drunk tanks
With the current overloading of a+e I think its high time we brought back drunk tanks where certain people just got put to wait until it was quieter, regardless of injuries. If you choose to put yourself in a situation (I.e. paralytic) where you are likely to get both hurt and aggressive, then why should people who make more sensible choices have to wait for you?
(Smegma, Sat 18 May 2013, 21:22, 5 replies)

occasionally, it's not entirely their fault
i once had a few drinks with a bloke. didn't know that what he was giving me was homebrew whisky, pure hooch. after 4 drinks, i ended up in hospital with alcohol poisoning. i didn't touch booze for 2 years and i've never drunk anything from an unmarked bottle since, but i might have died without the help of the A&E staff. naive, maybe, but not entirely my fault.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 18 May 2013, 21:30, closed)

Yes.
That would certainly be a progressive and civilised way to deal with the serious issue of alcohol dependence. You are clearly an informed and thoughtful person and in no way a pointless fuckwit.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 18 May 2013, 22:12, closed)

I agree. I for one believe we should go further and make alcohol completely illegal.
Some capitalist dissidents who support oil companies and big pharma might argue that the last large-scale attempt to try this was a complete disaster (the USA during the 1920s), but they're enemies of progress and should be shouted into silence and have all their works discredited in trials by media.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sun 19 May 2013, 0:33, closed)

Yeah, but don't forget the fat people

(woocfot friends with Sacha Distel, Sun 19 May 2013, 1:19, closed)