Once upon a drunken culture

[Sharon Bowman]

So, I guess 60 years ago in France, the solution to drinking at dinner was "Not to get back in your car without having imbibed a glass of Cointreau." 40% abv. Bravo, la France. Should help with those scary, narrow country roads...

 

[scottreiner]

I try to follow the same advice here in New York, substituting 'Cointreau' for 'another bottle of wine'... I like both my wine and my advice old-school...

 

[SFJoe]

A friend of the family who was in France in the late '60s reports that the anti-booze campaign of the era was "not more than 2 litres per day."

He also reported that the French leftists in the post-Sputnik era used to walk past the American embassy going "beep...beep...beep."

Pretty funny till they sock you into the gulag.

 

[Don Rice]

That's funny Sharon, thanks.

I see that the ad is from L'Illustration. Plenty of good wine-related ads ran in that rag.

 

[Michel Abood]

Oh that's too funny, though I do recall my uncle sometimes following that advice... Luckily in New York I can drink and let someone else drive (aka cabbie).

 

[Sharon Bowman]

Now that Paris has Vlib', I must shamefully admit to BUI.

 

[Thor]

When we were jeebusing with friends in Bergen, Norway's very strict laws meant that no one got behind the wheel afterwards. But above a pair of wheels...yeah, that happened. I think it was all downhill, though, which helps. Maybe.

 

[Rahsaan]

I must shamefully admit to BUI.

Can be quite dangerous depending on the circumstances, traffic, and hardness of surroundings.