Sunday 1 November 2009

Nanny shoots herself in the foot

Mrs P has just noticed this article in the Torygraph. Apparently;

Popular £10 ‘dinner and wine for two’ offers are fuelling a rise in middle-class drinking, charities have warned.

Charities that are, presumably, incapable of understanding the distinction between being encouraged to buy a bottle of wine, and being forced to drink it all. Presumably, these people are the sort that, if they should find themselves at home with a bottle of wine, are incapable of stopping themselves from finishing it even if they're too paralytic to actually lift the nearly-empty bottle.

Or, in other, words, utter morons.

Personally, I can stop when I've had enough. And this is irritating me beyond measure. Therefore, I've decided to take a stand. I have a new policy; a one-man attempt to stop them. As I tweeted earlier, every time some part of the Nanny State tells me that the middle classes drink too much, I'm having one of these:

Cheers.

8 comments:

  1. I hope that's not gripe water.

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  2. That is a very small apple juice.

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  3. Perhaps the Government should commission some research (not that they respect the results if it doesn't suit their goals) into why the middle classes are being driven to drink. I think splitting society into classes is divisive and no matter who you are, nobody appreciates being patronised. I am surprised these charities appear to have switched their attention from banning booze cruises; they do have to justify existence, but please, in a justifiable way.

    Mine's a weak G & T, Patently. Here's to a perceptive post. *clink of glasses*

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  4. every time some part of the Nanny State tells me that the middle classes drink too much, I'm having one of these:

    In that case, I fear for your liver.

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  5. Thanks, all.

    Anon, Henry; no it isn't :-D :hic:

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  6. What a splendid idea. I am stocking up with booze as I type.

    Mind you, with the current Mary Poppins level of nannying going on in Britain we'll all die of alchohol poisoning before the week is out!

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  7. They'd be even more apalled if they knew my wife can only have a small glass of red wine because of a medical problem. I have to finish the rest by myself!

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