Fuck you, Bertie, you motherfucking cunt
Posted in Blog by Twenty Major on April 23rd, 2008
If having to listen to the simpering bollocks tributes to Bertie Ahern in the Dail today wasn’t bad enough it looks like this could be the fucker’s last hurrah.
If leaving us with serious crime, a shite health service, poxy education and the countless other issues wasn’t enough he’s now trying to make it more difficult to buy booze. What a complete and utter cunt he is.
Because his government can’t control crime he blames it on alcohol and makes it more difficult for us to enjoy a drink. I mean prohibition worked really fucking well in the US, didn’t it? Seriously, this is really fucking annoying not to mention worthless.
If I had to make a tribute to Bertie Ahern it would my shite covered fist shoved right down his fucking throat. Good riddance you stuttering Oswald Cobblepot looking freak. I hope retirement fucking kills you.
via - Fatmammycat.
It’s pretty bloody outrageous. Like I said on my blog, thye should implement the laws they already have and stop pandering to the whims of the vote catchers. Underage drinking won’t be cured by annoying the legitimate drinker.
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
A cynic (luckliy there aren’t any on this site) might say that this has more to do with the fact that people are not going to pubs anymore, and that there are a lot of publicans in the Dail. Since they can’t force up the price of off-licence drink, they’ll restrict when we can buy it.
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
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In parts of the US the anti-drink Nazis have made it so difficult that everyone must show an ID to buy alcohol.
I’m age 67. I have to show an ID.
In fact, as I don’t drive I had to get a special state “ID for non-drivers” to show and prove myself old enough when I buy drink.
I hope there will be reciprocity so my US card will be accepted in Dublin.
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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Em…. why is there so much shite on your fist?
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
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Because I’d have smeared it in shite to shove down his throat. It’s usually fairly shite free.
I’m age 67. I have to show an ID.
Please tell me that’s a joke, Henry.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
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Bertie has also started waffling on about more tolerance for religious beliefs, just as two fucking nutty Jehovahs are fighting for the right to let their twins die rather than have a blood transfusion when they are born.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
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Used to work in a bar in the states which had a “card everyone” policy. One time I almost reduced a forty year old airline pilot to tears by refusing to serve him.
Obviously, being a paddy, i relented.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
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Apart from the 10pm closing time, which isn’t the end of the world, in what way is any of whats proposed going to affect sensible adults?
Sounds like a rant for the sake of ranting 20.
Do you have a problem with the guards been able to take drink from gangs of youngsters?
I mean prohibition worked really fucking well in the US, didn’t it? Seriously, this is really fucking annoying not to mention worthless.
Cop on. I like to drink but I don’t see any of this affecting me
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
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Those two Jehovahs should be shot and when they’re bleeding and dying and begging for a blood transfusion they should be shot again
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:17 pm
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Beacuse it’s a slippery slope Peadar, and it does fuck all to address the actual problem of underage drinking. Why should I NOT be ale to buy a bottle of wine after 10 o’clock?
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:17 pm
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Agreed on the JW’s, it’s one thing for them to practice their religious curiosities, quite another to FORCE twin babies to do the same.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
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Beacuse it’s a slippery slope Peadar, and it does fuck all to address the actual problem of underage drinking. Why should I NOT be ale to buy a bottle of wine after 10 o’clock?
Exactly this.
And as for the JWs, as someone said on the radio let them do what they want, then arrest the cunts and charge them with anything that fits when the babies die.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
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Why should I NOT be ale to buy a bottle of wine after 10 o’clock?
Do you agree thats the only part of the proposal that is an issue?
I just don’t see it as a big deal. My local Off License closes at 10.30 already.
You should always have at least six bottles of wine and 24 bottles of beer in the house at all times anyway.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:29 pm
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“You should always have at least six bottles of wine and 24 bottles of beer in the house at all times anyway.’
While I can find NO flaw in hat argument, sometimes stuff runs out! Especially on Fridays.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
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Peadar - wait for the closing times to put back to 1am or 12 midnight or earlier. Watch the nightclub licences get put away, the theatre licences, late opening, the whole fucking lot.
This is just the start, I reckon.
It’s funny that countries with much less restrictive laws regarding alcohol are the ones who have the least problems with it.
We should be moving to a time where you can go to a bar any time you like, buy a drink anytime of the day or night, instead we’re being treated like fucking children.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
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You should always have at least six bottles of wine and 24 bottles of beer in the house at all times anyway.
But yeah. I agree with that.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
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The point is there are plenty of laws in place to prevent teenage drinking, but no one bothers to implement them. Implement the existing law first, then we can talk about new ones.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
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As usual, the majority is being penalised because of the fuckwittery of the few!
In this politically correct climate, the politicos will never point the finger at the real culprits, the skangers, the knackers, the out-of-control teenagers and their scumbag parents, the greedy publicans and off-licence owners, and all other shis who make a nuisance out of alcohol, so they issue a blanket ban, and punish everyone!
I, too, was sickened by the arse licking to Bertie “Robber” Ahern in the Dail, and I hope everyone remembers who the biggest arselickers are, come the revoloution!
Hint: Green party fuckers, and Mary Harney, your time is up!
PS. I just finished The Book, Twenty, fair play to you, it was great!
When is the next one coming out???
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:48 pm
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I can’t see pub closing times changing, not to earlier closing anyway.
On a not totally unrelated topic, is it just me or are the pubs gone shit?
I remember a few years ago the weekend use to sort of start on a thursday night. Friday night was a good night with the pubs and nightclubs fairly full. Saturday night was a struggle to get in the fucking door. But now they’re hardly ever full.
I enjoy a few drinks at home and its a hell of a lot cheaper, but its fucking boring compared to going out
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
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That’s because you can spend €20 and get a box of 24 bottles at the offy but €20 hardly gets you 4 pints in town.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
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peadar got there before me.
You just need to stock up more.
It is a fucking pain though.
And more tolerance for religious beliefs????
religous people should all be sealed in bags and thrown in the sea. cunts.
cunts.
i’m going down for more beer.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
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and yes, pubs have gone shit. shit and expensive.
My first pint was two pounds and 20p and the place was jammers most nights.
Then when i was in college there were always drink deals for the broke students.
none of that any more.
cunts.
If you’re bored drinking at home, go drink at someone elses house. when they’re not in.
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
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Saturday afternoon Peadar, that seems to be when the pubs are busiest, then everyone heads off home or to the offy.
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
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Cruelty - they drive the populus to drink, which they tax to the hilt, then restrict it’s availability.
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:56 pm
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it’s all bollocks. they’ve fucking killed pubs and now they’re shite so no-one goes anymore.
now they want to kill the offies so that the poxy publicans can claw back some profits.
and breath test people for drunk walking? go up the fuck
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
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ps - ha ha ronaldo you gimp
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
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im going to buy a load of cans and sit on my lawn and get shitfaced just to prove the government cant stop me drinking.
THE CUNTS!!! ILL SHOW THEM, ILL SHOW THEM ALL aaaaaaGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
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oh yeah ronaldo you bucktoothed spacker. Ill show you n all.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
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I used to have an Ibanez
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:16 pm
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Changing the laws to combat underage drinking and criminal behavviour.
So we are altering a law to influence people who have no respect for the law.
That’s why we’re ranting about it, this new law just impinges on those of us who are responsible, sensible people.
..and there is nothing wrong with ranting for the sake of ranting..
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
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there is however something deeply wrong with putting 2 “v’s” in behaviour
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
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We’d just get used to getting our booze before 10 I say.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:21 pm
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roosta, you’re probably right.
when did we start letting these fuckers push us about?
we fucking pay them. they’re a bunch of management employed and funded by us, the punters.
and we take this shite.
fuck.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
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and another thing. the fucking sanctimonius cunts who say “if you don’t vote, you can’t complain”.
well, i did vote… and not for fianna fail.
does this mean i can now punch you right in the head for voting in a bunch of sleazy backscratching sleveen fuckers?
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
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I didn’t vote for them either, in fact I DON’T know of anyone who did. Or at least anyone who will openly admit to it.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
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there is however something deeply wrong with putting 2 “v’s” in behaviour
behavvveeyyyuurr.
I can spell like a rapper too. (ie badly)
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:10 pm
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now there’s a good name for a rapper.
Badlee Spelledd
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
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That’s it! I’m sick of all the crap in this shit hole. I’m off to Germany for the foreseeable future, where I plan to drink myself silly. Wahooo.
When I see that the government have been overthrown - I’ll consider coming back.
So long.
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
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I can’t drink anymore
or
any less
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:48 pm
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Don’t give up so easily Rob!
I agree with whoever said it already - implement the laws we already have instead of making up new ones when somebody thinks they have the solution to all the problems. It’s the same with reducing the drink-driving level. It’s not going to work any better.
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
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This all sounds dodgy as fuck.
gardaí would be allowed to seize alcohol if they suspected someone may breach public order.
SUSPECTED someone MAY breach public order? That’s a bit vague isn’t it!
It’s a myth that “Ireland has a drinking problem”. Certain people in Ireland have a drinking problem, the same way as certain people in every country have a drinking problem. This will make absolutely no difference whatsoever. If an alcoholic wants to get drink, they will get drink and it will usually be before 10pm at night.
How are they justifying this? Have they done any research? Has this model worked in other countries? This is just more fear-mongering cuntery.
What makes it worse is the next election will be a procession of FF cunts back into the Dáil. People don’t seem to link shit like this to the politicians bringing it in.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:08 pm
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All This talk of alchohol reminds me of the time I ordered two pints of Guinness and a double brandy, and remarked to the barman that I should not be drinking this with what i have got. The nosey fucker says “why? what have you got” about 4 euros says I!
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 pm
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I have to say I agree with Peadar on this. Closing Offo’s a couple of hours earlier is hardly going to inconvenience you that much is it? Not enough to warrant that rant anyway.
Chill man.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:46 pm
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I agree that it wont inconvenience us that much, but it will not inconvenience the stupid cunts that are ruining it for the rest of us atall.
Hence the rant
I’m chilled, like my beer, as it happens
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:06 pm
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J5 is lying, I know his sort.
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:12 pm
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It’s a fucking con is what it is is what it is……..appearing to do something is apparently better than not doing something……like really tackling the problem….cunty twat…
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 pm
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I’m 3rd generation settled, FMC, when will you ever let it go?
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 pm
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When I get those six bar gates back I just might!
April 24th, 2008 at 12:13 am
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It’s unfair on ugly people - it’ll make it harder for hem to get laid.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:35 am
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People (let they be scumbags or otherwise) will buy just as much drink as they want before the off licence closes. The Gov will still take in the same amount of revenue , if not more. The greedy off licence owners/publicans will pay their staff an hour’s less wages. nothing much will change.
Medhbh.. I tried commenting on your blog but couldn’t.
Here’s two links to some Beckett stuff you might like.
http://www.juliangough.com/journal/2008/4/21/jude-level-1-is-the-book-on-one-in-ireland-this-week.html
http://www.juliangough.com/journal/2008/4/19/kassel-rocks.html
April 24th, 2008 at 1:40 am
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3 posts in the one day, what did I miss, I really cant be arsed reading all the comments from 3 posts, can someone give me the gist? or are you freaks all in bed again…..
Hello?
RE Off licence shiteology, its all about the lobbying of the off licence group, whatever the fuck you call them. They used to charge what they like, now you have all this pesky competition, and Brian Lenihans auld lad got through 2 livers, so he is on a crusade against the booze…
IN PROTEST EVERYONE SHOULD GO OUT TONIGHT AND GET COMPLETELY SHITFACED. I KNOW I WILL.
April 24th, 2008 at 2:50 am
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By the way am I reading parts of this post completely wrong or is it gramatically fucked up, and if so, where is Morgor the Editor??
April 24th, 2008 at 3:02 am
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Last man standing, it seems…
Peadar said it early in the night, 6 and 24 at all times minimum. If you can see the white of the fridges back wall then it’s time to restock….
and …
both sides applauded the fucker… both sides!!!
Ye voted for them all, ye should be ashamed of yourselves.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:42 am
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April 24th, 2008 at 5:12 am
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I’ve been living in Tokyo for a year now and public drinking is pretty much normal.
You have to be twenty to drink and smoke but you never have to show ID.
Not only that but the drink in far cheaper ( 6 euro for a bottle of vodka) and most bars even do an all you can drink menu (usually 12 euro) for about 2 hours of drinking.
The result? People get fucked up a lot of the time and friends help friends home and often they sing and dance in public areas, not near homes mind you, this is Japan, and all this right under the nose of the local police box. As a quick mention Japanese police are notoriously fussy but surprisingly drinking is seen as a fun and enjoyable way to socialise and doesn’t degrade into random acts of violence.
I can video it and show you the proof. Japanese people may not drink as much as us to get drunk but they do drink enough to get drunk and when they do it’s a laugh.
I’m home in 3 months and I don’t know what i’ll do when you can’t wander around the city, or park, can in hand, and as long as you don’t bother anybody you’re set.
April 24th, 2008 at 5:17 am
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smokes are also only 2 euro a pack… in tokyo… an expensive city?
April 24th, 2008 at 5:18 am
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From RTE
“Mr McHugh said that would not be an issue for his members, once it was applied evenly across the board.
He said the move may lead to consumers changing their behaviour, when they will have to ensure they purchase alcohol before 10pm.”
Yes it will change consumer behaviour, now customers wii just stand at a counter and buy in bulk !!
It will be like Christmas week all year round
April 24th, 2008 at 6:34 am
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Twenty: The ID card at age 67 is no joke. In Cambridge, Massachusetts shops like Whole Foods and off licences put the presented date of birth of the purchaser into the cash register and it is printed on the receipt.
Drink responsibly !
April 24th, 2008 at 6:40 am
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Well, In Virginia the Whole Foods doesn’t punch it in always - they have an option to ‘bypass age verification’ - I’m 28 and have never been carded there.
Here we can buy beer until midnight, liquor until 9pm and not at all on Sundays. It varies by state significantly, though.
I’m moving to Dublin in 5 weeks - sorry for adding another yank to the Dublin ranks, guys - and looked around online and couldn’t tell - is this 10pm cut-off already gone into effect? Is it inevitable? Is it just the off-licenses or the pubs, too?
April 24th, 2008 at 7:03 am
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Yopu think you have it bad? I live in Sweden. Offies close at 18:00 monday to Friday, close at 14:00 on Saturday and are closed all day on sunday. You can only buy booze in state-run offies.
April 24th, 2008 at 7:55 am
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Mr Paddy in Sweden you have compensation in being suurounded by loads of fit women though.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:26 am
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Seems to be inevitable, Morgan, but it won’t affect the pub closing times.
Good to see you’re researching all the important stuff before you get here, by the way.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:32 am
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Good to know! Thanks, Tinman18. I figure the girlfriend - I’m following her over so she can do her postdoc at UCD - can handle the more mundane tasks, but a fellow’s got to know the laws of the land when it comes to beer buying.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:40 am
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Morgan, I wouldn’t worry about it… it’s not safe to go outside after 10pm anyway. You could get stabbed to death. In the arse.
April 24th, 2008 at 8:52 am
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Yeah? Well, my options were between Dublin and Philadelphia - considering Philly’s approaching 500 shooting deaths a year these days, I think I’ll take my chances in Dublin. That said, I do value my ass-stabbing-virginity, so maybe I should just hide in the flat?
April 24th, 2008 at 8:56 am
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And remember Morgan it is Ireland - so the likelihood of the law that is in force actually being applied is minimal. Hope your missus (is she one of the blonde swedes PP was lusting after earlier??) enjoys the Stillorgan polytech
April 24th, 2008 at 8:58 am
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And like Henry I got carded when I was in the USA recently..and I a child of the 60s…but at 67 you would think he has earned enough respect to be allowed to drink whenever and where ever he wants!!
A colleague from the USA was telling me of this new phenomenon in college in the States - drunkenexia - where the pretty girls don’t eat but consume all their required calories in alcohol. And they consume hard liquor rather than beer, which is what the boys drink. Imaging the damage that would do to your system…
And Ronaldo will score the winner against Barca on OT next Tuesday
April 24th, 2008 at 9:02 am
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Lovely tribute to El Berto, Twenty! He also didn’t deliver on civil partnership either; tho I never believed he would honour that one. Can you see Biffo chanting ‘let me take you to a gay bar’ to announce lovely fluffy pinko legislation anytime soon? Now that’s a disturbing image!
The booze legislation is a smokescreen no? Isn’t the real problem that kids have money to buy booze, not solely that they can get it? Why doesn’t the State go after the parents who give their little darlings the money buy booze? Isn’t the criminal bit buying it, ie. money/ transaction? Oh wait, FF would put themselves in the shit with the FF-voting sheeple if they did that!
April 24th, 2008 at 10:20 am
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“Yeah? Well, my options were between Dublin and Philadelphia - considering Philly’s approaching 500 shooting deaths a year these days, I think I’ll take my chances in Dublin.”
You should have moved in with your aunty and uncle in Bel-Air
April 24th, 2008 at 10:45 am
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I’ve been living in Tokyo for a year now and public drinking is pretty much normal.
You have to be twenty to drink and smoke but you never have to show ID.
Jesus Twenty, did you know half the population of Tokyo are pretending to be you?
And Ronaldo will score the winner against Barca on OT next Tuesday
He will in his hole. The best player in the world my arse. He’s not fit to clean Messi’s boots. A score draw will do Barca. There certs
April 24th, 2008 at 10:59 am
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The offys up here in scotland all close up at 10 o’clock. It is fairly annoying but you can buy 12 can of good beer for 7 or 8 quid.
Decent wine is a lot more reasonable and they have these 3 for 2 deals.
You just get used it here,
I was in the offy the other day and the guy working there(an irish lad) refused to serve some english soldier guy in his uniform.
Appantly it is against the law to serve anyone in uniform. he was only getting four cans !good enough for him
What a load of shit last night with that match.
April 24th, 2008 at 11:44 am
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Absolutely. After match analysis? GET SOME FUCKIN GOALS. Useless overpaid fuckwits.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
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And despite what ye all say. They need to reduce the number of places where you can buy drink. You shouldn’t be able to buy a litre of vodka at a fuckin Esso and SPAR shouldn’t have 50 different types of beer! Come on?
April 24th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
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Why not?
April 24th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
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Lads having a few cans, no harm. Girls too. But would you like to see your 15 year old princess heading off into the night with a large bottle of vodka. Why not fill her pockets with ecstacy and a handgun also! Responsibility gentlemen. We have to look after those who are too stupid or young to look after themselves.
Or we could just let everyone do whatever they want because implimenting any law whatsoever is apparently a gross infringement on civil liberty.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
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I’m a big fan of the “beers of the world” in spar. Variety is the spice of intoxication.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
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I totally agree. I thoroughly enjoy converting Corona, Singha and Budvar into urine but 16 year old lads in A&E with stomachs full of whiskey is not on. Neither is girls throwing up on streets and pissing themselves. Where’s the upside of that?
April 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
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And despite what ye all say. They need to reduce the number of places where you can buy drink. You shouldn’t be able to buy a litre of vodka at a fuckin Esso and SPAR shouldn’t have 50 different types of beer! Come on?
Fuck that.
It is 2008. Give me one good reason why I can’t buy whatever I like, wherever I like at whatever time I like.
If I want to go for a beer at 5.30am, not that I ever do, why can’t I? If I want to buy a bottle of wine at 11.30pm, why can’t I?
Why can’t I buy beer at a garage or a SPAR or anywhere else? You can do it all over Europe, why shouldn’t I be able to here?
April 24th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
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Dead right twenty, im sure you can do all those things if you know where to go but it should be a lot easier.
Im concerned about the huge rise in corona drinking cunts recently.
If you put a lime in any beer it tastes the same. Corona without lime tastes like the piss that is budweiser.
They are all posers who think they are being sophisticated.
genius marketing on behalf of the corona people-bet they cant believe their luck
April 24th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
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ChanChan: I’d nearly agree with you except the lime fad started out of necessity. In ‘Meh-hico’, the bastard flies hate lime and so stop buzzing around your beer allowing you to eat your tacos in peace. In Ireland we don’t really have flies so it’s merely a man-cocktail.
Twenty: I have no problem with the average man getting cans at any time of the night. In fact, get a slab. However, every shop in sight selling triple strength Polish absinthe must be stopped. Spirits must be restricted to 12am-10/11pm. And cheap, massive-margin, piss standard imports should be banned. Retail law relating to low alcohol drink should be relaxed though.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
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“Give me one good reason why I can’t buy whatever I like, wherever I like at whatever time I like”.
Because you’re not a spoilt 4 year old!
April 24th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
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Spirits must be restricted to 12am-10/11pm. And cheap, massive-margin, piss standard imports should be banned. Retail law relating to low alcohol drink should be relaxed though.
Why?
Tranny - haha, but seriously. Nobody has yet given me a good reason why any restriction on alcohol sales should be in place.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
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Twenty Agree about the drinking laws its a a bad solution and not going to fix anything. They have more liberal drinking laws in the middleeast and no problem so its not the opening or access that causes the problems in Ireland.
In lebanon I can get a drink 24 hours a day, most pubs stay open until the small hours and even when one does close there is another one open. I could not beleive the mass approval for the new regulations on the every radio station and form most newspapers.
Regarding Bertie now your just sounding like an bitter ugly man , After 31 years even he deserves a going away speach.
Oh and half way through the book , its not the best but also better than a lot. Look forward to finishing on the plane.
April 24th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
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After 31 years the going away speech he deserves is…
“Guilty as charged. Bailiff, take the prisoner below.”
April 25th, 2008 at 12:49 am
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Look, the easier you make it for underage people to get drink, the faster and younger they’ll get it. You may not see a problem with that but I do and so do millions of other Irish people.
Nobody wants to be a killjoy and personally, I think sneaking cans out of the house at the tender age of 16 is a wonderous hobby. But subjecting <18 year olds to relentless marketing & endless alcohol sources is pissing on the electric fence stupid.
April 25th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
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Then the problem isn’t alcohol, it’s advertising.
April 25th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
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