I nearly shat
Posted on | October 7, 2009 | 46 Comments
‘Grim news for O’Briens‘, said the headline.
Then I realised it was the O’Briens that sells crap sandwiches and not the fantastic shops full of hooch.
Phew!
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October 7th, 2009 @ 11:56 pm
What was an “Irish” sandwich ?
October 8th, 2009 @ 12:02 am
phew indeed……and O’Briens are crap….really really bad sandwiches….how is it possible to make a sandwich that bad….it’s only two slices of bread and a filling ffs….
October 8th, 2009 @ 12:32 am
I was always partial to the tripledecker.
October 8th, 2009 @ 1:02 am
There’s nothing more Irish than an ol’ tripe sandwich, yum yum yum ! or a coddle panini. Move over Brody I think I’m on to something here, anyone got the number of my loacal C.E.B.
October 8th, 2009 @ 1:26 am
Fucking shite sandwich, a few stale crisps and a bottle of water for 8 quid or something? They’ve got what was coming to them.
On the subject of hooch, does anyone know of an off-licence in Dublin that sells Red Stripe? I picked up a few cans of it while in Nordieland at the weekend (having previously only tasted it in Glasgow), but supplies are rapidly dwindling. I don’t want to have to drive up to Newry every time I want some, despite it being possibly the greatest beer you can buy in a can.
October 8th, 2009 @ 1:53 am
Spar do their meal deal here for £2.00
October 8th, 2009 @ 1:57 am
I nearly shat when I read that Bertie Ahern (remember him?) said that John O’Donoghue was reluctant to travel as minister for tourism.
Shat? I laughed so hard my rectum prolapsed…
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1007/breaking80.htm
October 8th, 2009 @ 2:03 am
I already asked Twenty if he was going to retract as Bertie says he is a fine politician!
October 8th, 2009 @ 4:19 am
Grim is a word not heard nearly enough these days. But in the context of sandwiches..they must have been really bad.
October 8th, 2009 @ 5:13 am
OH FOR GOD’S SAKES! INDIGINOUS IRISH COMMENTING ON FOOD!!!!!
HO YES – IRELAND, LONG KNOWN FOR ITS HAUTE CUISINE AND REFINED PALATES…
‘YERRA THERE BRIDGIT – THE CRUBEENS ARE JUST GRAND ALTOGETHER, GOES DOWN WELL WITH THE DEEP FRIED MARS BARS…”
October 8th, 2009 @ 8:41 am
Fuck off Gluey
October 8th, 2009 @ 9:24 am
Offal is the new sushi.
October 8th, 2009 @ 9:37 am
SubWay is just as fuckin bad, full of salt.
October 8th, 2009 @ 9:42 am
Deep fried mars bars are a Scottish delicacy.
O’Briens sandwiches are hand-cut, you know. Most other places use knives. Not the same.
October 8th, 2009 @ 9:44 am
im happy for them the robbing cunts, poor quality high price, enterprise my bollox they are another example of what is wrong with this country.
October 8th, 2009 @ 9:44 am
On the subject of hooch, does anyone know of an off-licence in Dublin that sells Red Stripe?
Redmonds, Ranelagh. If they don’t have it they’ll get it. Deveney’s in Rathmines, beside Rody Bolands, might be another place to try.
maggot – I’ll never retract, you know that.
October 8th, 2009 @ 10:02 am
ah Redmonds in Ranelagh. What memories. Bargain bucket with bottles of grand marnier for 6 quid
October 8th, 2009 @ 10:06 am
Thanks, Twenty. I should’ve figured Redmond’s could be counted on in such circumstances. I’ve been in a huff with them ever since they wouldn’t give me booze on a Tuesday night when I really wanted some. It was 10.15 at night and they were therefore closed, but still.
October 8th, 2009 @ 10:08 am
He’s done, Brody… a sinking ship.
October 8th, 2009 @ 10:11 am
O’Briens was always shite from the start. They were the first branded sandwich shop which made us feel as sophisticated as they spread around the world.
But all they ever were was a feeding trough for Guards and Nurses.
October 8th, 2009 @ 10:25 am
Off licenses are one of the few businesses that will never be in trouble. They are recession proof thanks to the greedy cunting publicans
October 8th, 2009 @ 10:41 am
Hee Hee… Hooch!
October 8th, 2009 @ 10:47 am
heh, good riddance.
October 8th, 2009 @ 11:12 am
RELAX SUPERGROVER – THERE’S STILL MCDONALDS FOR WHEN YOU WANT TO INDULGE IN YOUR IDEA OF ‘FINE DINING’
October 8th, 2009 @ 11:16 am
Sigh
October 8th, 2009 @ 11:17 am
And they’re guilty of always putting chocolate on your fucking coffee without asking.
October 8th, 2009 @ 11:21 am
And they’re guilty of always putting chocolate on your fucking coffee without asking.
The Monsters!
October 8th, 2009 @ 11:23 am
Now there is an idea Medbh – grated Toblerone on coffee.
October 8th, 2009 @ 11:25 am
McCabes on Tara Street for the best sandwiches on Oith. On OITH, I say. Fuck O’Briens and their yellow coleslaw.
October 8th, 2009 @ 11:27 am
Redmonds in Ranelagh, and Whelan’s on Wexford Street do it. Also Jack Carvills off licence on Camden Street do it.
October 8th, 2009 @ 11:28 am
Sorry ^. I was talking about “Red Stripe”, not sandwiches,
October 8th, 2009 @ 11:30 am
When I see anything such as food or drink described as “Irish”, especially in Ireland, I’m immediately suspicious – it’s usually crap marketed to appeal to some misguided patriotism or tourist paddywhackery. And there’s a whiff of Racism – No Latvian hands have touched our food, No Pole was involved in producing this sandwich etc.
October 8th, 2009 @ 11:42 am
Egg Mayonnaise.
October 8th, 2009 @ 12:07 pm
O’Briens Offlicence closing would be a tragedy,they are a quality retailer,my local one has a guy there that actually knows about wine,and has recommended many a fine bottle of red,while not just pushing the expensive stuff on his customers..a great selection of Beers too.
With all the negativity goign around at the moment,let us take a moment to bask in the awesomeness of O’Brien’s Off Licences..by taking a shit in an O’Brien’s sandwich shop and hand cutting it..
October 8th, 2009 @ 12:20 pm
“Egg Mayonnaise.”
It’s far from egg mayonnaise you were brought up.
October 8th, 2009 @ 12:34 pm
And rolled ham in salads
October 8th, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
I’ll have some sweetcorn, sun dried tomatoes, parma ham & rocket on ciabata please.
Sandwiches in Ireland have changed.
October 8th, 2009 @ 12:57 pm
Another pillar of Rip Off Ireland bites the dust, it’s fightfully sad.
October 8th, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
Fucking hate sweetcorn. It’s the STD of the deli counter. Gets everywhere.
October 8th, 2009 @ 1:54 pm
Still there when it comes out the far end too.
McHugh’s offies on Kilbarrack Rd and Malahide Rd are excellent – not sure if they do Red Stripe though. Must check later.
October 8th, 2009 @ 2:08 pm
Corn on the knob.
October 8th, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
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October 8th, 2009 @ 2:58 pm
I agree wholeheartedly, fuckin rip of cunts. Tried to obtain a melonchloy fuelled sambo a couple of times in o’Brien’s.
Stupid cunt looked at me like i was an alien when asked for a “peice an sugar” (peice is scottish for sandwich), it was even worse when asked for a “peice an broon sauce”.
My god how things have changed
October 8th, 2009 @ 4:16 pm
REDMONDS greatest off licence in dublin….being usin it all me life
October 8th, 2009 @ 5:14 pm
The breadth of off-licence knowledge here is truly inspiring (in a ‘if this brain power was applied to cancer research or rocket science we’d be awesome’ kind of way).
Still impressive though.
October 11th, 2009 @ 11:34 am
Had a sandwich from O’Briens once – awful oul tripe. But it’s not the quality of their fare that sunk them – it was inflated property leases.