Sir, – A while back my wife and I took a very early morning flight to Portugal to visit our daughter who is domiciled there. Sitting in the bar I couldn’t but notice four young men guzzling, for want of a better word, pints of Guinness. Guzzling Guinness at this ungodly hour. God bless their constitution, I thought, drained my pint of Smithwick’s and headed for our gate. – Yours, etc,
GERRY MORAN,
Coote’s Lane,
Kilkenny.
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Sir, – Many years ago on a flight to New York, about an hour out, I asked the flight attendant for a whiskey. As she came back I noticed that no one else in my vicinity was drinking.
When I got the drink, the person seated next to me said: “Enjoy.” When I remarked on the fact I seemed to be the only one with a drink, he laughed and said: “We are all members of AA heading to an AA convention in New York.”
I didn’t drink for the rest of the flight. – Yours, etc,
DICK BYRNE,
Craughwell,
Co Galway.
