17 Scottish Drinking Quirks That Make The Rest Of The World Say "WTF"Skip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 10 Oct 2017 17 Scottish Drinking Quirks That Make The Rest Of The World Say WTF Drinking in a park at 1am in January? Yeah that's perfectly normal here. by Hilary MitchellBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink 1 Keeping your empties and using them as a cross between a trophy and a decoration Twitter: @Bairdy1985 Like the stuffed heads of animals you've killed. 2 Spending every single social occasion in the pub Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Channel 4 Films / BuzzFeed People in other countries don't automatically gravitate to bars whenever they want to hang out with their friends. Hell, just look at Friends – those guys were always in a coffee shop. Other cultures just don't love pubs the way we do. 3 Our love of caffeinated booze Twitter: @jmccorki Here's a fact that'll blow your mind: Caffeinated alcoholic drinks are actually banned in the US. Imagine the outcry if that happened in Scotland. From Buckfast to Dragon Soop, we just love drinks that wake us up while they get us shitfaced. 4 Drinking outdoors even when it s freezing Twitter: @ScottishCaption This is basically a rite of passage for all of our teenagers. If you've never made a snow angel in a city-centre park at 1am in January, are you even Scottish? 5 Letting dugs into pubs Twitter: @katie_pooch Apparently this is seen as "unhygienic" in other countries: They don't know what they're missing out on. Plus dogs are way more hygienic than drunk people. 6 And letting kids into pubs Twitter: @twisteddoodles We hardy Scots tend to visit pubs from an early age, but it's not really the done thing in other countries. Still, didn't do me any harm. *strawpedos a pint of whisky* 7 Pouring booze into a bottle of juice so you can drink it on the sly when you re out and about Twitter: @nicky_justin_x Usually when you need to spend a long bus journey into town getting a wee bit pissed with your pals, or when you're up a hill freezing your ass off at Hogmanay. 8 Pubs staying open until 1am facebook.com / Twitter: @TomBlackfordArt This confuses pretty much everyone who comes to visit, as does the fact off-licences close so damn early. In England, pubs tend to shut at 11pm, but English off-licences are open much later. They even have 24-hour offies in London. Imagine. 9 Our ambitious round system Twitter: @MattToal / Twitter: @MMAandCeltic Buying rounds when there's two of you is fairly sensible, but buying rounds when there's about 12 of you = a surefire way to make sure you and your friends drink 12 drinks each then shit yourself in the doorway of a pound shop at 1:15am. 10 Panic-buying two drinks at once when it s last orders Twitter: @Gmac2610 Because it's after 10pm and you know you can't get anything anywhere else. 11 Taking alcohol home from pubs Twitter: @BeckieGriffiths "Can I buy a bottle of wine to take home?" "Yes. That'l be £16.99." "FFS" 12 Using literally anything you can find as a mixer facebook.com In Tuscany they drink fine wines on beautiful terraces while nibbling antipasti. In Scotland, we mix Lucozade and Southern Comfort, because...*shrugs* 13 Takeaways that serve or deliver alcohol Twitter: @marykate_wolken Although to be fair we really only order wine from a chippy if it's 9:55pm and we won't make it to the off-licence in time. It's our fourth emergency service. 14 Drinking this like juice View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @jodholden People in the US (where MD 20/20 originates) have a healthy respect for this strong, cheap, brightly coloured "wine". But we drink whole bottles in one go. 15 Taking this exact photo whenever you re at an airport facebook.com / Twitter: @mark_snedden You have to show this photo along with your boarding pass or you're not allowed on the plane. 16 And taking the same photo pretty much as soon as you arrive in another country Twitter: @DLCookson People of other nationalities find the public transport system first, or their hotel. We find the nearest pub or supermarket to see how cheap the drinks are. 17 And of course getting wasted on trains Twitter: @Laurencain2 / Twitter: @Twitter: @http://Twitter.com/ lizhall349 / Twitter: @Rossybbzz There are literally 1,204,202 more of these tweets. Folk from other countries just don't understand why we treat our train services like a series of mobile pubs. It's because we can, people from other countries. Because we can. Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink BuzzFeed DailyKeep up with the latest daily buzz with the BuzzFeed Daily newsletter!This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.