thanks for the exhaustive report on the big A consumption in Europe. I have to say that I was stunned by the outcome; not just where Finns ended up, but it seems like there’s something dubious about notorious Slovene drinkers. so, guys, you be good this weekend and try to rise that … although, I don’t really know if I should be proud, but that’s another story to be discussed in the company of cold beer and a big bowl of popcorn.

also I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying the blog. I’ll try to ramp up the production too.

afwan to you too, and happy birthday when it comes!

Mladen

The whole story about drinking in Finland inspired me to make a research about alcohol consumption in Europe. Well … not exactly “research” because all I did was typing in “alcohol consumption in europe” into Google. The most reliable source of information was the World Health Organization (2004) European statistcal database. And the results are interesting indeed. It turned out that Finland is actually slightly BELOW the European average alcohol consumption (10.8 liters/person/year) with 10.4 liters of alcohol being consumed per person a year. I always thought Slovenia was the land of drunks as well, but we’re well below EU average: “only” 6.6 liters/person/year.
The surprising “winner” of the alcohol consumption contest is - you are not going to believe me - Luxemburg (!!)with 17.5 liters/person/year. Weird, isn’t it? Czech Republic is second, with 16.2 liters, followed by a number of countries from Austria to Germany with substantially higher consumption than notorious Finland. Funny, isn’t it?

Anyway, I’m throwing a birthday party today, together with 4 other. There’s going to be free drink for everybody and hell we’re going to try to raise the Slovenian score!!! :)

And Mladen, it is fun reading your posts, keep up the good work!

Have fun afwan!