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Daily Record
2 hours ago
- Daily Record
'I drank an energy drink every morning until I realised what it really was'
A woman was left horrified after she explained her husband thought he was drinking an energy drink each morning - but it was actually something much stronger he was having A coffee might seem the obvious pick-me-up if you're tired, but some people are often tempted to reach for a more potent energiser. Packed with caffeine, energy drinks give you that jolt needed to tackle a demanding day, despite not being celebrated for their health benefits. The NHS cautions against guzzling too many due to high levels of both caffeine and sugar. Indeed, some concoctions boast up to seven times the caffeine of a Coke, posing risks to your health if consumed often. Yet, one woman was left gobsmacked upon discovering her husband's daily 'energy drink' choice for work was a bit off the mark. Sharing in an online post, she said: "I just found out my husband thought White Claws were energy drinks and he's been drinking one on the way to work every day". White Claw stands as a well-known hard seltzer brand, comprising effervescent water, gluten-free alcoholic base commonly from fermented sugars or cereals, with a splash of natural fruit taste for good measure. If you're after a low-calorie and carb alternative to traditional tipples, White Claws might do the trick. Touting an alcohol volume of 4.5% ABV, their core flavours include Black Cherry, Raspberry, Natural Lime, and Mango. They also offer a 'surge' version with an 8% ABV, but it's unclear which one the man had allegedly been consuming prior to his shift. "Red Bull gives you wings, but White Claw will give you a DUI (driving under the influence)," quipped one user. Another confessed that the post had them "laugh out loud so f****** hard" due to the sheer disbelief that he'd unknowingly been drinking alcohol. One person recounted a similar incident involving her son and some sake at a Japanese restaurant. She shared: "I was at a Japanese restaurant when my son was six, and he tried the hot mustard, panicked from the heat, and grabbed my sake, and slammed it. It happened so fast that there was no stopping it". However, another user didn't see any issue with early exposure to alcohol, stating: "I was raised in a Sicilian family. "We were served Chianti/wine starting at 6 years old, always given a little bit with dinner with the rest of the family. I never developed a taste for alcohol. I've never been drunk. I rarely drink except wine with dinner". A father also chimed in with his own tale of accidentally packing wine for his daughter's school lunch, writing: "I was a stay-at-home dad for a little bit while my daughters were in middle school. I packed their lunches daily. "One day, I was out of juice and grabbed a drink can and put it in a lunchbox. Only after school did I realise I gave her a wine cooler. She said it tasted funny". Other participants in the discussion expressed scepticism, questioning why he would present identification for an energy drink purchase. Several found the thread highly amusing, sharing their own mishaps and encouraging others to contribute more tales of their own.
Daily Mirror
8 hours ago
- Health
- Daily Mirror
Man drinks energy drink on way to work each day but realises he's made error
A woman shared the story of her husband's massive energy drink error, and many found it funny, sharing their stories of massive fails they'd experienced around soft drinks If you're feeling exhausted after a rubbish night's sleep, rather than reaching for a coffee, some people will opt for something a little bit stronger. Energy drinks are often packed full of caffeine, and while not particularly known for their health benefits, they certainly can make you feel more alert and 'with it' if you've got a big day ahead. The NHS recommends that you avoid excessive consumption of them due to their high caffeine and often sugar content, however. Some energy drinks contain three to seven times as much caffeine as a can of Coke, so if you drink them regularly, you may face health problems. But when one woman realised that her husband had been taking a daily 'energy drink' to work, she was left horrified, because it wasn't actually an energy drink he was drinking. She posted on X, writing: "I just found out my husband thought White Claws were energy drinks and he's been drinking one on the way to work every day". White Claw is a brand of hard seltzer, consisting of sparkling water, a gluten-free alcohol base (often derived from fermented sugars or grains), and a hint of natural fruit flavouring. They're a good option for those looking for a lower-calorie and carb substitute for other alcohols. The alcohol percentage of White Claw Hard Seltzer is 4.5% ABV. This applies to their standard flavours like Black Cherry, Raspberry, Natural Lime, and Mango. They have a 'surge' variety, too, however, that is 8% ABV - and it's not clear which one the man was allegedly drinking before he went to work. " Red Bull gives you wings, but White Claw will give you a DUI (driving under the influence)," somebody joked. Another said that the post made them "laugh out loud so f****** hard" because they couldn't believe he'd been accidentally drinking alcohol. Someone shared a similar experience of their son helping himself to some of her sake with a meal. She wrote: "I was at a Japanese restaurant when my son was six, and he tried the hot mustard, panicked from the heat, and grabbed my sake, and slammed it. It happened so fast that there was no stopping it". Another said that there's no problem with being introduced to alcohol at a young age, however, saying: "I was raised in a Sicilian family. "We were served Chianti/wine starting at 6 years old, always given a little bit with dinner with the rest of the family. I never developed a taste for alcohol. I've never been drunk. I rarely drink except wine with dinner". One dad shared his horror when he accidentally gave his young daughter wine to take to school, penning: "I was a stay-at-home dad for a little bit while my daughters were in middle school. I packed their lunches daily. "One day, I was out of juice and grabbed a drink can and put it in a lunchbox. Only after school did I realise I gave her a wine cooler. She said it tasted funny". Others in the thread said they "didn't believe" it, asking why he'd show ID for an energy drink when he bought them. Some just said that the "thread is so funny" with people sharing their own fails, encouraging people to post more stories.
Spectator
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Spectator
Style, wit and pace: Netflix's Dept. Q reviewed
Can you imagine how dull a TV detective series set in a realistic Scottish police station would be? Inspector Salma Rasheed would have her work cut out that's for sure: the wicked gamekeeper on the grisly toff's estate who murdered a hen harrier and then blamed its decapitation on an innocent wind turbine; the haggis butcher who misgendered his vegetarian assistant; the Englishman who made a joke on Twitter about a Scotsman going to the chippy and ordering a deep-fried can of Coke… It would get lots of awards, obviously, but I doubt it would do that well in the ratings. But you needn't worry about Dept. Q (Netflix). Though it is set in a police station in Edinburgh it bears about as much relation to contemporary Scotland, Scottish policing or indeed Edinburgh as, say, Midsomer Murders does to real-life English villages. Perhaps this is because – based on a novel by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen and originally set in Copenhagen – it derives from the Scandi-noir genre where every other person in the bleak, washed-out countryside and pullulatingly corrupt modern metropolis is either a bent City bigwig, an occultic serial killer – who wears antlers on his head while drawing runic symbols in blood – or the disturbed victim of some Terrible Family Secret that will only be unravelled after a series of long car and ferry journeys to remote islands where no one wants to answer questions. Our hero is DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode), whose statutory unique quirks are that he's stupidly clever, incredibly grumpy and deeply traumatised having been shot in the head by the same masked gunman who crippled his colleague (and only friend) DCI James Hardy (Jamie Sives). Everyone hates him; he hates everyone in return; but you'd definitely want him solving your case, even if it's impossible, such as the one he's investigating here. I feel bad about describing it because it might give away the game about the rather ingenious temporal device that furnishes the first episode with its satisfying final twist. (Skip to the next paragraph if you don't want it spoiled.) Essentially, a woman barrister (Chloe Pirrie) has gone missing on a ferry and her case has been closed because there were no leads or witnesses and she is presumed dead. In actual fact though – oh, the horror! – she has spent the last four years imprisoned in what looks like the metal hull of a ship, where she is psychologically and physically tortured by a vicious old woman and her sidekick who bear her some-as-yet-undisclosed grudge. See what I mean about our being in Scandi-noir territory? This is the sort of crime almost no one ever commits in real life because even if they had the motive the logistics would be just too complicated. That's why, having hit you with this bizarre and deeply implausible scenario, the rest of the book/TV adaptation has to work so frantically hard to provide you with the convoluted psychological and organisational rationale necessary to persuade you that this hasn't all been a huge waste of your time and credulity. Not that I'm really complaining by the way. Just like with Slow Horses – whose set up this resembles quite a lot – Dept. Qisn't really about the tortured MacGuffin of a plotline but about enjoying the company of loveable misfits. Besides Goode's adorably hateful antihero detective, these include: Akram Salim (Alexej Manvelov), a deceptively gentle soul who used to be in the Syrian secret police; DCI Hardy (now bedbound but at least if he can still help solve crimes it might suppress his urge to kill himself); DC Rose Dickson (Leah Byrne), with her big red hair, bright red lipstick and mental-health issues. They work together in a dingy basement, forgotten since the 1970s, and, handily, have a decent budget because the cabinet secretary has apparently decided that it's good for optics if there's a dedicated department for solving cold cases. All the other characters are, of course, similarly messed up. The missing woman's brother William (Tom Bulpett) has mental-health issues on account of having had his head stoven in by a mysterious hammer attacker; Kelly Macdonald's Dr Rachel Irving – aka meet-cute love interest – has been off men ever since jilting her bigamist husband at the altar; Morck's teenage stepson wears a mask and plays death metal at full volume while playing video games, etc. Yes, the crime bits are bit warped, morbid and voyeuristic (for my tastes anyway), but the cast are great, and it's adapted and directed with such verve, style, wit and pace by Scott Frank, you can hardly not enjoy it – nor wish they'd get a move on with Season Two.
Elle
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
How To Watch 'Materialists' In The UK - See Celine Song's Reinvention Of The Rom-Com
Director Celine Song returns with her highly anticipated sophomore feature, Materialists, a sharp, modern take on romance rooted in New York City's elite dating scene. Following her Oscar-nominated debut with Past Lives, Song shifts from quiet longing to a more incisive, but equally intimate, look at how the search for true love intersects with money and class. The film stars Dakota Johnson as Lucy, a professional matchmaker whose career revolves around helping others find love based on compatibility metrics—sometimes as straightforward as income, age, and status. But when her personal life collides with her work, Lucy finds herself at the center of her own complicated love triangle, torn between Harry (Pedro Pascal), a wealthy private equity client who seems to check every box, and John (Chris Evans), her struggling actor ex who still knows her in a way few others do. While Materialists carries the breezy energy of a classic rom-com, Song layers the story with a deeper examination of the transactional facets of modern dating. As she explained to ELLE US, her time spent working as a real-life matchmaker while building her playwriting career exposed her to the unsettling ways people sometimes quantify love. 'While I was a matchmaker, I was asking my clients to describe their ideal partner and the answers were all numbers: height, weight, income, age… While I understood why they were asking for those things, I knew from being in love myself that that's just not at all what love is about or feels like. So [making this] movie was about [striking] the balance between the practical and the fantasy of true love,' she said. For Johnson, Lucy's internal conflict lies at the heart of the film.'She's at a very interesting time in her life where she's sort of teetering between two worlds,' Johnson told Entertainment Weekly. 'Allowing yourself to be loved is scary, and really loving another person is scary. It's a story of bravery.' Though the film nods to the feel of '90s romantic comedies, Song is clear that Materialists isn't simply a lighthearted love triangle. 'I would actually be more interested in it being talked about as a story of Lucy as she navigates not just the love and dating world in her clients' lives, but also her own personal reality and beliefs about love,' she added. One of the film's most memorable moments comes early on, when Lucy casually orders a 'Coke and beer' at a wedding—a strange combination that, as Song explained to GQ, reveals much about her character's working-class roots and serves as a quiet signal of her history with John, who knows her well enough to bring her the drink without asking. 'It speaks to Lucy's character, about her background, and where she comes from,' Song said. 'It's meant to be a weird thing—which is why it's so special that John knows her drink order.' Materialists is released in the UK on August 15 in cinemas.. While A24 has not yet confirmed an exact streaming release date, the film is expected to eventually land on HBO Max in the US, as part of A24's ongoing streaming partnership with Warner Bros. Previous A24 titles like Priscilla and Babygirl have followed a similar release pattern. If this is the case, it then usually follows that the film comes to Sky and NOW TV in the UK. For now, the film is exclusively available in cinemas from August. ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. For access to exclusive content, events, inspiring advice from our Editors and industry experts, as well the opportunity to meet designers, thought-leaders and stylists, become a member today HERE. Moriel is the editorial and social media assistant at covering celebrity, culture, and fashion. She previously wrote for The Daily Front Row. When she's off work, you can find her with her nose in a book, taking a dance class, or online shopping.
Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Climate
- Sydney Morning Herald
State of Origin Game II LIVE updates: NSW look to take out series against Queensland at Optus Stadium in Perth
Go to latest Pinned post from 6.00pm Have your say: who will win? Latest posts 6.04pm Slippery start on the cards for Origin II It's been a temperamental day weather-wise in the West, which could spell for a slippery start to Origin II. According to our weatherman Christian Nicolussi on the ground in Perth, it's been on and off showers this afternoon. But in good news for the 55,000 or so fans turning out to Optus Stadium, it looks like it may have cleared for the night. Any kind of breeze has also disappeared with the rain, and it's a pleasant 18 degrees for the players. 6.00pm Who our experts are tipping in game two 6.00pm Have your say: who will win? 6.00pm Welcome one, welcome all Evening sports fans, By now you know the drill - pizza ordered, chores done and if you're Gladys Berejiklian, can of Coke on ice - it's State of Origin night. We're in Perth for this one, the WA capital with a shiny new rugby league team on the way and a media baron determined to ignore it. Queensland need to win to keep the series alive, NSW were superior in game one and that's piled all sorts of pressure on Maroons coach Billy Slater. The Blues are warm favourites, the Maroons distinct outsiders - yep, it's definitely Origin. Michael Chammas and Christian Nicolussi are our men on the ground in Perth, Dan Walsh here Sydney-side jibbering away with Billie Eder and Kayla Olaya keeping a tight rein on things. Kick-off is at 8:05pm AEST and we've got plenty to keep you amused until then.
