Conspicuous ConsumptionHave you ever been photographed sat on a balcony eating a croissant; or wallowed in luxury just for the sake of it? What's the most ostentatious thing you ever seen or done?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:18)
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I once bought a round!Three bottles of Budweiser (the US crap not the real one) for the equivalent of 33 quid.
Worste I've seen though is a bottle of Speckled Hen for what amounts to fifteen or sixteen quid. I hadn't the heart to tell my girlfriend's dad I could buy a bottle for a tenth of that in the local shop.
Top tip: If you're going to drink in Norway buy the wine of the week from the wine monopoly shop -- it's usually decent stuff for around the same or less than we pay for it -- but it will be a fiver a bottle or more.
(, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 17:57, 1 reply)
In Finnmark.....way up north, everyone we met gave us a fanta bottle of 'burn' - their homebrew moonshine. Yay!
Also, asking directions from Berlevag to Tromso everyone refused to give any directions that didn't involve driving through Finland, because the beer is cheaper there.
So much for getting people to drink less by putting up the price.
(, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:36, closed)
Reminds me of a visit to Sweden.I've notnseen people pile that much booze into trolleys outside of a cash and carry. I saw Norwegians with a hundred or so cans of beer coming out ofnthe purpose-built-for-norwegians off-license.
(, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 17:24, closed)
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