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September 24, 2008

Cause and effect

By Grey Cardigan

From the Lincolnshire Echo of Friday, September 19:

The biggest student pub crawl in Lincoln’s history is set to take place tomorrow. Around 600 students are expected to hit the city centre for the event, dubbed Lincoln’s Big Night Out.”

From the Lincolnshire Echo of Monday, September 22:

‘Booze-fuelled mayhem is plaguing the streets of Lincoln. From fighting to weeping, vomiting or injuring themselves, the drinkers in the city are out of control. The Echo … joined the Lincoln street pastors, a group of Christian volunteers as they nursed the late-night revellers through their alcohol-fuelled brawling, weeping and vomiting.”

As they say in the trade, no shit, Sherlock…

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