Is anybody else getting excited about Arthur's Day?!

Corvo

Double post

BunShopVoyeur

Griffin1988 wrote: »

BunShopVoyeur wrote: »

Go away. Post was idiotic.


"Somebody doesn't enjoy a day that I cream my little kacks for therefore they need to grow up and don't know how to have fun."

Haha. Christ Almighty. And you make me out to be the adolescent here.

Just leave it there because I have no wish to debate with someone like you.

Good luck

Toddle off there so like a good boy.

Banned. Quit the trolling.

Hurricane Carter

syklops wrote: »

And I have to laugh at:



And how did Christianity get so popular in the first place? By marketing the cr@p out of its self, and by setting aside a few days of the year to certain "christian" holidays.

Maybe Arthurs day is the bedrock of a new religion. If celibacy is out, and confession is done to a barman over a pint, sign me up.

Yeah I'd hardly call it marketing in those days. Spreading the word and believing in the teachings of Christianity isn't really marketing is it? In the sense that Arthur's day uses it. C'mon!

FutureGuy

It's a pile of sh!te. A Paddy's Day in September. The most commercialised day this side of Valentines. Myself and most of my friends see it for this.

But that doesn't matter. In five years, it will be bigger and more accepted than Paddy's day when the next generation of guzzlers get into bars.

That's the point. Best piece of marketing I have seen in a decade.

buried

Not me. Dont see why I should go out on a random night to spend my hard earned cash to 'celebrate' a drug peddled by the vintner cartel. Good idea though, who was the person that said if you wanted to create huge wealth for companies, just 'create' an extra Christmas day in the year? This is pretty much what Diageo are doing for themselves, an extra St. Patrick's day. Getting everyone and their wallets in the pub doors for 17:59 pm too........genius

syklops

I Am Kong! wrote: »

Yeah I'd hardly call it marketing in those days. Spreading the word and believing in the teachings of Christianity isn't really marketing is it? In the sense that Arthur's day uses it. C'mon!

Why is spreading the word and believing in the teaching of Christianity not marketing but spreading the word and believing Carlsberg when they say "Probably the best beer in the world... ever" is marketing? Whats the difference? Not a lot. Neither are based on any fact either.

ghogie91

Its a pure media spin of a day

But its just enjoyable, something to look forward to for the craic, lift heads for a day anyways

syklops

Brendan Flowers wrote: »

For the most part this thread is worse than an average afternoon of Joe Duffy. "It's a disgrace" "corporate propaganda" "rabble rabble rabble"

As has been said by a few in this thread very few events now are not backed by companies, used to promote products/brand. But apparently I'm a scumbag/dickhead/alcoholic/etc. just because I intend to go out on Thursday night as its Arthur's Day. What a load of nonsense. I'm going out because its always a good night, most of my mates will be out, there is gigs on around the city, money is raised for charities.

Is the entire thing a marketing stunt? Of course it is but I couldn't give a fcuk about that. To quote Father Ted "I'll have my fun and that's all that matters". And I must say what a fantastic job the marketing team who came up with the idea have done. Don Draper would be proud of it!

So feck the begrudgers......TO MARTHA!!

Here, here!

Here.

Here, wheres me pint gone?

syklops

iDave wrote: »

Like I get why they did it the first time. 250 years and all that and in fairness any company that lasts that long deserves to celebrate. But why do they have to celebrate the 251st 252nd 253rd 254th birthday?

I get why you had an 18th birthday, coming of age and all that, but why did you bother having a 19th and a 20th and 21st etc?

Hurricane Carter

syklops wrote: »

I get why you had an 18th birthday, coming of age and all that, but why did you bother having a 19th and a 20th and 21st etc?

Seriously?

Hurricane Carter

syklops wrote: »

Why is spreading the word and believing in the teaching of Christianity not marketing but spreading the word and believing Carlsberg when they say "Probably the best beer in the world... ever" is marketing? Whats the difference? Not a lot. Neither are based on any fact either.

It's not marketing because we're dealing in people's faith as regards religion.

You can't say you place (the same kind of) faith in Guinness.

It's different! End of.

iDave

syklops wrote: »

I get why you had an 18th birthday, coming of age and all that, but why did you bother having a 19th and a 20th and 21st etc?

People only make a big deal out of milestone numbers like 18 and 21 and the round numbers like 30, 40 etc. Your 33rd hardly requires booking a function room, DJ, Band all your aunties and uncles etc. But sure says a lot about you when you equate peoples birthdays to brand names.
So I take it you will celebrate or celebrated the 102nd birthday of the Ford Motor Company, the 13th birthday of Google, 36th birthday of Apple, 77th birthday of Jameson with equal gusto as Guinness

Corvo

iDave wrote: »

People only make a big deal out of milestone numbers like 18 and 21 and the round numbers like 30, 40 etc. Your 33rd hardly requires booking a function room, DJ, Band all your aunties and uncles etc. But sure says a lot about you when you equate peoples birthdays to brand names.
So I take it you will celebrate or celebrated the 102nd birthday of the Ford Motor Company, the 13th birthday of Google, 36th birthday of Apple, 77th birthday of Jameson with equal gusto as Guinness

You should have been there man. Was quite the party.

kfallon

iDave wrote: »

People only make a big deal out of milestone numbers like 18 and 21 and the round numbers like 30, 40 etc. Your 33rd hardly requires booking a function room, DJ, Band all your aunties and uncles etc. But sure says a lot about you when you equate peoples birthdays to brand names. So I take it you will celebrate or celebrated the 102nd birthday of the Ford Motor Company, the 13th birthday of Google, 36th birthday of Apple, 77th birthday of Jameson with equal gusto as Guinness

To be fair I've never done that for any of my birthdays!

omahaid

Costingtons Manager: Okay, people, we need to cook up a new holiday for the summer. Something with gifts, cards, assorted gougeables.
Costingtons Woman: How about something religious? We had great penetration last spring with Christmas Two.
Costingtons Man: Oh, I know. Spendover, like Passover, less talk, more presents.
[Everyone starts talking at once]
Costingtons Manager: No, no, no! No, it's gotta be warm and fuzzy. Some like, um, "Love Day", but not so lame.
[cut to the Simpsons home several days later]
Marge Simpson: Happy Love Day, everyone!

Have a merry and peaceful Arthurs day everyone!

Corvo

omahaid wrote: »

Costingtons Manager: Okay, people, we need to cook up a new holiday for the summer. Something with gifts, cards, assorted gougeables.
Costingtons Woman: How about something religious? We had great penetration last spring with Christmas Two.
Costingtons Man: Oh, I know. Spendover, like Passover, less talk, more presents.
[Everyone starts talking at once]
Costingtons Manager: No, no, no! No, it's gotta be warm and fuzzy. Some like, um, "Love Day", but not so lame.
[cut to the Simpsons home several days later]
Marge Simpson: Happy Love Day, everyone!

Have a merry and peaceful Arthurs day everyone!

working fool

Dravokivich wrote: »

Zebra3 wrote: »

They should actually call it D*ckhead Day because anyone who falls for such corporate propaganda....

Oxygen / Electric picnic?

Both heavily sponsored by the booze industry.

Various comedy festivals as well as theatre too.

Oxygen is being rebranded as " greenstar "

omahaid

Griffin1988 wrote: »

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701277/quotes

Knifey Spoony

Fuck Diageo and this horrible makey-up holiday. I don't need a corporation telling me to drink their shite, have a good time and go to a gig on a particular day to celebrate the founding of a company 200 odd years ago. The day doesn't even correspond to the actual founding day anymore, given that this day has been on a Thursday for the past three years.

Plus, there is this stunt they pulled a couple of months ago:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9255369/Scottish-beer-company-BrewDog-forces-Diageo-to-apologise-over-dirty-tricks-at-awards.html

gobnaitolunacy

working fool wrote: »

Oxygen is being rebranded as " greenstar "

Because of the amount of rubbish they have to pick up afterwards?

DipStick McSwindler

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syklops

I Am Kong! wrote: »

It's not marketing because we're dealing in people's faith as regards religion.

You can't say you place (the same kind of) faith in Guinness.

It's different! End of.

Well as an aetheist, I would say yes. I can touch and see and taste Guinness. I can't see God, and only a very small number of people in the grand scheme of things ever saw Jesus. I also have faith in the fact that few people have killed others in the name of Guinness. Guinness was never the cause of a war. Few people have fought or hated each other because one liked Guinness when the other preferred Murphys.

Sounds like a decent place to start a religion to me.

People only make a big deal out of milestone numbers like 18 and 21 and the round numbers like 30, 40 etc. Your 33rd hardly requires booking a function room, DJ, Band all your aunties and uncles etc. But sure says a lot about you when you equate peoples birthdays to brand names.

So your telling me you never had a party for your 23rd birthday? Wow, thats really sad. I have a party almost every year, the only exceptions being when something more important is happening. I get less gifts every year, which makes the party even more important. I've never had a band at any birthday party, but thats because i prefer people to talk.

So I take it you will celebrate or celebrated the 102nd birthday of the Ford Motor Company, the 13th birthday of Google, 36th birthday of Apple, 77th birthday of Jameson with equal gusto as Guinness

None of the others, because I don't have any connection with any of them, but I would celebrate the birthday of John Jameson(who is a lot more than 77 btw) as I feel I have an affinity with him and his legacy.

Cavehill Red

Still pertinent: http://skinflicks.blogspot.ie/2010/09/arseholes-day.html

fishy fishy

just like Paddy's Day, Valentines Day, new Years' Day, I will be avoiding town like crazy on Arthurs Day. it's another "lunatic" day where everybody is "told" that its a great day and everybody should be out. its a marketing ploy. The end.

I would rather go out when i feel like it to have a drink, not when some marketing company tells me to.

Arthurs Day is a farce.

dan1895

May go to the Porterhouse as I did last year or down to the Black sheep on Caple St and try a few proper local stouts and beers with flavour. Or maybe just get some of that O Hara's stout which I believe is top notch.

syklops

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Still pertinent: http://skinflicks.blogspot.ie/2010/09/arseholes-day.html

So everyone who enjoys it is an arsehole?

Classy.

BlimpyBoy

Ah it's that time of year again when Diageo kick down people's doors and drag them kicking and screaming to the pub.

They force pint after pint of Guinness down people's throats while the bar staff chants "To Arthur! To Arthur!" over and over again and the band on stage plays the music from every Guinness ad ever!

There's no escape.

It's a disgrace, Joe!

davet82

i cant wait!! i just finished putting up my arthur's day tree!





*its just a tree i cut down from my neighbours garden stuffed with cans of guiness

Cavehill Red

syklops wrote: »

So everyone who enjoys it is an arsehole?

Classy.

And when did you stop beating your wife?
You didn't read the link, did you? The marketing vermin behind this are the arseholes.

Brendan Flowers

Cavehill Red wrote: »

And when did you stop beating your wife?
You didn't read the link, did you? The marketing vermin behind this are the arseholes.

What a ridiculous thing to say. These marketing people are just doing their job, and doing it quite brilliantly I might add.

So what if Dieago see Arthur's Day as a marketing tool. Because of it there will be lots of gigs on around the country, publicans and musicians earning more than they usually would on a Thursday night, tourism benefits (I know a good few British people coming over for Arthurs Day and making a long weekend out of the trip), a lot of money will be raised for various charities and myself and most of my mates will be out enjoying (hopefully!) the night!

So if you think the people behind Arthur's Day are vermin and arseholes then I'd hate to think what you opinion is of the average man on the street.

K3lso

BlimpyBoy wrote: »

Ah it's that time of year again when Diageo kick down people's doors and drag them kicking and screaming to the pub.

They force pint after pint of Guinness down people's throats while the bar staff chants "To Arthur! To Arthur!" over and over again and the band on stage plays the music from every Guinness ad ever!

There's no escape.

It's a disgrace, Joe!

Sounds like a cracking night, tbh.

gara

In terms of marketing, it's genius but why some gobshyte graduate from Smurfit is even allowed to impact on our country like this is beyond me.

There should be sanctions placed against this kind of corporate dictatorship

Some people around here are fierce dry. It's a good excuse to go drinking and luckily not everyone will be at home moaning about it so there should be good craic in the pubs. Roll on Thursday I say. Tourists love this sort of stuff too.

Also Guinness is great and deserves its own day, looking forward to a few lovey pints of it now!

As if the Irish need an excuse to go drinking.:pac:

Bam Bam Mickey

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

As if the Irish need an excuse to go drinking.:pac:

Its good to have some form of excuse though and its better than our usual "the weekend starts on Thursday" or pretending its someones birthday etc etc type excuses

magma69

There's a good free gig on that wouldn't be on if wasn't Arthur's Day.

I, for one, will be out enjoying that whilst the naysayers are at home feeling superior about the fact the weren't "exploited" into supporting an obvious marketing ploy from Diageo.

fishy fishy

Lillie Wet Stockroom wrote: »

Its good to have some form of excuse though and its better than our usual "the weekend starts on Thursday" or pretending its someones birthday etc etc type excuses

why would you have to pretend that it is someone's birthday to go out for a drink (unless you are a teenager that has to ask permission). Can't people just go out for a drink without having a "special day" marketed by a drinks company to tell them to do so.

Nailz

Alabama 3 are playing in O'Connells in Galway, I'm looking forward to that aspect of it.

Sergeant

I wish they'd stop making the drink itself taste less and less like stout.

magma69

Nailz wrote: »

Alabama 3 are playing in O'Connells in Galway, I'm looking forward to that aspect of it.

You should stay at home, proving to the world you're not a mindless sheep at the behest of the Guinness marketing machine.

Dravokivich

fishy fishy wrote: »

why would you have to pretend that it is someone's birthday to go out for a drink (unless you are a teenager that has to ask permission). Can't people just go out for a drink without having a "special day" marketed by a drinks company to tell them to do so.

September is also JD's Birthday and plenty of events have been organised for it in the past. They do step up their advertising in September as well. A lot of spreads in newspapers a few weeks ago on it.

passremarkable

Arthurs day another mental idea that has caught on...sure lets have a day for irish stew and call it stewie's day!!any excuse...

BlimpyBoy

K3lso wrote: »

Sounds like a cracking night, tbh.

No!

Enjoying a night out with few drinks and a bit of music can only be done when people aren't encouraging you to do it!

If its marketed in any way you have to hate it!

Franticfrank

All this stuff about 'the Irish and an excuse for drinking'. Look around the place. The Germans are having Oktoberfest and nobody's batting an eyelid. I was in Hamburg recently and they had 'World Astra Day' to celebrate the terrible piss tasting beer they brew there. It isn't just the Irish and it isn't just Guinness. Calm down and partake if you want. Just avoid it if you're against it.

fishy fishy

fishy fishy wrote: »

why would you have to pretend that it is someone's birthday to go out for a drink (unless you are a teenager that has to ask permission). Can't people just go out for a drink without having a "special day" marketed by a drinks company to tell them to do so.

Ah it was just a running joke we had at work, there are 4 of us that regularly go out drinking together and for a few months we were pretending it was one of our birthdays every week, so it would be your birthday every 4th week . We would get other people out for it too saying it was a birthday drinks :pac:

I don't need to be told it was stupid as it was just pure messing.

On the Arthurs day thing, its good to have a "special day" as it will draw a big crowd into town meaning a better atmosphere, more craic etc than just a normal thursday night.

irish_goat

I'm working in the pub on Thursday, think I might crank the music up a notch at 5.55pm to drown out any idiots in the place.

Helix

bbam wrote: »

I think the whole thing is stupid.
It's a massive marketing stunt trying to turn some bloke into a hero.
It stereotypes the Irish yet again, we already had a national holiday where we drink to excess, now we're developing a whole new "day" purely based on drink and nothing else.

The sad thing is that the marketing is allowed to go ahead. It's repulsive, embarrassing and bad for our reputation.

the actual idea is genuis, the embarrassing bit is that the irish have gobbled it up wholeheartedly. it should, by rights, have died very quickly

ghogie91

Should rename friday to ****ing tyres day then...

Seanchai

British company - that's Guinness, for those in denial - does test in Irish market to see just how thick the Paddies are by establishing a "feast day" to commemorate the Anglo-Irish maker of an English drink called porter who established a company with a rancid record of anti-Catholic discrimination well into the middle years of the 20th century.

Paddies rise to the occasion, embrace this glorious feast day as being as Irish as Cú Chulainn and uisce beatha itself, and pass with flying colours. And to top this statement of Irish identity off, they'll probably watch British soccer on the tv.

Ireland 2012: For what died the sons of Róisín?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54k-RmPcIDw

The King of Moo

Lillie Wet Stockroom wrote: »

Ah it was just a running joke we had at work, there are 4 of us that regularly go out drinking together and for a few months we were pretending it was one of our birthdays every week, so it would be your birthday every 4th week . We would get other people out for it too saying it was a birthday drinks :pac:

I don't need to be told it was stupid as it was just pure messing.

On the Arthurs day thing, its good to have a "special day" as it will draw a big crowd into town meaning a better atmosphere, more craic etc than just a normal thursday night.

You have a "You Don't Have to be Mad to Work Here, but it Helps!" poster in your workplace, don't you?