Who Goes To The Boozer To Count The Calories On Beer?

[youngmafbog]

Honestly, I know most politicians are out of touch with the public these days but this one is taking the biscuit.
"shadow health minister Liz Kendall suggested beer pumps should display the number of calories in a pint."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11923957/Most-calorific-beers-REVEALED-amid-calls-nutritional-info-beer-taps.html

[Deskdiary]

Yes, fine - but it's being unnecessarily pedantic.

Nobody cares, and the average person, of which I am one, wouldn't consider beer as food in the true sense of the meaning of food*.

*given many of your posts of late, I'll save you the bother of asking for proof of this by saying I don't have any.

[tomus42]

It would be extra information about what you're putting into your body.

Anyone not interested should probably just ignore it rather than moaning about it.

[Prudie]

"and the average person, of which I am one, wouldn't consider beer as food in the true sense of the meaning of food"
And I would change the word average to normal. Still it's been a giggle. Next what's for dinner thread I might say beer and see who else thinks that constitutes food.

[fender62]

people eat till there full, people get full of beer but carry on drinking more anyway, not the calories but the buzz.

[roadman]

maybe it would sway my decision on what beer i would choose to be honest

[Deskdiary]

You’re the exception that proves the rule then roadman.

The vast vast majority couldn’t care less.

[Deskdiary]

“The vast vast majority couldn’t care less.”

Again, for TCL’s benefit, I don’t have proof or evidence for this.

[New Judge]

//...maybe it would sway my decision on what beer i would choose to be honest//

Well I've been drinking real ale since before it went out of fashion and then made a resurgence. If I go for a liquid lunch with my friends in London I will drink probably four or five pints. At no time in my drinking "career" have I ever concerned myself with the calories it contained. I'm fortunate that I don't have to watch my weight and my health is fairly robust so it matters not a jot to me whether a pint of beer contains 250 calories (the average for a 5% ABV ale), 200 or 300 (and there are not many real ales that would fall outside that range). What concerns me more than anything is the taste and it does not concern me how many calories my ale contains. If I had to be careful of either I doubt I'd drink beer at all (or at least not in the quantities I enjoy). This is an utter nonsense because anybody who is concerned about calories to the extent that +/- 30 calories would determine their choice should not drink beer at all.

[THECORBYLOON]

NJ, it might influence the number of pints consumed.

[Deskdiary]

TCL do you have any proof or evidence of that?

[Peter Pedant]

Who goes to the boozer and counts the calories in beer
well I know a few men who should
hur hur hur

[red46]

Thanks Hazlinny for help.

[THECORBYLOON]

DD, I don't have evidence which is why I claimed it "might" influence folk.

You, on the other hand, appear to be certain that the opposite applies since you claimed that anyone ordering a pint would not be bothered about the calories.

[THECORBYLOON]

ROADMAN's post appears to show your assertion is incorrect.

[THECORBYLOON]

It also appears to justify my claim...

[Gromit]

// Who Goes To The Boozer To Count The Calories On Beer? //

You could ask that about all nutritional labels on food items. I don’t read them and I doubt most other people don’t. But some do, and some people find it useful.

Beer labels and pumps state the alcohol content. That certainly influences my purchasing. I suspect if the nutritional information was there, then people would use it.

[1ozzy]

I count the beers.
*** the calories.
Who cares?

[ToraToraTora]

They're having a Turkish! Yes we know booze is fattening we don't need reminding! I get annoyed when I'm in a harvester type place and the burger I'm about to order turns out to be a gazillion calories! Doesn't affect my order but it does sort of taint the enjoyment! Last thing I need is the same thing in a battle cruiser!

[ToraToraTora]

DD: "Is TCL taking over from jno as AB’s official contrarian? " - taking over? jno is like Accrington Stanley to TCL's Real Madrid in the contrarian stakes.

[ToraToraTora]

Perhaps NTNON will have to redo this sketch.....