binge drinking

I’m confused. Just a bare few months ago we had Geoffrey Palmer, wearing his Law Commission hat, recommending draconian changes to our liquor laws, allegedly because of our “binge drinking” culture.

Then the Government is said to be considering raising the drinking age from 18  to 20, despite the party voting resoundingly to oppose such a move at its National conference.

And just last week we had Steven Joyce announce changes to drink driving laws adding even more confusion around the drinking age. Essentially the government is saying that at 18 you can drink, but you can’t drive with any alcohol in your system until your are aged 20 years.

This is all horribly confusing. To make matters worse the Government administration select committee yesterday heard submissions on the Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill which would make it easier to grant urgent approvals for temporary activities and facilities during the tournament.

So on one hand we have the Law Commission saying we have a binge drinking culture and on the other a government enabling quicker licensing for booze premises for the World Cup.

Mixed messages? I think so. Or perhaps there is a fair bit of lobbying going on behind the scenes filling the coffers of the lobbyists. Who would know?

Tiger Woods, he seems to have put even Nashy the Rooter to shame having at least 3 women on the go at the same time. On the other hand Nashy might just be able to get some pointers from Tiger or perhaps they could share notes.

The word is that Tiger is so ashamed at getting caught that he has agreed to family calls to change his name by deed-poll. No longer will he be Tiger Woods. His new name though is expected to carry on the Animal/Golf theme.

Stepping out on a golf course shortly will be Cheetah Woods. Same guy different name.

Of course Sickopedia has an awesome collection jokes (nine pages so far) about this. Here are some of the less offensive;

That’s the first time Tiger Woods has failed to drive 300 yards…

What do seals, and Tiger Woods, have in common? They both get clubbed by Scandinavians.

Tiger Woods. Brilliant putter, not such a great driver.

Crouching tiger hidden hydrant.

So a third woman has revealed she also had an affair with tiger woods…
I’m starting to wonder how many holes tiger has played.

It’s even harder to find Tiger Woods Cheats on google now….

I guess Tiger Woods gets his driving ability from the Asian side of his family…

Is there no end to Tiger Woods talents ? Now he’s trying his hand at magic, move over David Blaine, Tiger managed to turn a car into a Fire Hydrant and then into a tree … ‘Awesome’!

Isn’t it funny how people keep repeating things because they just need to convince themselves that despite all evidence to the contrary they are actually right?

John Howard was one of them.

“Mr Howard has predicted the poll margin will narrow once the election is called”

and Helen Clark is another.

“I believe that in the home straight before the election itself the polls will begin to narrow.”

Hmmmm….