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Bringing your own alcohol to pubs!

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  • 29-06-2010 11:22am
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    pampers1
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭


    Hi people this is my first time posting in AH (I think). Just wondering what everyone thinks of people bringing their own alcohol to the pubs with them. Naggin's of vodka etc. I did it for the first time 3 weeks ago and saved an absolute fortune. I'm still a bit weary of being caught and turfed out with a nice embarassed head on me but Just wondering if its something that's done on a regular basis by loads of people. Apparently its all the rage.
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,400 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    pampers1 wrote: »
    Hi people this is my first time posting in AH (I think). Just wondering what everyone thinks of people bringing their own alcohol to the pubs with them. Naggin's of vodka etc. I did it for the first time 3 weeks ago and saved an absolute fortune. I'm still a bit weary of being caught and turfed out with a nice embarassed head on me but Just wondering if its something that's done on a regular basis by loads of people. Apparently its all the rage.

    Don't be embarrassed. if you get caught, smile, own up and leave. Then find another bar and repeat!

    I know loads of people who buy the vodka, but sneak in their own mixers. That's fair, considering the prices they charge for the mouthful of soft drink.

    bit tricky to senak in six cans of beer though.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    orourkeda
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    Why go to a pub if you dont want to buy drink?


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    prinz
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    Do you bring your own DVD's to the cinema?


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    petes
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    Stay at home and drink.


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    pampers1
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭pampers1


    orourkeda wrote: »
    Why go to a pub if you dont want to buy drink?

    Because you want to socialise with your friends but can't afford the ridiculously high prices of the alcohol being sold there.


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    NothingMan
    Registered Users Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    I don't really like spirits and not as easy to smuggle an 8 pack of Heineken into a pub. Probably should invest in one of these. But on top of my existing beer gut I'd look preggers.


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    Dravokivich
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    pampers1 wrote: »
    Because you want to socialise with your friends but can't afford the ridiculously high prices of the alcohol being sold there.

    You don't need to drink to socialise.


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    prinz
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    pampers1 wrote: »
    Because you want to socialise with your friends but can't afford the ridiculously high prices of the alcohol being sold there.

    Then drink slowly, drink something non-alcoholic or socialise somewhere else.


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    NothingMan
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    You don't need to drink to socialise.


    True, but I find when I'm sober I get embaressed when I dance on tables and flash my willy at everything and everyone.


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    KevArno
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭KevArno


    I just find this weird and cheap... If I was the bar man/owner I would turf out anyone doing this in the most embarrassingly ott and obvious way I could. Why not just have drinks at home with your friends? Or find a field or something? You are using someones premises, where they pay all the overheads and you reap the cosy craic benefits for free. It is not a crime or anything, but it's just cheap. Yes drink is overpriced in Ireland, but if its too expensive for you dont use the facilities.


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    pampers1
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    You don't need to drink to socialise.

    So to answer my question, its not a done thing then??


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    Elle Collins
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Elle Collins


    I'm not a spirits drinker but if I was I'd be bringing my own drink all the time and wouldn't give a tuppenny fuk what anyone thought about it.


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    Brendog
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    pre-drink

    meet up with some friends in someones house and have a few drinks. You have a laugh and its a great way for everyone to meet up so you all head off together......unfortunatly it may cost you your dignity :o


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    Elle Collins
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Elle Collins


    pampers1 wrote: »
    So to answer my question, its not a done thing then??

    It's very much the done thing. Go for it. You'll save yourself a fortune.


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    KevArno
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭KevArno


    Elle Collins wrote: »
    It's very much the done thing. Go for it. You'll save yourself a fortune.

    Where do you drink that this is very much the done thing? Tbh if I saw this happening I would think the people involved must be kids...


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    yungwan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 765 ✭✭✭yungwan


    pampers1 wrote: »
    Naggin's of vodka etc. I did it for the first time 3 weeks ago and saved an absolute fortune.

    Just wondering if its something that's done on a regular basis by loads of people. Apparently its all the rage.

    I do this from time to time, especially during times when I have to go out alot and cannot afford it, for example at xmas.

    And I agree, you save a fortune. I wouldnt do it every time I go out though. And I dont see anything wrong with it.

    Dravokivich wrote: »
    You don't need to drink to socialise.

    Yes, we know you dont NEED to drink to have fun. but quite often going to the pub is the only time you can meet ALL your friends in the same place.

    Anyway, I think this has become a very big phenomenum as of late, much more than I remember in the past.


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    artanevilla
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    Do you bring your own food to a restauraunt?

    I wouldn't recommended you do this as not only are you breaking the law, you're putting me out of a job.


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    thebigbiffo
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    do it if you're really broke but feel you 'have' to go to the pub (party on or whatever that would mean you you were conspicuous by your absense).

    if you're doing it every weekend just so you can be down the pub, you're a sponging cheapskate and need to be shot with balls of your own s'hite


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    Gillington
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    OP do it,if you get caught you get caught,just make sure you dont do it in a pub that your friends go to regularly,as if you get barred your saturdays night wouldn't be much fun anymore if your mates chose to go there again.

    I bring a hipflask with me,not all the time but maybe twice a month,you can save a fortune,it'll be worth it!


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    coffee_cake
    Registered Users Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    pampers1 wrote: »
    I'm still a bit weary of being caught and turfed out .

    If you're tired of being caught stop doing it? :confused:


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    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    artanevilla wrote: »
    Do you bring your own food to a restauraunt?

    I do actually.


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    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Ah the old Crouching Tiger, Hidden Naggin. Wouldn't do it in a pub but in a club I've done it in the past and will probably do it again. I wouldn't make a habbit of it, but hip-flasks are very handy in night clubs.


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    pampers1
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭pampers1


    bluewolf wrote: »
    If you're tired of being caught stop doing it? :confused:


    Sorry I meant wary, as in cautious or just generally afraid of being made a show of!! :o


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    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    fonecrusher1 wrote: »
    I do actually.

    Fair enough.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I don't know anyone that brings drink to the pub.
    Maybe it's the done thing for students / under 20s / cheapskates?


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    funkyjebus
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    prinz wrote: »
    Do you bring your own DVD's to the cinema?
    why do cinemas have dvd players that you can use and perhaps noone else will notice, also are we talking abouta dvd that is the same as the movie you are going to see, have you paid for the cinema?

    i dont think you thought that through.


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    prinz
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    funkyjebus wrote: »
    i dont think you thought that through.

    I think I did. I want to go and enjoy the facilities such as big screen, comfy seats etc. Do I want to watch what's showing? Meh no, I'll just bring my own movie and watch that instead.


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    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    OP just get wrecked to the point that you can barely stand before you get to the pub. Then just buy a pint & make it last 2 hours. Works for me.:)


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    yungwan
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    artanevilla wrote: »

    I wouldn't recommended you do this as not only are you breaking the law, you're putting me out of a job.

    Well would you prefer you make a little money off these punters ( mixers or the odd round) or nothing at all? The simple fact is many people simply cannot afford to go out like they used to. And some feel they would rather go out cheaply, than not at all.
    thebigbiffo wrote: »
    do it if you're really broke but feel you 'have' to go to the pub (party on or whatever that would mean you you were conspicuous by your absense).

    if you're doing it every weekend just so you can be down the pub, you're a sponging cheapskate and need to be shot with balls of your own s'hite

    I agree, do it now and again. But yes, if you are doing it all the time you might be a little tight.

    And apart from the bar owners, who is it bothering?


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    KevArno
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    People who do this must flat out sh!t when someone suggests rounds... or maybe when people might grab a bit of food somewhere on a night out do they run down to lidl/aldi and get some cheap alternative?


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