This article comes from the WeChat public account: Nine Lines (ID: jiuxing_neweekly) , author: old artists, from head Figure: vision China

Recently, the world has been sweating for the British Prime Minister.

It was just recently reported that Boris Johnson was transferred to the intensive care unit. Fortunately, he has left the ICU. After leaving the hospital, he made his appearance and delivered inspirational comments.

This is by far the first head of state infected with the new coronavirus. It stands to reason that the British nation should be more nervous, but the British people seem to be more calm than we thought.

The conservative and humble, well-formed British in the impression, in this epidemic, let everyone see their B side-the humorous character of unrestrained love and freedom.

What restaurants and movie theaters can be closed, and when the bar is ready to close, the British begin to sing a contradiction. Hundreds of British people stayed in the bar the night before, and the 90-year-old grandpa who was suffering from cancer competed for a toast at the bar cry.

Even when Boris publicly advised everyone to maintain a social distance, the British Prime Minister and his dad raised the bar online:

“He said” Try to avoid “, but I must go.”

Don’t look at the English people so slick, all are alcoholics. In the final analysis, we still underestimate this “drinker power”, the British are really very sullen.

First, know an Englishman, just go to the club

British people cannot imagine living in a world without bars.

This statement is no exaggeration. The “Daily Mail” described the people who ignored the government’s suggestion and still wanted to gather at the bar as “Dying for a Drink”, that is, they would drink even if they died.

I ca n’t go to the bar anymore, so I went to the supermarket to grab a drink, and started an online bar party at home to have a drink. There can be no freedom, but there can be no bar, although it is virtual.

△ British online virtual bar / Twitter screenshot

As usual, the British pub is a unique landscape.

I do n’t know which drunkard spread this sentence in the UK:

“If you haven’t been to a pub, you haven’t been to Britain.” (If you have not been to a bar, you I have never been to the UK)

This is a country where there is no traffic jam during peak hours. When night comes, you may really see what the British look like.

Up to the gray-haired elders, down to the group of young students, regardless of whether they are men or women, whether they are wearing formal suits or casual work clothes, they are shuttled inside and outside the bars and have a glass of beer.

British bars are not simply equivalent to nightclubs as we understand them. They are divided into pub, bar and club.

Clubs are a place for young people to sip a few drinks on the bar before going to a nightclub. The common civilian pub can even be as dense as a convenience store.

△ Some British people even sit on the ground and drink, grounded drinking method / Graphic Creative

There are currently about 50,000 bars in the UK, of which more than ¾ British adults have been to the bar, and ⅓ is a frequent visitor who visits at least once a week.

British people have 10,000 kinds of reasons to go to the bar. Every birthday, promotion and college will come to the bar to celebrate, can you imagine? Even Mother’s Day in the UK likes to drag family to the bar to celebrate.

△ British Bar Density List / reddit

There are so many types of British pubs that are dazzling. There are students, youth, themes, parent-child bars, food bars, sports bars, etc.

Many are specially designed for students, female customers and even family gatherings, similar to the restaurant bar in the recreation area, you can bring children into the venue It is only necessary to show proof that you are over 18 years old) .

△ Bar is a very important social place for British people / unsplash

I remember staying in the UKMy friend Tomas told me that students in the UK do not mean bad students when they go to bars.

Society activities like to meet in a bar, even have a drink after completing homework and exams, and even a bar led by a teacher. During the freshman week, you can also see many college students lying on the streets.

After Tomas returned to China, he was boasted of booze, but he laughed at himself and said: It hasn’t been trained by Britain in the past few years. I really have no friends without a few drinks.

Second, the British, probably grew up in clubbing in their last life

Maybe you are wondering, why does a seemingly elegant Englishman have to quarrel and be free? It is no exaggeration to say that the British ancestors were soaked up in the bar. As early as a thousand years ago, the British began to make bars.

△ Gin Lane, a painting by British painter William Hogarth, depicts how Londoners indulge in the world of alcohol / wiki

Bars in the UK love “selling old souls”, and barmen always tirelessly debate which one is the most traditional.

Nottingham, England ’s “Old Jellyans” claimed to be the oldest bar. In the 1970s, archaeologists also inspected the cave under the bar, proving that the history of the cave can be traced back to the 12th century.