Somewhere to go before ball

apeking · 08-05-2005 3:16pm #1

Any one recommend some place to goto before the trinity ball?

does anyone go to the pub or do people go to hotels or just to houses??

ApeXaviour · 08-05-2005 3:29pm

Simple: The Porter House. High class international beer, great food.

apeking · 08-05-2005 3:36pm

Where do majority of students go before?

Bit of a crap walk back though isnt it?? I like the porter house myself but wouldnt say its the right scene for a tux. There beer gives u the s***ts the next day. Just like Bavaria

ApeXaviour · 08-05-2005 3:58pm

apeking wrote:

Where do majority of students go before?

Bit of a crap walk back though isnt it??

er.. not really ~5 mins!? I was gonna say how the quick walk back through temple bar is a great experience.. any student who lives in temple bar is having a party.

apeking wrote:

I like the porter house myself but wouldnt say its the right scene for a tux.

Why not? Jeeze don't get cocky, you're going to a student drunk fest. "ball" is such a misnomer. Tux suits better in the porter house than most places tbh. Order oysters if you want to feel a bit posher

apeking wrote:

There beer gives u the s***ts the next day. Just like Bavaria

They have like 400 beers..! They can't all give you the runs. Drink light coloured belgian or czech beers (ApeX recommends Duvel or Staropramen). Never got any gut problems from them.

snorlax · 08-05-2005 5:12pm

go to doyles or the westmoreland bar(cheapish pints) they'r both fairely near tcd and if theyr's any girls with you it will save them from having to walk far in their heels!

DrIndy · 08-05-2005 5:13pm

Any public drinking establishment will be able to amply supply you with intoxicating beverages.

I would advocate avoiding such drinking establishments juxtapositional to the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, Near Dublin. Unfortunately, numerous other likeminded individuals will be in occupation of such premises. A short ambulation to a spacious accomodation would be germane.

snorlax · 08-05-2005 5:16pm

originally posted by DrIndy

I would advocate avoiding such drinking establishments juxtapositional to the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, Near Dublin

you'v never walked in heels before then?! whats with all the posh talk? you'll give us all a bad rep!

DrIndy · 08-05-2005 5:22pm

Compexity of diction is my ardent diversion.

snorlax · 08-05-2005 5:25pm

do you know any irish/ gaeilge?!

08-05-2005 6:49pm

DrIndy wrote:

Any public drinking establishment will be able to amply supply you with intoxicating beverages.

I would advocate avoiding such drinking establishments juxtapositional to the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, Near Dublin. Unfortunately, numerous other likeminded individuals will be in occupation of such premises. A short ambulation to a spacious accomodation would be germane.

So UCD wouldn't be a good place to go then you're saying?

foxybrowne · 08-05-2005 7:07pm

Club Chonradh na Geailge, the best (and cheapest) spot to go before the ball.

young nastyman · 08-05-2005 7:14pm

ha! never seen someone in conradh wearin a tux!

foxybrowne · 08-05-2005 7:37pm

It'll be tuxed to the max on Friday!

Pet · 09-05-2005 2:04am

er.. not really ~5 mins!? I was gonna say how the quick walk back through temple bar is a great experience.. any student who lives in temple bar is having a party.

5 mins from whitworth road to trinity!? What are you, mad!?

apeking · 09-05-2005 9:06am

Pet wrote:

5 mins from whitworth road to trinity!? What are you, mad!?

lol, ye told you it was a long walk. (think he was talking about the one in temple bar)

:rolleyes:

Crash · 09-05-2005 10:22am

Thats the porterhouse north though - so not the same thing

Calm Horizons · 09-05-2005 10:52am

Last year I ended up going to Cafe an Seine (sp?) on Dawson Street before actually heading into the college itself. It was a bit crowded but the atmosphere was great and it's very close to the college too.

ApeXaviour · 09-05-2005 12:07pm

Pet wrote:

5 mins from whitworth road to trinity!? What are you, mad!?

wtf? Parliament st.. across the road from the turks head and beside Zaytoon. 5 mins at a slow pace ffs

Last year I ended up going to Cafe an Seine

NOOOOOOOOOOOO....!

Kevin_rc_ie · 09-05-2005 12:46pm

there's a porterhouse on something bridge opposite hedigan's brain boru. looks like a nice place. obviously the one apex was talking about is in Temple bar area. personally, i'd recommend not going there.

point of note, available alchohol at tb - please correct my mistakes -

Pints of Guinness
Pints of Budweiser
Vodka
Whiskey
Pints of Cashels (cider)
Some weird alcopop.
...

Time Magazine · 09-05-2005 4:11pm

DrIndy wrote:

College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin.

College Knowledge of the Day:

The College was originally called the "THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY NEAR DUBLIN FOUNDED BY THE MOST SERENE QUEEN ELIZABETH".

(Before it was changed two paragraphs later.)

Kevin_rc_ie · 09-05-2005 4:15pm

Hmm. Tell us something interesting, like, how many senior lecturers have been sacked for gross mis-conduct.

Agent Smith · 09-05-2005 4:15pm

i'm going to myths house....

Kevin_rc_ie · 09-05-2005 4:17pm

too far from the college. i'm going to bobo's house.

Chick · 09-05-2005 6:31pm

Can you go to the Buttery or is it all closed off n all?

ApeXaviour · 09-05-2005 6:48pm

Chick wrote:

Can you go to the Buttery or is it all closed off n all?

It's not closed off.. It's open for the ball. You have to get into the ball first however to go to the buttery

Kevin_rc_ie · 09-05-2005 6:49pm

anyone any confirmation on the types of drinks available?

Chick · 09-05-2005 6:49pm

Thought so, ok thanks.

Friends house so!

Crash · 09-05-2005 11:20pm

so do we getta meet chick at the ball?

09-05-2005 11:21pm

crash_000 wrote:

so do we getta meet chick at the ball?

Still looking for a date eh? It's ok Crash, I think you're cool.

Crash · 09-05-2005 11:30pm

hahah, so you'll be my date then? deadly. drop over around 6.

09-05-2005 11:33pm

Odd that. I actually do know where you live, so don't have to put a pointless threat in there. Anyways, moving on...

cuckoo · 09-05-2005 11:34pm

Food before the ball is a good idea, that 3am-cold-and-hungry feeling is no fun. I went for pizza before the ball one year in Gotham Cafe, was the first of the group to arrive and when i worked in the door in my dress a lovely waiter said loudly enough for most of the restaurant to turn around 'a princess has arrived...'. Made my night!

Remember, the Ball is all about the dress/shoes/make up/hair/accessories for us girls, until we've had a bit to drink, it's a bit cold, our feet hurt and we want to wear your jacket.

Note: crash, lending girls your jacket at the ball is kind of like the Cinderella slipper hunt, sooner or later your dream girl will try it on. Or, at least your dream girl for that evening...

Crash · 09-05-2005 11:36pm

my fecking jacket cost me 130euro when i bought the suit, cinderella can piss off :P

cuckoo · 09-05-2005 11:48pm

crash_000 wrote:

my fecking jacket cost me 130euro when i bought the suit, cinderella can piss off :P

and who said romance is dead...

John · 09-05-2005 11:56pm

I did in my 1987 screenplay "Romance Is Dead". It never made it past the location scouting phase. Maybe someday CGI will advance to the level where my masterpiece will be realised.

Crash · 10-05-2005 12:21am

:P ah actually i'm a romantic - i think i got ash and beer all over the back of it for my ex on the way back home :P

DrIndy · 10-05-2005 10:43am

crash_000 wrote:

:P ah actually i'm a romantic - i think i got ash and beer all over the back of it for my ex on the way back home :P

never loan your jacket to a drunken girl....... it will disappear......

Instead take someone elses jacket.....

sleepingbeauty · 10-05-2005 11:24am

you know i'm not as excited about the ball as i was last year..dont get me wrong im still looking forward to it

i think its the fact i know im gonna be so broke when its over.....

oh and guys you gotta lend jackets, its what us girls rely on at 6am, standing in the freezing cold in those stupidly high shoes we know we shouldnt have worn...but they were so pretty in the shop..

Pet · 10-05-2005 3:26pm

personally, i'd recommend not going there.

Why not? And, seeing as you seem to know much on the subject, where else in town (aside from the Pav and Pravda) is Kopparberg available for purchase?

DrIndy · 10-05-2005 9:18pm

Pet wrote:

Why not? And, seeing as you seem to know much on the subject, where else in town (aside from the Pav and Pravda) is Kopparberg available for purchase?

Sweden

Kevin_rc_ie · 11-05-2005 12:16am

Why not? And, seeing as you seem to know much on the subject, where else in town (aside from the Pav and Pravda) is Kopparberg available for purchase?

front lounge.
off license in whelans and spar on wexford street.
I've nothing against PH I just doubt you'd like it Pet, maybe you would. IF you don't have some mates gaf to hang around in the city centre I'd encourage you to go to doyles, although some would say that's the last place they'd go. also if you have a helicopter go to sweden as seal face said.

Agent Smith · 11-05-2005 12:20am

i intend to tape vodka to my legs,

where i end up. i dont Care.... I'll Be Drunk.

ApeXaviour · 11-05-2005 12:36am

agent smith wrote:

i intend to tape vodka to my legs

Why?

Kevin_rc_ie · 11-05-2005 12:39am

Why bother taping them? or Why bother smuggling vodka in?

I think I'll chance a wee naggin sure it'll do no harm. just stick it in my pocket.

ApeXaviour · 11-05-2005 12:47am

Kevin_rc_ie wrote:

Why bother taping them? or Why bother smuggling vodka in?

What do you think? :rolleyes:

They have these magical things called pockets now AS. I know you probably haven't heard of them. Your legs must raw after taping your wallet and phone and such to them everyday. Anyway they come with your suit, 2-3 around around your ass and one on the inside of the left breast of your suit jacket (ApeX recommends here for storing vodka), sometimes there may be one in the right breast pocket.

rabbitinlights · 11-05-2005 12:51am

Because they give you a fairly savage search............. and the booze is expensive and the Q's are long........... Ill be straping 2 naggins of rum to my legs to sort myself out!!! then just buy an orange juice when I get in there......... Mmmmm rum.

Kevin_rc_ie · 11-05-2005 12:57am

Rabbit? They give you a savage search but they don't noticed the bottle taped to your legs?

They search random people randomly. They usually check your ears for e tabs too.

ApeXaviour · 11-05-2005 1:09am

Exactly, kev said it. I mean if you happen to get searched it gets confiscated eitherway. Why go to the hassle of taping it to your legs like a spa when you can just put it in your pocket. Breast pocket is far less conspicuous than a big tight spot on your cax and a funny walk.

I'm giving naggins of my 190 proof illicit liquor to friends who are headin to the ball..

Kevin_rc_ie · 11-05-2005 1:16am

Am I still a friend? i want some.

DrIndy · 11-05-2005 11:31am

Am I a friend?

Ron DMC · 11-05-2005 11:58am

ApeXaviour wrote:

naggins of my 190 proof illicit liquor

mmmm... liquor

Somewhere to go before ball

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