Drinking like this seems to be an epidemic now... either borderline or real alcoholics, or some quasi-mental condition IMHO.
Last night at the 02 Dome Leonard Cohen concert, we had trouble right next to us with a drunken Irishman being noisy and waving hands about... but more importantly, with 20,000 people in a tight seated concert-hall, why do they allow/envourage/serve alcohol and take-aways all through the concert - a constant and very annoying stream of twenty/thirty somethings push past and line the steep stairs the whole time...
so many today either cannot hold their bladders or cannot sit for more than 25 minutes without yet another pint of Europiss lager or vodka paintstripper. Can't imagine what their waterworks will be like when they get to 50 or so.. but the 'wrinklies' as they're called, seem to enjoy a glass of wine or beer and sit through till the interval - maybe potty trained better?
Not a plane I know, but certainly Londoners seem to have completely lost it (and the Dome Management and Health & Safety Inspectors too, bowing to the take-aways and booze bars that litter the place).
Since now being termed a medical ailment, rather than an addiction, quasi-alcoholism seems to have become a badge to be proud of... displayed at every opportunity!
