How many drinks is too many drinks?

[Austman]

This is too many drinks!

Drunk grandmother punched Qantas passenger aboard flight

 

[Canny man]

Little old ladies these days! Now I understand why knitting needles are banned on flights......

 

[bossreggie]

I would think...... Prior to my flight to LHR tomorrow..... I will enjoy several champagnes, A scotch or 2, a massage, a shower, then another "pre take off" champagne or 2.... Then I shall just "trifle" with a bottle or 2 whilst I watch some movies. Then.... NOTHING..... Until I am sitting in the F Lounge prior to boarding the next flight............................................

Once on the next flight.... I would think it would be rude NOT to enjoy another "pre take off" champagne or 2. And.... THEN..... I will not drink a thing until my meal is served, and the time prior to, AND post, said meal........

That should get me into London just in time for a liquid lunch @ Number 1 Lombard Street.

Boss

 

[anat0l]

This is too many drinks!

Drunk grandmother punched Qantas passenger aboard flight

I'm taking bets on the sentence. I'm putting 3:2 odds that she'll get a slap on the wrist, good behaviour warning and no conviction recorded. 60:1 for jail term; 100:1 odds for maximum penalty possible.

 

[Brisbane Flyer]

I'm having a liquid lunch with my 82 yo mother, she is jetting in from LAX.
We are at Rockpool at 1p.

She loves F on the A380, god bless her and her banker.

 

[serfty]

This sounds like a challenge. About to board QF BNE/SYD, about the same distance. I'm aiming for 4 crownies

"Back in the day" we used to consider two on an evening flight between MEL & SYD very average. Three was a good effort and four a great effort. One work associate used to seat themselves down the last row of the Airbus and intercept the FA's as they navigated to/from the galley.

Back then the drinks were $2!
Posted on a wing and a prayer ...

 

[Pushka]

Oooh, I just remembered. The guy also used the Business class toilets and we were in Economy.:shock: Now that should raise some collective angst.

 

[harvyk]

I'm taking bets on the sentence. I'm putting 3:2 odds that she'll get a slap on the wrist, good behaviour warning and no conviction recorded. 60:1 for jail term; 100:1 odds for maximum penalty possible.

100:1 odds hey, I would put it more like 500:1. No doubt she has had everyone from her grandkids to the owner of the corner store she buys her weekly lottery ticket from state how she really is sweet and innocent and how this is all a big misunderstanding.

On a more serious note, just under $20,000 to turn the plane around hey? I can think of better things to do with that sort of money. No doubt QF will be looking to recover those costs from her, and chances are that will be the real punishment.

 

[flyingfan]

I'm taking bets on the sentence. I'm putting 3:2 odds that she'll get a slap on the wrist, good behaviour warning and no conviction recorded. 60:1 for jail term; 100:1 odds for maximum penalty possible.

That sounds right. Too many slaps on the wrists and not enough deterrence it seems to me at times.

On a more serious note, just under $20,000 to turn the plane around hey? I can think of better things to do with that sort of money. No doubt QF will be looking to recover those costs from her, and chances are that will be the real punishment.

And I also expect QF to ban her for life. Would be good if she could also be made to compensate all her fellow passengers for the inconvenience they incurred too.

 

[haydensydney]

It's not OTT to have three beers - not excessive.

You should've joined in and had a drinking contest!

 

[Pushka]

It's not OTT to have three beers - not excessive.

You should've joined in and had a drinking contest!

Drinking 3 cans of beer at 2pm would be an all time low for me.

 

[freepyjamas]

About 15 years ago I was a young man who got bumped up to F on SQ.

A fellow bumpee was an older Frenchman, with a gregarious taste for life and a liver to match.

When the FA came up to us, asking if we'd prefer Dom or Krug before takeoff, my new French mate politely asked me if I'd mind if he took charge of the booze, because it was a passion of his.

No problem says I.

So New French Mate (NFM) says to the FA "We will have a small taste of both the Dom Perignon and the Krug, and then we will decide which we shall drink". FA took this to mean "We will have both the Dom AND the Krug", so she poured us a glass of each.

That was pre-takeoff, two glasses down.

Once the seatbelt sign was off, she brought us each another glass of Dom and Krug.

4 glasses down.

Dinner service. FA: "Would you like the Sancerre or the Burgundy?" NFM: "We shall try a little of both and then decide". Two full glasses of each. That's 6 down.

Main course. FA: "Bordeaux or Burgundy?" NFM: "We shall try a little..." Two full glasses of each. That's 8 down now.

Still going on main course, FA refills both our glasses. That's 10 down now.

Dessert. FA: "Taylors or Ware's Port?" NFM: "A little of both." Two glasses. That's a dozen now. It was like an artfully absurd comedy sketch, fuelled by top booze and the heady thrill of an unexpected op-up.

Both NFM and myself decide that Krug is better than Dom in the air (it's more obvious so holds up better in the cabin) so we ask for a bottle. FA (bless her) gives it to us. I think we finish it, which would be 3 more glasses, so that's 15. NFM and myself are best of friends, promising to stay at each other's places, share holidays together and God knows what else.

By the end of the Krug I'm pretty much lapsing into a coma, so I recline the seat (not fully flat back then) and try to slide into oblivion, but I started to get cabin-spin and spend the rest of the flight from CDG-SNG trying not to hurl the most expensive vomit of my life.

I kept it all down somehow, and that's my one (and only) story of drinking WAY WAY WAY too much on a plane.

But if I'm ever find myself in F again, and they're making with the unlimited Dom/Krug, then moderation goes out the window. I may be sensible, but I'm not stupid.

 

[TonyHancock]

Drinking 3 cans of beer at 2pm would be an all time low for me.

Same for me, I'm more a 4-5 pints man...although not when flying. (I'm not a big fan of toilets on aircraft.)

 

[horseman]

I see no issue here, flying syd - ABX I'd normally knock back a good half dozen in the lounge then a few cans in the plane, probly more if virgin didnt stock that rubbish blonde beer stuff on Dom flights

 

[munitalP]

I must admit I failed in the challenge.

I had 2 crowns in the QPJ before departure, that was 2 within 25 mins or so, then I had Wasabi peas supplied with my first crown onboard where after eating a couple and clearing my sinus, I wiped my eye.

Bad move.

I did have a second, but really didn't enjoy it as much as the first.

I promise to try again next week without the wasabi peas this time.

 

[amaroo]

Drinking 3 cans of beer at 2pm would be an all time low for me.

Perception of time is not the same for everyone, all of the time!

Shift workers, 2-3-4-5 weeks at a time workers coming home & even your stock standard person on holidays are all examples of people who would enjoy a drink at 2pm or earlier.

Then there are people like me:!: Fair suck of the sav......2pm is almost night time

 

[AirKat]

There is this TR over on FT 8 bottles of Dom from LAX-BKK on SQ in F - FlyerTalk Forums that makes 3 lousy cans of Fosters look like your average morning tea!

It's worth a read if you haven't already - very well written & very funny!

Thank you, I hadn't read it. Gives us all something to aim for

 

[jetlagger]

Geez Pushka, you certainly wouldn't want to part of the 'fun & frolics" aboard the JQ - DRW/MNL flights. A substantial number of the gents on their break time & was/is/will never be a problem for me- just a few united quite wind down ales & assorted beverages.. Always well behaved & polite to the obliging crew.. In my observations, replicated for most flights, where the gents or ladies are simply trying to relax.. Inclusively supplied or self funded.

 

[TonyHancock]

I must admit I failed in the challenge.

I had 2 crowns in the QPJ before departure, that was 2 within 25 mins or so, then I had Wasabi peas supplied with my first crown onboard where after eating a couple and clearing my sinus, I wiped my eye.

Bad move.

I did have a second, but really didn't enjoy it as much as the first.

I promise to try again next week without the wasabi peas this time.

Poor show Maybe I'll buy you a shandy at the mid year do!


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[ashleyn]

About 15 years ago I was a young man who got bumped up to F on SQ.

A fellow bumpee was an older Frenchman, with a gregarious taste for life and a liver to match.

When the FA came up to us, asking if we'd prefer Dom or Krug before takeoff, my new French mate politely asked me if I'd mind if he took charge of the booze, because it was a passion of his.

No problem says I.

So New French Mate (NFM) says to the FA "We will have a small taste of both the Dom Perignon and the Krug, and then we will decide which we shall drink". FA took this to mean "We will have both the Dom AND the Krug", so she poured us a glass of each.

That was pre-takeoff, two glasses down.

Once the seatbelt sign was off, she brought us each another glass of Dom and Krug.

4 glasses down.

Dinner service. FA: "Would you like the Sancerre or the Burgundy?" NFM: "We shall try a little of both and then decide". Two full glasses of each. That's 6 down.

Main course. FA: "Bordeaux or Burgundy?" NFM: "We shall try a little..." Two full glasses of each. That's 8 down now.

Still going on main course, FA refills both our glasses. That's 10 down now.

Dessert. FA: "Taylors or Ware's Port?" NFM: "A little of both." Two glasses. That's a dozen now. It was like an artfully absurd comedy sketch, fuelled by top booze and the heady thrill of an unexpected op-up.

Both NFM and myself decide that Krug is better than Dom in the air (it's more obvious so holds up better in the cabin) so we ask for a bottle. FA (bless her) gives it to us. I think we finish it, which would be 3 more glasses, so that's 15. NFM and myself are best of friends, promising to stay at each other's places, share holidays together and God knows what else.

By the end of the Krug I'm pretty much lapsing into a coma, so I recline the seat (not fully flat back then) and try to slide into oblivion, but I started to get cabin-spin and spend the rest of the flight from CDG-SNG trying not to hurl the most expensive vomit of my life.

I kept it all down somehow, and that's my one (and only) story of drinking WAY WAY WAY too much on a plane.

But if I'm ever find myself in F again, and they're making with the unlimited Dom/Krug, then moderation goes out the window. I may be sensible, but I'm not stupid.

Quality work FPJ.