Good Friday Drink related megathread thing.

biko

I have a bottle of whiskey I'm not going to drink tomorrow.

GLaDOS

fryup wrote: »

can the irish not go one day, just one day without drink???

Sure we can, that day isn't tomorrow though

flanders1979

I'm going to eat a nice rare steak with a few cold ones after work. No cnut is gonna make me eat fish.

Snowie

Sparks43 wrote: »

Its ok i will send you over some mashed up eucalyptus leaves:D

wtf

I think you thinking of a koala bear;)

Pandas eat Bamboo....

stepbar

It doesn't help matters what you've spend the last 40 days off the booze and can't have a beverage at midnight.... FFS.

I wonder will some pub take pity on me and let me cradle a pint til 12???

joseph brand

At least the street dealers don't stop for good friday. Mine's a half ounce.

Got Moosehead and Carlsberg in the fridge. Should pull through. :rolleyes:

Mr. Presentable

I'm getting into mine now. Probably have to visit someone tomorrow for more

gurramok

12 bottles of Aldi Schofferhofer plus some Irish Cream liquor to see me through the parching times. And yes, 3 shops I went to this eve and the offy sections were indeed busy!

mattjack

Mrs Mattjack wanted a bottle of vino or four for herself tomorrow.

Ventured down to the local Tesco, and I swear to Superman on the cross , it was like something out of Ethiopia in the 1980s.

Drink starved mobs,.

stupidusername

sure I forgot I've got vodka and JD here. scotchkas* for all \o/

i'm aware JD isn't scotch

G-Money

Yep, today is when people who rarely or never normally drink on a Friday go and bankrupt themselves buying alcohol because "You can't buy drink tomorrow"

Zaph

fryup wrote: »

can the irish not go one day, just one day without drink???

Absolutely not. Many years ago I worked in my local Dunnes Stores and one Holy Thursday myself and another guy were drafted in to give a hand in the off-licence, mainly to keep the shelves fully stocked. The queues were out the door (actually out the door rather than a figure of speech) for almost the entire day from the moment we opened. It was complete lunacy the amount of booze people were buying for the one day that they wouldn't be able to get their hands on any. I can honestly say that that is still the single hardest day's work I've ever done.

Dubchef

Head to Aldi, 20 bottles of Heineken for €15, ye cant go wrong!

flanzer

They should change it to a Monday or a Tuesday. That way only the nurses and gards are affected

westendgirlie

Looking forward to going to the pub tomorrow. Is an annual ritual to pop over the border on Good Friday.

Dubchef

fryup wrote: »

can the irish not go one day, just one day without drink???

Hell no, were Irish for a reason

Dubchef

Theres a few pubs that are open tomoro, ye just gotta know where to go!

fryup

fryup wrote: »

can the irish not go one day, just one day without drink???

IPAM wrote: »

I didn't drink Sunday - Thursday, bought 20 bottles for a party tomorrow, I went 5 days with no drink, will that do??

so why not make it 6 days..surely it won't kill ya

JC didn't die on the cross for you to get sloshed out of your brain.. now did he?

Dubchef

fryup wrote: »

so why not make it 6 days..surely it won't kill ya

JC didn't die on the cross for you to get sloshed out of your brain.. now did he?

Ok just cos your Mr.Pioneer, at least we all enjoy ourselves!

Glico Man

I'll be working in a bar tomorrow until 3pm. Free pint for the first 20 who can find me...

Dubchef

aaronh007 wrote: »

I'll be working in a bar tomorrow until 3pm. Free pint for the first 20 who can find me...

Wouldnt be arsed finding you, I have free pints all the time, its what happens when you own your own pub haha

fryup

Dubchef wrote: »

Ok just cos your Mr.Pioneer, at least we all enjoy ourselves!

no no i'm not a do-gooder by any means...but i do think its not much to ask not to drink on good friday its just one day ffs

RichieC

fryup wrote: »

can the irish not go one day, just one day without drink???

We just give up the drink because santy says so? fk that.

Witchie

I have 10 beers in the fridge from last weeks away football trip and bought some cocktail mixes and vodka in Enniskillen on Tuesday.

Its gonna be weird going to a football match at our club and not having a beer in the bar afterwards so some of my mates are coming over to mine with their drink to have a bit of a knees up. We mite even let some of the Drogheda United lads join us!

Dubchef

fryup wrote: »

no no i'm not a do-gooder by any means...but i do think its not much to ask not to drink on good friday its just one day ffs

We all think u are a doo gooder, let the hair down and enjoy yourself man!

shizz

Dubchef wrote: »

Ok just cos your Mr.Pioneer, at least we all enjoy ourselves!

It's that sort of attitude that makes non-drinkers feel so wrong about not drinking. What's the big problem?

flanzer

aaronh007 wrote: »

I'll be working in a bar tomorrow until 3pm. Free pint for the first 20 who can find me...

Belfast Airport???

Zaph

fryup wrote: »

no no i'm not a do-gooder by any means...but i do think its not much to ask not to drink on good friday its just one day ffs

Generally speaking I don't think people have a problem with not drinking for one day. Most people probably do it several times a week without even thinking about it. I think the issues people have are a) that they're being told they can't drink rather than being given the choice not to; and b) the actual reason why they can't drink. Given that a very significant minority in this country are now either non-Catholic or non-religious, to have a drink ban imposed on them purely because of a decree from the Catholic Church that a past government felt the need to write into law is a hard one to accept. And that's before you include the countless numbers of practising Catholics who will still ensure that they're fully stocked up for the day.

It's not going to happen in the next 10 years, but I don't think the day is too far away when this law is removed and people will be free to buy alcohol on Good Friday. When that happens you can be sure that people won't actually care whether or not they can drink on Good Friday.

To get to the offo before ten?

BluesBerry

Sacramento wrote: »

To get to the offo before ten?

I did waaaaaaaaa :mad::(

Martyn1989

Start homebrewing lads, theres no such thing as forgetting

jesus fcuking christ

MickySticks

Offo?

Martyn1989

Martyn1989 wrote: »

Start homebrewing lads, theres no such thing as forgetting

If you drink enough of your homebrew I'm sure there is.

kippy

bluewolf wrote: »

jesus fcuking christ

You said it, if it wasnt for him, there wouldnt be a thread about this.

LilyCricket

Heading on mini break to Kilkenny tomorrow, staying in hotel, so I can haz booze

Kylo Ren

LilyCricket wrote: »

Heading on mini break to Kilkenny tomorrow, staying in hotel, so I can haz booze

My condolences.

Glico Man

flanzer wrote: »

Belfast Airport???

Nope, but about 10 minutes from there

KeithM89_old

Merged.

bluewolf

bluewolf wrote: »

jesus fcuking christ

So.... you made it?

MsQuinn

fryup wrote: »

so why not make it 6 days..surely it won't kill ya

JC didn't die on the cross for you to get sloshed out of your brain.. now did he?

Who?

Glico Man

MsQuinn wrote: »

Who?

John Cena

LilyCricket

Keno 92 wrote: »

My condolences.

I love visiting Kilkenny, lovely town, nice people, and they pretty handy with a hurley

Kylo Ren

MsQuinn wrote: »

Who?

Johnny Cash.

laros

sure I forgot I've got vodka and JD here. scotchkas* for all \o/

Just call them "whiskas" .....

McChubbin

I got a litre of Captain Morgans and 18 cans of Coca Cola for €25 so I'm well set. Justr knocked back 4 Bishop's Fingers right now so I be a wee bit drunkfaced.

Deus Ex Machina

Can you not honour God for just that one day? They enforce the law by closing bars but it's against the spirit of the law to drink at all on good Friday. It's a disgrace in my opinion.

DazzlerIE

Closing down pubs and off-licences because of some 2000 year old fairytale is a joke

Time it was done away with

Deus Ex Machina

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

Can you not honour God for just that one day? They enforce the law by closing bars but it's against the spirit of the law to drink at all on good Friday. It's a disgrace in my opinion.

Lots of people here don't believe in god, never mind honour him. Oh and also, LOL.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

Can you not honour God for just that one day? They enforce the law by closing bars but it's against the spirit of the law to drink at all on good Friday. It's a disgrace in my opinion.

Oh. Oh dear.