Article: A Baa Baa Black Sheep in Urdu has got nothing on vertical drinking.(Column)

Byline: PETER DOBBIE

POLICEMAN told me last week about a phenomenon called vertical drinking. It entails going into a pub, not sitting down for several hours, drinking yourself into oblivion and then fighting in the street outside.

Many of you may not be familiar with the expression or the rules of engagement.

But you will certainly be alltoo-familiar with the results.

Vertical drinking is the buzzword among senior coppers who are trying to work out how to deal with a particular British madness. You do not have to go far to find it.

This weekend is a Bank Holiday, an expression redolent of a time when Britain was painted in ...

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