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Arthur Guinness Day!!

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    #212
    Neamhshuntasach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Neamhshuntasach


    Grand aul night so it was. Thought there was gonna be a riot at one stage though. Around 5:30 or so in temple bar. Bottles and glasses being smashed all over the shop and then a garda car being milled outta it and stuff thrown at guards. Eventually cleared though and you could still drink on the street. Also the spar in there were apparently giving out free cans. Well at least a load of people who forgot to pay thought so.


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    #213
    lightening
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    MikeHoncho wrote: »
    I feel sorry for all the people that didnt allow themselves to enjoy last night because they think they are oh so clever that they figured out its all just a big marketting ploy. So what. Nights like that are few and far between at the moment and I took full advantage and had a blast as did most of Ireland by the looks of it. The atmosphere down outside Grogans on South William Street in Dublin last night was brilliant . For one night we put all the sh!te thats going on at the moment with Lisbon and the recession to the side and just enjoyed ourselves. I say fair play to Deageo for organising it all.

    Brilliant.


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    #214
    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    it just seemed like there were too many drunk people throwing fast food wrappers around the place for my liking, but once i was numbed by alcohol i didn't care anymore. I'd imagine it was like St Patrick's day, but i've never been in town for that.

    You are giving out about drunk people, yet you got so drunk you couldn't make it in to work, you are comparing it to what you imagine a night would be like that you have never been in the city for? I think your dislike of the night says more about you than it does about celebrations.


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    #215
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    lightening wrote: »
    You are giving out about drunk people, yet you got so drunk you couldn't make it in to work, you are comparing it to what you imagine a night would be like that you have never been in the city for? I think your dislike of the night says more about you than it does about celebrations.

    i didnt have to go to work and i'm not a messy drunk. Yes I am comparing it to st pat's day because all i hear every year are stories of vomit, fights, drunks etc., like last night. Make sense?
    What does my dislike of the night say about me?


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    #216
    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    i didnt have to go to work and i'm not a messy drunk. Yes I am comparing it to st pat's day because all i hear every year are stories of vomit, fights, drunks etc., like last night. Make sense?
    What does my dislike of the night say about me?

    I didn't see any puking or fights, I am sure there were a few alright, I was tipsy, I saw some drunks, you were drunk, so you can't go pointing the finger.

    Everyone was having fun, except you it seems, the atmosphere was great in town. That's what I mean about your post and your other posts. You just don't seem to be able to enjoy yourself. Sorry, don't mean to be harsh Brazil, just look at your posts... You are even pessimistic about things you have never been to.


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    #217
    MmmmmCheese
    Registered Users Posts: 357 ✭✭MmmmmCheese


    Twas a bit of an anti climax for me. About seven different 'TO ARTHUR!' cheers started because everyone's phone had a different time. :p Added to that the queue for the bar and not getting a pint of guiness til half 6! It wasn't worth the effort really, the stuff tastes likes gone off coffee. But ya had to drink one anyway for the day that was in it!


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    #218
    mrbungle
    Registered Users Posts: 558 ✭✭✭mrbungle


    €6 for a pint of Guinness in Cafe En Seine last night !!

    What a bunch of thieves, I hope they go under.


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    #219
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    lightening wrote: »
    I didn't see any puking or fights, I am sure there were a few alright, I was tipsy, I saw some drunks, you were drunk, so you can't go pointing the finger.

    Everyone was having fun, except you it seems. That's what I mean about your post and your other posts. You just don't seem to be able to enjoy yourself.

    you can be drunk and behave. I just prefer town the way it normally is at the weekends over the way it was last night. Why do you always analyse my posts???


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    #220
    anplaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭anplaya


    lightening wrote: »
    7 Euro for gigs with big acts? Free pints? Good craic? Amazing atmosphere? Good entertainment? Everything is commercial now anplaya, even xmas! Better off grasping it and making it fun.

    Yeah, you're right, better off staying in your bedroom in front of the computer.

    nah wasnt even on the computer,posted this morning,with no hangover.
    big acts everywhere?doubt it
    free pints everywhere?doubt it
    it was a marketing ploy and a lot of people fell for it.doesnt mean i have to be one of the sheep and follow it.

    better off having a mind of my own.baa.


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    #221
    RobbieM
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭RobbieM


    Yea, paid €5.50 for a pint in Gogarty's last night and felt like the whole thing was a bit of a scam???

    Wont make that mistake tonight!!!

    http://short.ie/cheapbeer


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    #222
    chillywilly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭chillywilly


    anplaya wrote: »
    nah wasnt even on the computer,posted this morning,with no hangover.
    big acts everywhere?doubt it
    free pints everywhere?doubt it
    it was a marketing ploy and a lot of people fell for it.doesnt mean i have to be one of the sheep and follow it.

    better off having a mind of my own.baa.

    it was clearly a marketing ploy, anyone could see that. But to be honest it was a great night so what is wrong with that? Oh you stayed in to defy the evil marketing stunt, fair play to ye:rolleyes:


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    #223
    anplaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭anplaya


    nah ,dont go out on week nights,small problem called work in the morning.or do ya not have any yourself?:rolleyes:


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    #224
    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    anplaya wrote: »
    it was a marketing ploy

    So is this website. It was a marketing ploy, everyone that enjoyed it knew it was a marketing ploy, it was a good marketing ploy, it was fun, thousands of people went out and enjoyed themselves! Do you honestly think you were cleverer than everyone else because you smugly stayed at home? Do you think the people that went out and saw the acts and had a ball don't know their own minds? Think about it.

    You - At home with a know all smug smile on your face, pleased with yourself for not "falling" for the marketing ploy.

    Thousands of people - Out drinking pints and having a ball.


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    #225
    anplaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭anplaya


    lightening wrote: »
    So is this website. It was a marketing ploy, everyone that enjoyed it knew it was a marketing ploy, it was a good marketing ploy, it was fun, thousands of people went out and enjoyed themselves! Do you honestly think you were cleverer than everyone else because you smugly stayed at home? Do you think the people that went out and saw the acts and had a ball don't know their own minds? Think about it.

    You - At home with a know all smug smile on your face, pleased with yourself for not "falling" for the marketing ploy.

    Thousands of people - Out drinking pints and having a ball.

    nah couldnt give 2 ****s about people out enjoying themselves,up to themselves what they want to do.smug smile on my face?please.it seems all the good acts were up in dublin.i seriously doubt there were free pints all night.

    ill take my smug smile and apply it to my pint of guinness when i go out on the piss to night and raise it 'to arthur' oh ****,im a day late ,oh well.ill try not to lose sleep over it.


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    #226
    chillywilly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭chillywilly


    anplaya wrote: »
    nah ,dont go out on week nights,small problem called work in the morning.or do ya not have any yourself?:rolleyes:

    im a student, studying marketing among other things, and i work. All im saying is that most people sensed a good time could be had, which it was. But if it makes you feel better that you wernt tricked into there world domination scheme then thats fine.




    /waits for student rant


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    #227
    anplaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭anplaya


    chillywilly wrote: »
    im a student, studying marketing among other things, and i work. All im saying is that most people sensed a good time could be had, which it was. But if it makes you feel better that you wernt tricked into there world domination scheme then thats fine.




    /waits for student rant

    world domination scheme?yawn.
    student rant?nah ,was one meself.


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    #228
    chillywilly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭chillywilly


    i want to make you smile, here watch this:)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io63z-aRMbg&feature=related


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    #229
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    MmmmmCheese wrote: »
    Twas a bit of an anti climax for me. About seven different 'TO ARTHUR!' cheers started because everyone's phone had a different time. :p Added to that the queue for the bar and not getting a pint of guiness til half 6! It wasn't worth the effort really, the stuff tastes likes gone off coffee. But ya had to drink one anyway for the day that was in it!

    So you were chanting marketing slogans for a beer that you don't even like? :D

    The agency that handled the campaign will be able to retire.


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    #230
    aDeener
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭aDeener


    stovelid wrote: »
    So you were chanting marketing slogans for a beer that you don't even like? :D

    The agency that handled the campaign will be able to retire.

    maybe mmmmmmmmmcheese likes gone off coffee :confused:


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    #231
    aDeener
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭aDeener


    fryup wrote: »
    don't you find the popularity of guinness in the republic a wee bit ironic

    well i mean in a country in which anti-protestant bigotry is widespread, that a drink created by a protestant should be so popular ...or do the irish conveniently overlook that:cool:

    Widespread?:eek: That is hilarious


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    #232
    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    anplaya wrote: »
    it seems all the good acts were up in dublin

    That's true, mind you, it is where most of the people were.
    anplaya wrote: »
    i seriously doubt there were free pints all night.

    I seriously doubt that too.
    anplaya wrote: »
    ill take my smug smile and apply it to my pint of guinness when i go out on the piss to night and raise it 'to arthur'

    Good man, the marketing department will be delighted.


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    #233
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    fryup wrote: »
    well i mean in a country in which anti-protestant bigotry is widespread, that a drink created by a protestant should be so popular ...or do the irish conveniently overlook that:cool:

    Kind of adds up tbh. Consider the facts about Guinness and Southern Prods:

    Both get called 'blacks'

    Both are invariably rich

    Both give the shits to the majority of the population down here


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    #234
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    bigbadpat wrote: »
    Arthur Guinness Day - Best / Worst Venue !!

    I felt this event was a non event in my local because they only gave out one free pint while other venues provide free Guiness from 5 until 9 in the evening.

    Did your local enter into the spirit of the event on the day and provide their regulars with free pints or none at all. Maybe they even put up the price of the pint for the event.

    I would love to hear your comments.

    in my local last night in sligo first pint was free what ever time you came in that evening, €4 a pint after that

    pub channel was on the TV for a while but felt like any other night in the pub to be honest


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    #235
    dylano_k
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    irish-stew wrote: »
    in my local last night in sligo first pint was free what ever time you came in that evening, €4 a pint after that

    pub channel was on the TV for a while but felt like any other night in the pub to be honest

    We had the Blizzards in my watering hole, not every normal night in there do you have the entire pub singing Delilah together watching Pub TV, the craic yesterday in the pub was better than ever...cheers Arthur !!!


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    #236
    Numina
    Registered Users Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Numina


    anplaya wrote: »
    nah ,dont go out on week nights,small problem called work in the morning.or do ya not have any yourself?:rolleyes:

    What are you in bed by 7:30 or something? Or you don't go to pubs on weekdays because you can't help but get completely wasted every time? Go out, have a pint for Arthur, come home at 11:30. Problem solved.


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    #237
    hobnob101
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭hobnob101


    i seriously doubt there were free pints all night.

    Unless of course you were jammy like me! I was in the storehouse. Free food, free guinness, Free music and even a nice free hotel room and breakfast.

    I wish more marketing ploys were like that!


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    #238
    Jackeenboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 212 ✭✭Jackeenboy


    Arthur was an Englishman.


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    #239
    magick
    Registered Users Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭magick


    Jackeenboy wrote: »
    Arthur was an Englishman.

    ya u keep thinkin that


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    #240
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users Posts: 34,087 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    was in diceys last night 3 quid a pint happy as larry


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    #241
    i luv 2 shop
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    I ended up in the guinness brewery house with free drink, free food and paolo nutini and everyone obviously was in the mood up there so definetly a great day!
    but was in Kennedy's in James' st. first and pints were 2.50...thought they were gonna b that everywhere but they were charging over a fiver in cafe en seine.


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