Six months behind bars for swigging beer on street in Spain’s Costa Almeria

I suppose there’s no other way , but question is this , how long will this post take before it turns to bashing the uk . 

5 .....4......3.......2...................1 booooooom 

Article doesn’t give his nationality, so they’ll be no English bashing on that Score.

Seems like someone had scant regard for the law though

Kds is not far off the mark. I worked in Bedfordshire in the late 1960's and early 1970's. I arrived as a teenager from Ireland with some kind of ambitions that I was going to make something of my life. My first flat I shared with another Irishman. He was crazily drunk every weekend and to be honest I shared his joy and conducted myself in the same manner. We were away from home for the first time, we earned our first pay, we had difficulty in understanding English people speaking in strange accents. Why do they wait until Sunday before washing the livin' bejazus out of their cars and leave suds accumulate before their vehicles gleamed like a mirror? Very strange people, the English!

Many of us drank like blazes whenever we could. It wasn't long before we became known as the Drunken Irish (a title well earned by successive generations of Irish emigrants too). To be honest, we tried hard to promote the title and suddenly realised we were now living the stereotype and in many cases deserved it. It is easy to get caught up in such a lifestyle and perhaps the alternative (back home) was not as good. [I'm praising the Brits here, in case the point was missed].

If there's one thing the Paddys and the Brits shared simultaneously it is rain, frost, snow, cold, dampness, 'flu, unemployment, arthritis and  some sense of humour (most of us even share the same television programmes). Many Irish learned the lesson that even if some are often drunk and disorderly the rest of the Irish were tainted with the same reputation. So it is on the Costas. Our advantage here is if we (Irish) are drunk the Spaniards think we're British. Alcohol is relatively cheap in Spain and of course English speaking people will consume. The weather is better, many are on holidays and naturally high spirits are good and why not make a good time better? Then we all get a bit older and look at such people with some kind of contempt that we failed to see in ourselves in the past. 

I think I've written enough, but I think the reader will get the gist of what I'm about. 

That was quite an entertaining flashback Matthew!  However, the culprit in Roquetas was neither British or Irish, just very young, bored and stupid from what I've heard.  

. . . . . and Juanida, we all need colourful characters. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" (no money for guessing who said that).

Matthew, standing in the dock, facing the magistrate for public order offenses ....? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I've always thought that habitual drunks or binge drinkers (not alcoholics)  don't really like themselves in the sober state.  A sort of lack of esteem.  Pity, because such people are often so much more interesting in the sober state than they believe themselves to be. 

Hi Dario and Juanida. Yes I agree I was a colourful character and to a certain extent still am. I ain't sayin' mine was a perfect life. But, I've enjoyed it, at least up to now. 

. . . . . . . . and another quote:- When you point the finger, four of your fingers are pointing at you.

When all this Covid-19 is all over and I'm talking a long time hence - I hope we can all meet on some terrace or other and share some good laughs.

Hahaha just had s reminder that this wasn’t posted . Blimey my finger must be working really fast . Below is my point lol 

If u mention politics , uk gets bashed 

If u mention way of life , Uk gets bashed 

If u mention how to slice  a loaf of bread 

Uk gets bashed lol