French children used to be given wine daily

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[–]Megatron95 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Half a liter(10.56688 pint US) of wine? Holy shit. I wouldn't have made it past lunch.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Damn, US pints are only 473ml? Tell me that isn't what they serve. The UK enjoys a standard 568ml pint.

[–]Megatron95 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Nonsensical imperial units. Going for a pint does have a nice ring to it though.

[–]In-the-clouds 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Now schoolchildren who have their parents' consent take prescription drugs daily, including central nervous system stimulants (methylphenidate and amphetamine) for "attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder".

Jesus gave wine to his disciples, so wine must be good in moderation.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just gave my urchins pills to keep in their pockets when they needed a sudafed or smth for allergies. Obviously-stupid rules should be resisted.

[–]IkeConn 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When did the Republicans move to France?

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was a better time.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Is this true?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It used to be standard to give children low alcohol beer in Europe and America, makes sense the same would be true of wine. Probably very low alcohol content.

[–]HonkyTonky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just ate a newspaper that was soaked in wine

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

they also used to not have safe drinking water supplies and the booze was safer to drink so :shrug:

[–]Musky[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes. In 1956, Prime Minister Pierre Mendès passed a law banning alcohol in schools for children under 14, and it wasn't until September 1981 that alcohol was also banned for kids 14+ in high school.

[–]gosso920 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And now you know why the French fared so poorly in WWI, WWII, Algeria, French Indochina...

[–]twolanterns 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

no detail about how watered down it was