A half is what serious liver executioners drink. Trust me, some still stagger this earth. Wetherspoons from 9.00am mainly. A couple of times a year our local Wetherspoons starts serving 'third of a pint' glasses (Beer festival, try 3 ales for the price of a pint). The measure is still legal in the UK. The comment about drinking faster in 'halves' also applies at beer festivals. Drinking halves (whether from a half-pint glass, or from a pint glass marked at the half pint measure) makes you take one mouthful, look at the glass, and think "There's not much left, I may as well finish that and get another!"
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