Only in...

[ampersand]

Only in Montreal. And I ask you, would this happen at a Chippendale Themed Restaurant?

[ampersand]

Only in New Zealand, can drunk cooking be a serious problem. Don't drink and fry?

[Rorschach]

While I'm sure it's a serious problem, I can't get over how much that guy in the poster looks like an utter utter douchebag.
Also: go home and cook? Aren't there any kebab shops in New Zealand?

[Deacon]

I have to believe that the epic dicksmacking douchebaggery pictured in that advert was intentional and integral to the message that only unbelievable twats like that would ever cook their own food after having a pint, and you're not one of those people, right? Etc...

And as far as I know there's no place on earth that doesn't have some form of late-night drunk food or another, whether tacos or gyros or kebabs or SOMETHING.

That said: how big a problem is this really??

[collegestudent22]

If they are still drunk after getting home and cooking, wouldn't the problem be the drunk DRIVING, not the cooking?

[Deacon]

Some places have cabs, public transportation, and pubs within walking distance.

[collegestudent22]

Ignoring that you are more likely to cause an accident by walking home drunk than driving home drunk, I still don't understand how big a problem this could possibly be.

[ampersand]

New Zealand is a rather small country. You're only five hundred feet away from a drunken sheep at all times.

[Deacon]

Ignoring that you are more likely to cause an accident by walking home drunk than driving home drunk, I still don't understand how big a problem this could possibly be.

Sometimes I wonder about you.

[collegestudent22]

Freakonomics. Walking a mile drunk is about 8 times as dangerous as driving a mile drunk. You are only really "safe" if you call a cab or take a bus.

[mikejcpt]

That said: how big a problem is this really??

Well, I asked one of my faculty members currently on sabbatical in NZ right now.

Yes, they do like to drink here, especially the young people. Experienced Saturday night (from our bed) until the wee hours in the morning as our room faced the bar district. Quite interesting.

His specialties are ergonomics and occupational safety.

[Deacon]

Freakonomics. Walking a mile drunk is about 8 times as dangerous as driving a mile drunk. You are only really "safe" if you call a cab or take a bus.

That's a poor use of vague estimates translated to raw numbers with no context. Besides, walking drunk may be dangerous to YOU, but driving drunk is dangerous to EVERYONE ELSE, including those who are walking next to it, drunk or otherwise.

[ampersand]

I'd be interested to hear from our resident Kiwi expert. Or at least his wife. I just find it amusing how here in the United States the emphasis is on drinking and driving with such slogans as "buzz driving is drunk driving" and of course "friends don't let other friends drive drunk." In New Zealand, it's about drinking and cooking.

[collegestudent22]

Besides, walking drunk may be dangerous to YOU, but driving drunk is dangerous to EVERYONE ELSE, including those who are walking next to it, drunk or otherwise.

Walking drunk is not only dangerous to the person walking. People walking home drunk frequently stumble into the street, which could cause people driving next to that sidewalk harm, or other pedestrians. I'm not saying I agree with the statistic being accurate, but to say that the only danger from walking drunk is to yourself is completely inaccurate.

[The Cid]

You are only really "safe" if you call a cab or take a bus.

How often do you find yourself in the backseat of a taxi? Because "safe" isn't always the first word I'd use to describe the habits of some of the late night cabbies I've had.

I'm not saying I agree with the statistic being accurate, but to say that the only danger from walking drunk is to yourself is completely inaccurate.

Are you taking into account the notion that one can be too drunk to drive, but still well within their ability to safely walk somewhere? It seems to me that most people who drink regularly can walk alright with a .08 BAC, which would be over-the-limit for driving here. Yes, a couple more drinks from there and the same person might need help walking home--and don't forget that a drunk person walking alone is basically a flashing neon target for muggers--but at that point the drinking itself is getting toward the level of physically dangerous.