New Years Eve in Dublin - what to do?

Jefferson Darcy

26, first New Years in Dublin even though I've lived here for a while, currently single, all my friends are in their 30s (and mind-numbingly boring), some of them are going away. What are the options?

- some Spirit or Redbox style rave event, pay exorbitant ticket price, take vitamin Es, dance all night with androgynous looking tie-dye clad girls with various facial piercings, miss the countdown, get kicked out at 2am into wintry cold night and amble around for hours attempting to get a taxi home

- go to the local bar and have a few drinks

- go to a house party somewhere, get incredibly drunk on the booze I brought along, make mindless small talk with people there, get cosy with some 37 year old attorney my drunken state leads me to believe is the worlds hottest MILF, then eventually crash on the couch

- stay home, make dinner and veg out watching crappy tv specials

- drive to some other town in Ireland and see what happens there

- go to dinner/dance event at some big bar in town like The Vaults with 30 yr old friends who aren't going away. Same exorbitant door price as rave thing but dancing happens with wannabee debutantes in de rigeur miniskirt and boot combos. Even bigger hassle to get a cab back from the Northside.

- Hide under the duvet til the madness goes away

- Visit an old/sick person who is on their own for the countdown

- Go for a walk and think about how lucky you are to be able to choose what to do

- Reflect on the past year and figure out something YOU can do to help humanity

Have a guess which is the easiest...

impr0v

- Buy a taxi plate for your car
- Do a rain dance
- Roll in the resulting money

monkeyfudge

Die alone in an alleyway?

alleepally

Papa Smut wrote:

- Hide under the duvet til the madness goes away

- Visit an old/sick person who is on their own for the countdown

- Go for a walk and think about how lucky you are to be able to choose what to do

- Reflect on the past year and figure out something YOU can do to help humanity

Have a guess which is the easiest...

All good options with option 2 being a particularly good one... Well done Papa Smut - a good reality check and more people like you needed

joejoem

Get your smoke on

BolBill

Leave Dublin.

Dr. Loon

Kill yourself. Seeing as you're a depressing bástard!
Only joking!
No actually, kill yourself. You appear to have shít, boring friends, you don't like town, you don't like the local, you don't like house parties, you don't like TV! Kill yourself*







*Please don't kill yourself!

Lenny

What ever yea do don't go out into town
prices are crazy

Lenny

HOw about going to a house party full of all under age drinkers and getting one of them duffed?

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Papa Smut wrote:

- Visit an old/sick person who is on their own for the countdown

I'm not in any way casting aspersions on this noble act.

But, I read it and my brain parsed it as "visit an old person and watch countdown"

Lenny wrote:

HOw about going to a house party full of all under age drinkers and getting one of them duffed?

Thats what I'm doing.

Lenny

Goodman yourself, I'll make sure the state will lok after you and your child

Zapho

I like that Taxi plate idea, just think of the money you could make.
"Sorry love,New Years Eve prices are €40 for a 5 min journey!"

Throw your own house party, all ages invited. Then you can get a change at the 18 yr old student and the 37 yr old lawyer!

DapperGent

Lenny wrote:

HOw about going to a house party full of all under age drinkers and getting one of them duffed?

I'd say many a scumbag is spawned on New Years Eve.

Beruthiel

seansouth wrote:

But, I read it and my brain parsed it as "visit an old person and watch countdown"

I had an even worse thought go through my head

visit an old person to help as their life counts down.......

Beruthiel

DapperGent wrote:

I'd say many a scumbag is spawned on New Years Eve.

it would certainly explain your existance

DapperGent

Beruthiel wrote:

it would certainly explain your existance

I'm not an accident. I was a gift from Jebus.

Lenny

DapperGent wrote:

I'd say many a scumbag is spawned on New Years Eve.

Why do yea think I am born in september?

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Beruthiel wrote:

visit an old person to help as their life counts down.......

:eek:

Thank you for making my life a little bit brighter.

Imposter

Beruthiel wrote:

I had an even worse thought go through my head

visit an old person to help as their life counts down.......

Be careful with those thoughts. Someone might visit you!

Beruthiel

Imposter wrote:

Be careful with those thoughts. Someone might visit you!

I hate you

ferdi

i'm going solo for new years, all my mates are away....****e.

tinkerbell

I reckon go for the house party idea coz you can bring your own booze (don't have to wait at a bar & pay insane prices for a pint), stock up on loads of party food, music you like, people you like, don't have to worry about getting a taxi home coz you can stay the night there

Jefferson Darcy

Zapho wrote:

Throw your own house party, all ages invited. Then you can get a change at the 18 yr old student and the 37 yr old lawyer!

Now thats not a bad idea, after chatting yesterday, its seems theres a few people at a loose end, house party is the way to go.

As for Papa Smut's answers - well, I'll just try not to sound like a spoilt sarcastic prick in future posts, that way I'll avoid getting a mix of Oprah and Steven R. Covey answers.

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I am having a party in my house.

irlirishkev

Last year I saw New Years in in my local boozer. The place was empty 'cos it was closing at 12.30am. Didnt' bother me though, I was with some of my bestest friends in the world, we were comfortable, we weren't being overcharged for booze, and it was only a short stroll home afterwards, where I wished my parents a Happy New Year and stayed up drinking with them for a while.

I'll probably do the same this year.

Kevin.

Cactus Col

I'll probably cry myself to sleep at about 12.10 .... sigh .... I'm so lonely

Kingsize

Visit my dad drink his beer & watch clive james its been the winning formula
with me for years,