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Diabhal Beag · 29-03-2013 3:06pm

Question: So it's Good Friday. Atheists go a bit mental about pubs being closed. I know it's nice to have a Friday pint after a long working week. But it's house-party night, you have years of notice beforehand to get booze and it's one night a year.

Dunno if I get the whole OUTRAGE :mad: :mad: over it.

rubadub · 29-03-2013 3:54pm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Atheists go a bit mental about pubs being closed

Why single out athiests? I would be sure plenty of Christians, and people of other faiths are opposed to the principle of this ridiculous law. Why not ban the sale of meat too? I thought that was more of a concern to religion, or does the bible specifically call out alcohol on good friday?

I am surprised the policitians have not scrapped it, they have done & proposed several things to help their publican mates before.

Speaking to the barman in my local the vast bulk of their trade is on friday & saturday, the weekly trade pales in comparision. And then christmas & new years eve trade greatly outweigh a normal friday or saturday. Seeing as many people are forced to take good friday off I imagine it would be in the top 4 most profitable days for publicans, up with st patricks, christmas eve & new years eve.

I don't see the typical punter getting upset/moaning over having to drink at home, they are moaning more about the principle.

CastorTroy · 29-03-2013 3:58pm

I don't understand why people who may only go for 1 or 2 on a Friday seem to feel the need to stock up like pubs and off licences are closing for a month?

Angron · 29-03-2013 4:22pm

I guess I'm atheist (though I don't like that word too much, has a bad rep with the self righteous ones), and I couldn't care less that the pubs are closed. I rarely drink on a Friday, so it doesn't matter to me in the slightest.

Ando's Saggy Bottom · 29-03-2013 4:23pm

You can go on the beer at the train station apparently as long as you have the cheapest possible ticket!

Diabhal Beag · 29-03-2013 4:25pm

rubadub wrote: »

Why single out athiests? I would be sure plenty of Christians, and people of other faiths are opposed to the principle of this ridiculous law.

Cuz Atheists give out about it more than anybody else in my experience. Also usually the "closed pubs debate" is never far from the "made up God" stuff.

Angron · 29-03-2013 4:27pm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Cuz Atheists give out about it more than anybody else in my experience. Also usually the "closed pubs debate" is never far from the "made up God" stuff.

On the religious thing, I'm of the thought that I don't believe there is a God, but if others do believe in one then I have no reason to berate them. Belief is down to the individual, you shouldn't force your beliefs on others.

Diabhal Beag · 29-03-2013 4:58pm

Everybody can believe what they want. Totally agree. Not a believer of a specific religion meself but wouldn't force it on anybody if I was. And I get that most Atheists and other religions feel that Good Friday is infringing on their rights but it's just a few pints on a Friday in a pub (legally but there's always pissups in pubs for the staff and if ya know somebody you can get in).

Also the point about Christians hating the day is true but they wouldn't be outspoken about it.

Angron · 29-03-2013 5:06pm

Eh, I guess sometimes people will just go out of their way to complain about stuff. It's one day of the year, I don't get the big deal.

Heh, I was talking to a friend of mine, and someone invited him out to go drinking tonight, he asked what the occasion was.

"Sure it's Good Friday!"
"Yeah, and?"
"You know... Pub's closed, ya have to drink!"
"But...why?"

Sorta continued on like that for a while.

Ando's Saggy Bottom · 29-03-2013 5:08pm

Its the outdated law thats the problem not the Church.

I agree with DB that the outrage over one day is pretty lol. Back in the day the Good Friday all day sofa drinking session was one of the highlights of the boozing calendar anyway.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 29-03-2013 5:09pm

Angron wrote: »

On the religious thing, I'm of the thought that I don't believe there is a God, but if others do believe in one then I have no reason to berate them. Belief is down to the individual, you shouldn't force your beliefs on others.

That's very true and one shouldn't force their lack of belief on others either.:pac:

AH's is like a feeding frenzy today with hardcore atheists trying to one up each other with reasons on why Christians are morons. It's gets tiresome after a while, very immature and petty behaviour imo.

Angron · 29-03-2013 5:10pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

That's very true and one shouldn't force their lack of belief on others either.:pac:

AH's is like a feeding frenzy today with hardcore atheists trying to one up each other with reasons on why Christians are morons. It's gets tiresome after a while, very immature and petty behaviour imo.

Well the lack of belief is a belief in nothing, so it's included in what I'm saying :pac:

And stuff like that is why I don't like calling myself an atheist, it's just ridiculous.

Ando's Saggy Bottom · 29-03-2013 5:11pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

That's very true and one shouldn't force their lack of belief on others either.:pac:

AH's is like a feeding frenzy today with hardcore atheists trying to one up each other with reasons on why Christians are morons. It's gets tiresome after a while, very immature and petty behaviour imo.

Tiresome, immature and petty behaviour is what AH is for.

Diabhal Beag · 29-03-2013 5:12pm

AH is a great read on Good Friday.

rubadub · 29-03-2013 5:29pm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Cuz Atheists give out about it more than anybody else in my experience.

I hear lots of friends & colleagues comment on how ludicrous it is, I know many had their kids christened so I am guessing they are not ticking no religion on the census form. In after hours I see many moaning, but I do not see many saying what religion they are. I DO see a lot of presumption that they MUST be atheists though, I see a lot of that.

Quote from the mayor of limerick when they got the right to open in 2010

"I don't see why Ireland discriminates against its own people. If people want to go to the pub and have a drink of watch a sports match, they should be allowed to do that. Even the Vatican city doesn't have this ridiculous law.

"The law was last amended in 1928, and it is about time it is reviewed, because we are living in the dark ages."

jaykhunter · 29-03-2013 5:37pm

the internet is generally a contentious place, throw in religion or politics and no real-word reprimands and it's a power-keg of arguments and trolling waiting to go off. Pity those poor mods!

Angron · 29-03-2013 5:38pm

Oh yeah, I'd imagine being a mod of AH would suck, especially with the volume of posting there.

Lord TSC · 29-03-2013 7:00pm

Pete Campbell wrote: »

Its the outdated law thats the problem not the Church.

I agree with DB that the outrage over one day is pretty lol. Back in the day the Good Friday all day sofa drinking session was one of the highlights of the boozing calendar anyway.

Bingo with the first part. I'm a non-drinking agnostic, but even I think it's a stupid and outdated law. While I would like to see the country's drink problem tackled, the day in question shouldn't cause drink-related closures.

I was in Tesco last night though, and it was shocking to see the bulk buying that was going on. Can people really not live a single day without booze? It's not even a day without booze, just a day where it's harder to get. You'd swear the end of the world was nigh...

GTR63 · 29-03-2013 7:14pm

The amount of Drink I do see bought in Lidl makes even my own liver hurt, trolleys full of bottles and cans.
Where I live too there has been a load of puke stains on the footpaths a lot the last week and even 1 on a car's rear windshield.
As far as the Church and outdated I ain't touching that one.

ShagNastii · 29-03-2013 7:21pm

I find the whole discussion about the Irish pubs and their opening hours a bit sad (in ever sense of the word)

The supermarkets and off licences being thronged yesterday somewhat proves that the country is a slave to alcohol.

Lord TSC · 30-03-2013 9:13pm

Is it tonight clocks go forward or next week?

Charisteas · 30-03-2013 9:14pm

Tonight

CastorTroy · 30-03-2013 9:33pm

And good job too. Americans I have meetings with went forward a few weeks ago so my 1:30 meetings were moved to 12:30 and cutting into lunch

Charisteas · 30-03-2013 9:41pm

It's bad because it means having to stay up an hour longer for Wrestlemania next week.

JP Liz V1 · 30-03-2013 9:47pm

So full of road rage, the amount of cyclists and tractors I meet today and none had any consideration for the motorists behind them :mad: I thought cyclists had to be in a single file anyways happy easter all

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Diabhal Beag · 30-03-2013 11:07pm

Cyclists, for the most part, are very selfish when they cycle in groups. Sometimes triple-file on narrow roads in rush hour out my way. They don't go very fast either.

Ando's Saggy Bottom · 30-03-2013 11:12pm

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

Is it tonight clocks go forward or next week?

Tonight.

MON finally found out at Sunderland. Not before time.

Ando's Saggy Bottom · 30-03-2013 11:13pm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Cyclists, for the most part, are very selfish when they cycle in groups. Sometimes triple-file on narrow roads in rush hour out my way. They don't go very fast either.

Shower. Unbelievably inconsiderate road users.

Diabhal Beag · 30-03-2013 11:20pm

Also the biggest crime is the amount of male arse on show. Sort yerselves out cyclists.

GTR63 · 31-03-2013 12:10am

My dad cycles, nearly got killed a few weeks back by a truck thankfully he was walking with the bike and not cycling. He asked me should he bring the bike to the garage despite it being bent into a U.
My dog is fair annoying me tonite, took her to her 'boyfriend' during the week and its like she doesn't forgive me that I had to leave her there overnight.

Joe24 · 31-03-2013 1:32pm

GTR63 wrote: »

My dad cycles, nearly got killed a few weeks back by a truck thankfully he was walking with the bike and not cycling. He asked me should he bring the bike to the garage despite it being bent into a U.
My dog is fair annoying me tonite, took her to her 'boyfriend' during the week and its like she doesn't forgive me that I had to leave her there overnight.

:P

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Ando's Saggy Bottom · 31-03-2013 2:25pm

Big game in Walsh Park Diabhal et al.

Hon Deise.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 31-03-2013 4:09pm

I went out with my old secondary friends last night. It's amazing how people change, I'm only 24 but they seem like completely different people, a weird collection of go getter's and losers.

JP Liz V1 · 31-03-2013 5:04pm

Is it wrong to eat half your niece's chocolate egg and blame her brother

Diabhal Beag · 31-03-2013 5:45pm

Pete Campbell wrote: »

Big game in Walsh Park Diabhal et al.

Hon Deise.

I ****ing hated Walsh Park. Maybe the coldest I've ever been at a match.

Ando's Saggy Bottom · 31-03-2013 5:47pm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

I ****ing hated Walsh Park. Maybe the coldest I've ever been at a match.

Its an awful kip. Id say the result kept you warm though.

Diabhal Beag · 31-03-2013 5:52pm

Pete Campbell wrote: »

Its an awful kip. Id say the result kept you warm though.

There's far worse grounds but it's a bad spot to be on a cold day. Even had a nagin of Paddy's to keep us warm. Great result though. At least ye got 4th spot. Always love seeing Moran and Brick in the flesh. They're superb. Ref was awful though.

gnfnrhead · 31-03-2013 6:38pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is it wrong to eat half your niece's chocolate egg and blame her brother

I blamed the dog

CastorTroy · 31-03-2013 7:51pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is it wrong to eat half your niece's chocolate egg and blame her brother

Only if you get caught

Rjd2 · 01-04-2013 11:52pm

Goodfellas or Casino?

Which one lads?

Goodfella's for me, but rewatched Casino tonight, Sharon Stone wow, every possible sense!

glenjamin · 02-04-2013 12:38am

Casino narrowly. Both amazing films. Love Joe Pesci.

JP Liz V1 · 06-04-2013 2:14pm

Come on Ballabriggs and Becauseicouldntsee in the Grand National today, betting fever taking over again

Lord TSC · 06-04-2013 3:18pm

Cappa Blue all the way :P

Hashtag_HEEL · 06-04-2013 4:00pm

I know sweet F all about horse racing, but I put money down for Imperial Commander and The Rainbow Hunter just for their great names!

eh i dunno · 06-04-2013 4:12pm

Joncol, Chicago grey, treacle, swing bill and soll for me

Lord TSC · 06-04-2013 4:26pm

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

Cappa Blue all the way :P

Snatched second. E/w pays off :P

jaykhunter · 07-04-2013 5:24pm

Hey where can I order some good hot wings in Dublin city Centre? (delivery preferably)

Tinie · 07-04-2013 5:30pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

Hey where can I order some good hot wings in Dublin city Centre? (delivery preferably)

Pizza hut do nice ones.

Hashtag_HEEL · 07-04-2013 5:31pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

Hey where can I order some good hot wings in Dublin city Centre? (delivery preferably)

I believe that Pizza Hut delivery do fairly good wings. The two I know of in Dublin (but not the city centre) are Lesson street and Nutgrove.

Stocking up for tonight I suppose?

jaykhunter · 07-04-2013 5:38pm

not tonight but Tuesday. I'll check 'em out. Cheers lads.

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