Where is the annual Good Friday thread?

castletownman · 16-04-2014 12:36am

Besides the fact that I have a match the following day, I won't be partaking in the by now annual Good Friday house-party fad because if I want to drink at home I do so out of my own volition, not because some out-dated religious law dictates that pubs remain closed for a day.

burstbuckle · 16-04-2014 12:40am

catallus wrote: »

Maybe you're the one who should grow up if you insist on calling religious faith "believing in an invisible man"

Well have you seen him lately ?

Subutai · 16-04-2014 12:48am

Anyone have any idea if any clubs or venues are opening after midnight on Holy Thursday? Whelan's are still advertising Zebra, but like me they mightn't have copped that it's Holy Thursday.

C14N · 16-04-2014 12:56am

Subutai wrote: »

Anyone have any idea if any clubs or venues are opening after midnight on Holy Thursday? Whelan's are still advertising Zebra, but like me they mightn't have copped that it's Holy Thursday.

Well they can stay open right? They'll just have a midnight last call.

Sir Arthur Daley · 16-04-2014 1:04am

Ah good friday my annual trip to the cinema.

end of the road · 16-04-2014 1:09am

C14N wrote: »

And they need it from a bar, not their own fridge!

This is about the only quirky law I can think of that we have that's essentially harmless. I like it for that alone.

its not harmless, its harmful, its stopping a particular industry from trading causing them to lose money, stopping them from trading and making money while other industries can is a form of discrimination

catallus · 16-04-2014 1:11am

end of the road wrote: »

its not harmless, its harmful, its stopping a particular industry from trading causing them to lose money, stopping them from trading and making money while other industries can is a form of discrimination

This is nonsense: are you against opening hours being restricted too? Or age restrictions on the selling of alcohol?

C14N · 16-04-2014 1:15am

end of the road wrote: »

its not harmless, its harmful, its stopping a particular industry from trading causing them to lose money, stopping them from trading and making money while other industries can is a form of discrimination

Whoa there Miss Rand, it's only for a day and for a tiny proportion of the consumer base for the drinks companies. And if this was really harming the pubs you can guarantee they would organise to have it overturned. As it is it's basically an old law left on the books because changing it is more effort than it's worth. It's not exactly case the Vatican really care that much about.

Amirani · 16-04-2014 1:35am

catallus wrote: »

Maybe you're the one who should grow up if you insist on calling religious faith "believing in an invisible man"

Seems reasonable. Jesus is supposedly always with us yet you can't see him. What does that make him?

minidazzler · 16-04-2014 1:52am

catallus wrote: »

This is nonsense: are you against opening hours being restricted too? Or age restrictions on the selling of alcohol?

As a bartender, I must say, I'm against restrictions on opening hours AND on the Consumption of alcohol. I don't want a bunch of kids in the pub, but if parents want to let a child have a drink or two with dinner in a bar/restaurant they should be allowed.

Why should pubs HAVE to close ever? I finish work at either 1230 or 230. I'd love to have a bar I could go to for a quick few at that time before bed. And while I can go to Late bars on weekdays, on weekends there's nowhere I can legally go and that sucks balls. I can always find a place to serve me, but I'd like it to be nice and legal.

C14N · 16-04-2014 1:57am

minidazzler wrote: »

As a bartender, I must say, I'm against restrictions on opening hours AND on the Consumption of alcohol. I don't want a bunch of kids in the pub, but if parents want to let a child have a drink or two with dinner in a bar/restaurant they should be allowed.

I'm assuming that at least has something to do with possibly negligent parents letting their kids have too much booze.

end of the road · 16-04-2014 2:03am

catallus wrote: »

This is nonsense: are you against opening hours being restricted too? Or age restrictions on the selling of alcohol?

yes i'm against opening and closing hours, let the pubs open and close whenever they want

end of the road · 16-04-2014 2:06am

C14N wrote: »

Whoa there Miss Rand, it's only for a day and for a tiny proportion of the consumer base for the drinks companies. And if this was really harming the pubs you can guarantee they would organise to have it overturned. As it is it's basically an old law left on the books because changing it is more effort than it's worth. It's not exactly case the Vatican really care that much about.

its a day where an industry can't ply its trade for no reason while others can, some publicans and restaurant owners are and have been trying to get it overturned, infact it doesn't have to be overturned, all that needs to happen is the relevant minister to tell the guards to turn a blind eye, the law doesn't have to be overturned, just not enforced, its probably whats happening all ready anyway.

Jamsiek · 16-04-2014 3:57am

end of the road wrote: »

the law doesn't have to be overturned, just not enforced, its probably whats happening all ready anyway.

I agree that a blind eye should be turned to this silly nanny state law but I also think it should be overturned. What about tourism in Ireland on that day? It's sure to suffer. It's embarrassing.

lertsnim · 16-04-2014 4:05am

Jamsiek wrote: »

It's embarrassing.

I do wonder how it all looks to a tourist that comes here for the Easter holidays. How would they explain it to somebody who might consider coming here without it sounding like nanny state telling us what to do.

CarrickMcJoe · 16-04-2014 7:22am

force eleven wrote: »

This country goes barmy for the drink. Quite sickening. Can ye not survive one day dry?

There were actually 3 days when pubs remained shut. Ash Wed, Good Friday and St. Patrick's Day. The Government overturned the St. Patrick's day closure to attract tourists into the country. (And look at that success story)

Though, if all the whingers went to the pub every other weekend, maybe there would be less pubs closing.

jester77 · 16-04-2014 8:46am

Sir Arther Daley wrote: »

Ah good friday my annual trip to the cinema.

Do the cinemas in Ireland have an exemption to serve beer on good Friday like the train stations have?

anncoates · 16-04-2014 9:07am

If Good Friday didn't exist, Irish people would invent it.

It's a single day that requires Armageddon-level stockpiling of alcohol on Holy Thursday and allows students and hand-wringers to whine for hours about the nanny/religious state while paradoxically still enjoying a holiday and the most depraved, alcoholic house parties of the year.

Santa Cruz · 16-04-2014 9:10am

Why no "Do you wear an Easter Lily" thread?

Davarus Walrus · 16-04-2014 9:13am

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

There were actually 3 days when pubs remained shut. Ash Wed, Good Friday and St. Patrick's Day. The Government overturned the St. Patrick's day closure to attract tourists into the country. (And look at that success story)

Though, if all the whingers went to the pub every other weekend, maybe there would be less pubs closing.

That's the point. It's the same mouth breathers complaining about the price of drink in pubs who are now giving out about not being able to visit these places. They are drunk on outrage.

Santa Cruz · 16-04-2014 9:13am

end of the road wrote: »

its a day where an industry can't ply its trade for no reason while others can, some publicans and restaurant owners are and have been trying to get it overturned, infact it doesn't have to be overturned, all that needs to happen is the relevant minister to tell the guards to turn a blind eye, the law doesn't have to be overturned, just not enforced, its probably whats happening all ready anyway.

"all that needs to happen is the relevant minister to tell the guards to turn a blind eye, the law doesn't have to be overturned"

Will the dirtbird of a politician put that in writing? That's all we need. More political interference in the justice system.
If you want the law changed go out and start a campaign

Sadderday · 16-04-2014 9:14am

whoop whoop day off work but

do the beer run tomara

I Heart Internet · 16-04-2014 10:49am

Drink. Day and age. Backward. If you want. Can't you just. Alchohol. Country has a major. Bar staff. I always. GAA. Train. Government. Stag trip. Religion. I always. Cans. Hopeless.

Did I leave anything out? Have we finished the thread?

jimgoose · 16-04-2014 10:52am

I Heart Internet wrote: »

...Did I leave anything out? Have we finished the thread?

John Charles McQuaid. Nazis.

Now it's finished - I've Godwinned it. :pac:

Soft Falling Rain · 16-04-2014 11:04am

anncoates wrote: »

If Good Friday didn't exist, Irish people would invent it.

It's a single day that requires Armageddon-level stockpiling of alcohol on Holy Thursday and allows students and hand-wringers to whine for hours about the nanny/religious state while paradoxically still enjoying a holiday and the most depraved, alcoholic house parties of the year.

Watch it now, you'll have people crying to you about how it's actually a pagan holiday.

Or is that christmas I'm thinking of? Or both? :pac:

YFlyer · 16-04-2014 11:14am

Never knew pubs close on Ash Wednesday

ThunbergsAreGo · 16-04-2014 11:15am

anncoates wrote: »

If Good Friday didn't exist, Irish people would invent it.

It's a single day that requires Armageddon-level stockpiling of alcohol on Holy Thursday and allows students and hand-wringers to whine for hours about the nanny/religious state while paradoxically still enjoying a holiday and the most depraved, alcoholic house parties of the year.

I dont get a holiday

I Heart Internet · 16-04-2014 11:16am

YFlyer wrote: »

Never knew pubs close on Ash Wednesday

They don't, as far as I know.

super_furry · 16-04-2014 1:12pm

I think, in all interests of fairness, that churches should be banned from opening on a random Sunday in June.

end of the road · 16-04-2014 1:12pm

Jamsiek wrote: »

I agree that a blind eye should be turned to this silly nanny state law but I also think it should be overturned. What about tourism in Ireland on that day? It's sure to suffer. It's embarrassing.

i agree, i'm just responding to those who make out it would be a huge deal a lot of hassle and be hard to overturn by suggesting it just not be enforced, then when the TDS get time remove it altogether

Where is the annual Good Friday thread?

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