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In "Lloyd George and the Search for a Postwar Naval Policy, 1919", an essay by J. Kenneth McDonald in Lloyd George: Twelve Essays edited by A. J. P. Taylor, we read a comment by Thomas Jones (assistant secretary to the Cabinet) to Maurice Hankey (Cabinet Secretary) that "If they [the Admiralty] get their way we shall manufacture Bolsheviks faster than Hoover produced his pigs". I presume that Hoover is Herbert Hoover, but what were his pigs? Thank you, DuncanHill ( talk) 13:40, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Not seeking to do this-- I heard about it in the news recently and have to wonder how common it is. Does it mean literally drinking til you pass out? Is this something that normal recreational drinkers do on purpose with any regularity? What about more serious professional drinkers / alcoholics? What is the attraction? Or is it something that normally only happens with less experienced drinkers who haven't yet found their limits? Thanks. 173.228.123.166 ( talk) 22:37, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the links, which were helpful. Professional drinker as I've heard it is a jocular term for regular bar patrons who show up and imbibe basically every night, and maybe during the daytime too. If you show up at a bar now and then, after a while you notice there are certain guys who are just always there, sipping away. Thus the inference that they make a living at it somehow. 173.228.123.166 ( talk) 01:13, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
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In "Lloyd George and the Search for a Postwar Naval Policy, 1919", an essay by J. Kenneth McDonald in Lloyd George: Twelve Essays edited by A. J. P. Taylor, we read a comment by Thomas Jones (assistant secretary to the Cabinet) to Maurice Hankey (Cabinet Secretary) that "If they [the Admiralty] get their way we shall manufacture Bolsheviks faster than Hoover produced his pigs". I presume that Hoover is Herbert Hoover, but what were his pigs? Thank you, DuncanHill ( talk) 13:40, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Not seeking to do this-- I heard about it in the news recently and have to wonder how common it is. Does it mean literally drinking til you pass out? Is this something that normal recreational drinkers do on purpose with any regularity? What about more serious professional drinkers / alcoholics? What is the attraction? Or is it something that normally only happens with less experienced drinkers who haven't yet found their limits? Thanks. 173.228.123.166 ( talk) 22:37, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the links, which were helpful. Professional drinker as I've heard it is a jocular term for regular bar patrons who show up and imbibe basically every night, and maybe during the daytime too. If you show up at a bar now and then, after a while you notice there are certain guys who are just always there, sipping away. Thus the inference that they make a living at it somehow. 173.228.123.166 ( talk) 01:13, 2 October 2018 (UTC)