is what we have been predicting all along. Britain is on meltdown. Now if you excuse me, I'm off to my Club for a quick one."
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The legislation kicked in at midnight, but the pubs should have shut and kicked people out at 11pm. Did loads of people stand about outside for an hour before being let back in?
For many pubs with extended opening hours tonight will be the first night, but for some others (in particular the 24 hour ones) the taps have been running all night.
budda... I heard that one pub in London only served softdrinks and cups of tea/coffee (on the house) from 11-12, then re-opened the "bar" at 00:01 till 3am which was the license it had been granted.
On a serious note, is more money going to be wasted sending police into bars/clubs/restaurants that are open late to check their licences?
If you take out the supermarkets there are actually very very few 24 hour licences. There just isnt the demand, who wants to drink at 9am on a Wednesday?
Isn't it Thursday?
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Unfortunalty as soon as a single extra person above the national average gets arrested I can hear those opposed screaming the house down
And its way past 9am, whats your point? I was just using the time and day as an example.
Mind, a few nightshift workers would probably fancy one. There has always been a pub with a especially granted 24 hour license in one of the London meat markets (can't remember which one) and one of my friends was always trying to gatecrash it when he fancied a pint at 5 am.
Thought you were using first thing this morning as an example... my mistake.
Yoink!
Well, strictly speaking, the country as such does not exist.
But I think we all know what is meant... OR DO WE?! :shocking:
J ...it aint going to happen ok.
the only bad thing about it is the death of an ancient british tradition ...the lock in.