Not sexual
But certainly a misconception.

Here in New Zealand we've been using the metric system since 1976, well before I was born. I was raised on metres and litres, thank you very much. So on a board like b3ta, where the majority of contributors are from the UK and USA, everyone talks in Imperial. Reading through some previous QOTWs, I was growingly astounded by the gargantuan amounts of alcohol everyone claimed to have consumed. "13 pints? Easy!" quoth one. Tales of 10+ pints per night were oft mentioned and I confess I started to feel ever so slightly embarrassed about my country's seemingly pathetic drinking habits, imagining a pint to be some vast unearthly measure.

Imagine my disappointment when I actually investigated how much a pint was.... It's only half a bloody litre! 10 pints is only 5 litres... Suddenly my own drinking prowess swelled magnificently in comparison.

I now feel much more secure in the power of my liver.
(Holy Gabrielle is Holy, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 5:40, 13 replies)

good old new zealnd
i too had the same problem!! bloody americans!!
( jakedamusss I understand, and dont care., Mon 29 Sep 2008, 5:54, closed)

You're almost right
2 litres is 3.52 pints.

I know this from my mid-teens, when the maximum volume and strength in % had to be calculated in relation to the pittance available to spend - all in a few seconds.

And they say maths is useless in daily life...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 9:21, closed)

Is it?
From what i could gather, US/UK pints work out to 470/570 mL, but that was just an internet convertor. Glad to give your math some use
(Holy Gabrielle is Holy, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 9:28, closed)

I'm pretty sure
I can visualise the back of a 2L bottle of Lowenbrau in Winchester's Threshers off license, font and everything.

*is very, very sad*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 9:44, closed)

Haha
That sounds about right then
(Holy Gabrielle is Holy, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 9:49, closed)

also I think
American beer has a lower alcohol %.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 9:25, closed)

In general
Yeah.
Obviously there're massive variations.

For maximum comedy effect though, give a American lager-drinker a pint of Scrotes Old Sackrot when they ask for a beer...
( Cawl, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 10:08, closed)

Also
a British pint is 568ml. A US pint is only 473ml.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 9:28, closed)

Yup
US pint = the anti booze.

a PROPER pint is 568ml. (says so on a pint of milk).
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 10:28, closed)

wow
I had no idea a US pint was less than ours.

Stupid Merkins
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 14:23, closed)

Stupid stupid Merkins
They actually use the rhyme 'A pint's a pound, the whole world round', despite the fact that it's only the American pint that consists of 16 fluid ounces and not 20.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 15:54, closed)

Hmmm..
..I drink most evenings and still think 10 pints is a lot. If that's a premium lager then we're talking about 3 bottles of red wine to get the same alcohol content. I'm a big drinker but struggle to drink two bottles of win, and rarely have more than 7 pints of lager - enough to get me dancing on the tables, spouting annoying gibberish, leching on women and then sleeping late the next morning. Does anyone really consider drinking 10 pints normal?
(lost, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 16:29, closed)

Not me
Normally six pints, maybe seven, and that's me.
That's far more drunk than i'm comfortable with (middle-lightweight, me), and (unless it's over a sizable period of time) I find it pretty tough to stomach that much.
I guess ale's a bit heavier on you though.

But ten pints? Nah. That's for people with silly alcohol tolerance and less concern for not waking up in odd places.
(Sundayturkey has the biggest mug of tea, Mon 29 Sep 2008, 21:47, closed)