"SCOTS are drinking themselves to death at a faster rate than people anywhere else in western Europe, a study has found."No time for further comment because I'm off out for a pint.
"It has been the misfortune of this age, that everything is to be discussed, as if the constitution of our country were to be always a subject rather of altercation than enjoyment." - Edmund Burke anticipates the Neverendum
Friday, January 06, 2006
Scots drinking themselves to death
No, I'm not talking about Charlie Kennedy; this has to do with the news that Scotsmen are twice as likely to die from cirrhosis of the liver than they were in 1991:
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