Random Babbling

Bartronilic

Are there full proper bors inside? what time do they finish? are they expensive? is their djs/dancefloor as well as the main musical things? What's in the dance tent? (i know who's playing). are the full five hours taken up with the entertainement or does it just end then and take another hour to get everyone kicked out? so many questions so little time!

I just have to know everything before I do something it's just the way I am.

nutball

They serve in the Buttery and there'll be an outdoor bar of the type you get at any of the music festivals or stadium gigs set up across the front of the exam hall. In line with the whole event being an overblown rip-off, yes, they're expensive. They'll have a bar ex but I'm not too well up on my licensing laws so I don't know what time that means.

There will be stages in Front Square (open air, generally cheesy pop tribute bands), New Square (marquee for the "big" acts), Fellows Square (Dance Tent), and as far as I know/recall, Library Square (? - the patch of grass between Rubrics and the Campanile, again, a marquee). There are also acts in the Buttery/Atrium and possibly the Dining Hall, I can't remember. Some of these may happen to be DJs - most likely at the Dance Tent in Fellows Square.

I've never bothered sticking it out till the bitter end but I think things start winding down around 4am.

cuckoo

Bartronilic wrote:

Are there full proper bors inside? what time do they finish? are they expensive? is their djs/dancefloor as well as the main musical things? What's in the dance tent? (i know who's playing). are the full five hours taken up with the entertainement or does it just end then and take another hour to get everyone kicked out? so many questions so little time!

I just have to know everything before I do something it's just the way I am.

buttery bar: crowded. insane queues/crush to get into the toilets. there's usually a bar set up on the ground floor of the atrium selling cans. within the first hour of the ball the floor of the buttery will be covered in spilt beer and traces of vomit, overworked clean up crews do their best but it really is insanely crowded

bar in front of 1937: there's usually one set up serving bud/heino/insipid beer of choice.

bars stop serving about 3/3.30ish, as far as i can remember.

dance floors are within tents.

if one has a deep yearn to see their photo in the papers hang around to the cold end, there's ussually a couple of photographers wandering around front square at the end looking to get pictures of hungover looking ball attendees. if (brief) national fame is your thing be pictured getting it one with someone on college green, cue liveline-esque radio outrage at the 'youth of today'. be the poster child for debauchery!

there's also a chip/burger/hot dog van or two in front square selling overpriced food to cold, hungry ball goers.

my verdict:

it's worth experiencing it at least once during your time in the trinity education experience, but don't get hopes too high. like a debs, it can be over hyped. don't expect too much, arrange some fun people to go with and enjoy.

Black_Couch

And what time does it start at?

Awayindahils

Bartronilic wrote:

I just have to know everything before I do something it's just the way I am.

i've noticed. and because of the little miss interegationas to her identity, and given that you're in JF BESS who are you exactly. Chances are you know me.

cukoo wrote:

it's worth experiencing it at least once during your time in the trinity education experience, but don't get hopes too high. like a debs, it can be over hyped. don't expect too much, arrange some fun people to go with and enjoy.

yeah i keep meeting third and fourth years who are completely no pulsed by the whole thing. The major thing i had heard about trinity before i got there the the trinity ball, and when the tickets wne ton sale i got messages from my friends asking for my spare ticket and reminding to go book and buy my tickets immediatly.

Black_Couch

Awayindahils wrote:

i've noticed. and because of the little miss interegationas to her identity, and given that you're in JF BESS who are you exactly. Chances are you know me.

I'm in JF BESS too, seems to be 3of us here!

Barry Aldwell

To this I say: Meh

(I seem to have skipped the Freshman optimism and enthusiasm, and gone straight onto the Sophister skepticism and worry about exams. Go me)

MaxBax

Barry you rawk.

Stargal

cuckoo wrote:

if one has a deep yearn to see their photo in the papers hang around to the cold end, there's ussually a couple of photographers wandering around front square at the end looking to get pictures of hungover looking ball attendees.

Yeah me and Andrew got interviewed for the Evening Herald after the Ball two years ago. It was cool.

Worst thing about the ball: It gets a lot colder than you imagine it could for the middle of May. I'm talkin' coooooooooooold

Best thing: Running into millions of people you know and having excellent (and brief) conversations with all of them

Time Magazine

Christ I cannot agree with Stargal more on the cold thing. It was freeeezing. The girlfriend was so cold I had to give her my coat, and that made me so cold I couldn't enjoy the night (read spent it in the Buttery being depressed that I couldn't go watch the bands) and was actually sick for a fortnight after.

Wear warm (enough) clothes! Coats and waistcoats for the guys. Scarves and whatever else you're having for the girls.

Stargal

HAH! Did you read that Andrew?! Some boys actually DO give their girlfriends their big warm tuxedo jackets, and don't leave them to get so cold that their lips go blue and they can't feel their fingers or toes and the stupid cleavagey dress that was a great idea 10 hours ago might as well be made of one layer of chiffon for all the warmth it's providing during the two hours wait for Bewley's to open.

Don't think I've forgotten that

Time Magazine

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm just a better man than Andrew.




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Stargal

*thinks* Oh my God, is Enda coming on to me?

Enda, sure I'm flattered, maybe even a little curious, but the answer is NO

Time Magazine

Haha no I'm not coming onto you. The aforementioned girlfriend is still well and truly attached at the hip. I'm just stating my dominance over Andrew.

shay_562

Chances are you know me.

Given that you regularly e-mail the entire class or make announcement before lectures, I'd say that's a given.

I'm in JF BESS too, seems to be 3of us here!

I count five JF BESS people, plus a JF MSISS (which is kinda like BESS, only smarter).

Topic: Somewhere around April of 6th year my best friend threatened me with grisly death unless I brought her to the ball, so I've never actually had a choice about whether or not I was going. It sounds...like an experience, I'll say that much.

Stargal

Angry Banana wrote:

I'm just stating my dominance over Andrew.

*cue angry street talk* Uh-huh, no you DIDN'T. I KNOW that you did not just diss my man *frantic waving of head* cos that shít is whack, G *waves finger in front of Enda's face* and if you disrespect him then you disrespect his babymama *gestures to self, wonders what a babymama is* and that just ain't cool dog.

PS: Andrew has asked me to point out that he spent hours rubbing my arms and putting his jacket around the two of us to try and keep us both warm so I was slightly wrong on that front.

If this was a game of Top Trumps then I like to think that Andrew would win. But unfortunately it's not.

Time Magazine

stargal wrote:

Prove it

Angry Banana wrote:

The girlfriend was so cold I had to give her my coat, and that made me so cold I couldn't enjoy the night (read spent it in the Buttery being depressed that I couldn't go watch the bands) and was actually sick for a fortnight after.

stargal wrote:

HAH! Did you read that Andrew?! Some boys actually DO give their girlfriends their big warm tuxedo jackets, and don't leave them to get so cold that their lips go blue and they can't feel their fingers or toes and the stupid cleavagey dress that was a great idea 10 hours ago might as well be made of one layer of chiffon for all the warmth it's providing during the two hours wait for Bewley's to open.

There ya go!

Stargal

Sorry I edited my post to defend Andrew's honour and to try to talk street to you.

Time Magazine

This is a bizarre twist eh?

Nice save.

And tell Andrew, just in case he's being all manly and what not, that I'm not hitting on you.

Or, in street talk: Yo homie itz all good dawg. Dontchew be a worryin 'bout youra territory cuz I gots my *own* biatch already dude. 'Nd mmmm shes jus' MIGHTY fine dawg! Awooooo! [that's a wolf-whistle noise]. Hubba hubba - youknowwhatimtalkinabout.

ilovemybrick

Angry Banana wrote:

Or, in street talk: Yo homie itz all good dawg. Dontchew be a worryin 'bout youra territory cuz I gots my *own* biatch already dude. 'Nd mmmm shes jus' MIGHTY fine dawg! Awooooo! [that's a wolf-whistle noise]. Hubba hubba - youknowwhatimtalkinabout.

fo' shizzle

Stargal

And tell Andrew, just in case he's being all manly and what not, that I'm not hitting you.

That's good because to be honest, I think I could take you

ilovemybrick

stargal wrote:

That's good because to be honest, I think I could take you

i know i could. then again i think a strong breeze might.;) and to continue with the jive talk (remember that scene in airplane?) id like to add... "oh no he dihent" and "nigga pleazze"

cuckoo

Angry Banana wrote:

Or, in street talk: Yo homie itz all good dawg. Dontchew be a worryin 'bout youra territory cuz I gots my *own* biatch already dude. 'Nd mmmm shes jus' MIGHTY fine dawg! Awooooo! [that's a wolf-whistle noise]. Hubba hubba - youknowwhatimtalkinabout.

All those 'ah, what a nice boyfriend' impressions caused by your talk of giving your girlfriend your jacket have all been cancelled out (with bells on) by that paragraph.

*sigh*

Yup, the ball can get very, very, very cold. But, it's a complicated matter staying at the right temperature as some of the more crowded tents can actually be quite warm.

In the same way as the SU has been known to hand out condoms and 'ball survival kits' on the morning when people are picking up tickets, maybe there could be a hot drink stand at the ball to revive ball goers.

Time Magazine

Stargal - edited. And you wouldn't have a chance wuss. I'd easily beat up most girls. I'm from the outer-ring of the suburbs.

Cuckoo - I'm a fantastic boyfriend! That's the way Ikeep such a great chick for three years. God knows it ain't the looks! I study economics, talk about out of my price-range...

Stargal

Angry Banana wrote:

Stargal - edited. And you wouldn't have a chance wuss. I'd easily beat up most girls. I'm from the outer-ring of the suburbs.

HAH! My primary school was on the outer fringes of Finglas. I've seen things that would make a grown man cry.

MaxBax

angry banana, ok, you have a girlfriend, we get the picture.

MaxBax

stargal wrote:

HAH! My primary school was on the outer fringes of Finglas. I've seen things that would make a grown man cry.

bettystown.

lolz.

Pet

Oooh, it's a game of "my hometown is ghettoer than yours" in here. Well I'm from Ashbourne, which is like a suburb of Finglas, except without the soul. Who can beat that?

ilovemybrick

Pet wrote:

Oooh, it's a game of "my hometown is ghettoer than yours" in here. Well I'm from Ashbourne, which is like a suburb of Finglas, except without the soul. Who can beat that?

went to school in bray.

Black_Couch

shay_562 wrote:

Given that you regularly e-mail the entire class or make announcement before lectures, I'd say that's a given.
I count five JF BESS people, plus a JF MSISS (which is kinda like BESS, only smarter).

Right so Awayindahills must be class rep talking in front of the class either Eoin, Hilary, Rory, or Maria.
Emails regularly... eh either Hilary/maria
Complete guess by the user name - Hilary?

And what exactly do MSISS people do?
I know they do Org & Management, Intro to Economics, Engineering maths? what else?

Bartronilic

Computer science or something. They're in with engineers and bess/business + languages. Sounds kinda hard!

John

Pet wrote:

Oooh, it's a game of "my hometown is ghettoer than yours" in here. Well I'm from Ashbourne, which is like a suburb of Finglas, except without the soul. Who can beat that?

A guy got his leg shot off around the corner from my house.

Link

ApeXaviour

John2 wrote:

A guy got his leg shot off around the corner from my house.

Link

Hah so that's what happened him! I was chattin to charlie when I workin doin poker nights in the goat grill last year..

Boston

Pet wrote:

Oooh, it's a game of "my hometown is ghettoer than yours" in here. Well I'm from Ashbourne, which is like a suburb of Finglas, except without the soul. Who can beat that?

North inner city dublin. Theres like a 200 pages thread on east wall in the dublin forum. I win... Oh dear god.

Awayindahils

Black_Couch wrote:

Right so Awayindahills must be class rep talking in front of the class either Eoin, Hilary, Rory, or Maria.
Emails regularly... eh either Hilary/maria
Complete guess by the user name - Hilary?

And what exactly do MSISS people do?
I know they do Org & Management, Intro to Economics, Engineering maths? what else?

Well infairness quite a few people here refer to me by my first name when they post, i mention su stuff in the rant btich moan and occasionally int he wohoo thread quite a bit so it was an easier enough guess. and also neither you nor bartronllic posted in the who is who thread so i couldnt even try to guess who you were. I know who shay is and i know the msiss person is but you two are blanks, along with whoever the fifth is, i dont even know their user name.

on a completely sperate topic again, and in my first post i did try to tie in the trinity ball but given the 3 pages of tangent which followed it i now feel no need, crash, nieztchen apexiour are just waiting in the wings to lock this thread. But wohoo 3 pages of tangent

cuckoo

John2 wrote:

A guy got his leg shot off around the corner from my house.

Link

John2 also lives around the corner from where i used to go to school.

'kay, the other schools may have been more ghetto than mine - but the school i went to was a classic 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' experience. has anyone seen that sas survival thing on tv3 on sat evenings? i would pick that over repeating the 6 years in convent school. nuns are scary. convent school girls are scarier.

John

ApeXaviour wrote:

Hah so that's what happened him! I was chattin to charlie when I workin doin poker nights in the goat grill last year..

Too bad you didn't tell me you were there, I would have sauntered up to you.

shay_562

along with whoever the fifth is, i dont even know their user name.

Caoi - pixie-something. Counting her on a technicality, I know, but she's still here. Kinda.

And given that everyone knows who Hilary is and I'm already in the Who's Who thread, any chance of names/WW posts from the other BESS people here?

Pet

John2 wrote:

A guy got his leg shot off around the corner from my house.

Link

Eh hello..there are drug-related attacks in Ashbourne allll the goddamn time. We have rape and murder too. It's a classy town I tells ya. Thank **** I live outside it..I just went to school there, it ain't my hometown.

John2 also lives around the corner from where i used to go to school.

You're a mountie? You poor thing.

John

Pet wrote:

Eh hello..there are drug-related attacks in Ashbourne allll the goddamn time. We have rape and murder too. It's a classy town I tells ya. Thank **** I live outside it..I just went to school there, it ain't my hometown.

I never said mine was worse, just a noteworthy piece of information about where I live that fits with the topic.

And a mountie always gets her man.

MaxBax

i want to go to the trinity ball.

drugs are much easier to smuggle in then alcohol. but i think my contact on the inside and get my stash of vodka for me. all shall be well.

Black_Couch

Awayindahils wrote:

Well infairness quite a few people here refer to me by my first name when they post, i mention su stuff in the rant btich moan and occasionally int he wohoo thread quite a bit so it was an easier enough guess. and also neither you nor bartronllic posted in the who is who thread so i couldnt even try to guess who you were. I know who shay is and i know the msiss person is but you two are blanks, along with whoever the fifth is, i dont even know their user name.

Right didn't even notice the who's who thread, I don't post here that much. I actually didn't try to find your name just guessed from what shay mentioned.

So anybody figure out what time the ball starts at? I booked my tickets bout a month ago but I never paid for them yet. They sent me an email saying if I wanted to still get the tickets, I needed to email them back but it was around the time of the BESS ball and funds were low.

ApeXaviour

Awayindahils wrote:

on a completely sperate topic again, and in my first post i did try to tie in the trinity ball but given the 3 pages of tangent which followed it i now feel no need, crash, nieztchen apexiour are just waiting in the wings to lock this thread. But wohoo 3 pages of tangent

Ah jayz, that's how most threads actually go on for so long here is their complete randomness

Pet wrote:

You're a mountie? You poor thing.

Mountie?

europerson

Angry Banana wrote:

The girlfriend was so cold I had to give her my coat

Awww...!

I'd easily beat up most girls.

You beat me up. And I'm not even a girl.

I'm a fantastic boyfriend! That's the way Ikeep such a great chick for three years.

God knows it ain't the looks! I study economics, talk about out of my price-range...

It sure isn't the looks. So does your girlfriend. Your relationship must be fun: "Hi dear, do you want to talk about indifference curves tonight? Oh, I'm not in the mood for AS-AD..."


I went to school in the countryside. There were nine people in my class.

Crash

On the topic of primary schools, one of the ones i went to for 3 years, every morning when we drove in to be dropped off, our car had to be checked for bombs.

BEAT THAT.

ApeXaviour

crash_000 wrote:

On the topic of primary schools, one of the ones i went to for 3 years, every morning when we drove in to be dropped off, our car had to be checked for bombs.

BEAT THAT.

You were in america though (right?). That doesn't count cos americans are weird.

In texas now cops go undercover into bars to arrest people for being drunk. I kid you not. Apparently being in a bar does not excuse one from the "crime" of public drunkenness.

Crash

Wasnt the states. it was Berlin just after the wall fell, in an RAF base (cus it was the only english speaking school near by).

Nietzschean

whoa the OTness of all this.... though cool about bomb checking under yer car on the way to school

Bartronilic

Arrested for being drunk in a bar? Obviously haven't been to Ireland. Has anyone seen the new Ribena ad? It's hilarious! Americans would be ragng if they saw it!

Anyway I live in a "ghetto" HAH! It is the biggest wannabe knacker area in the world. People from all sorts of areas come here (Templeogue) to start fights with the shams who then run away. It's ridiculous and funny. (Apparently they see them at Eircom League football games acting hard and find out that they are from Templeogue). The reason for it is for some odd reason, it's "cool" to act like a knacker in school so that's why they do it. Some of the shams live in 6 bedroom houses with Ferraris and have real expensive designer clothes but they still act like they are from Jobstown.

Anyway back on topic. Yeah i don't think i'll get drunk at the t-ball. 74 euro is alot of money to be wasted on another messy blur which you can do anywhere anyway.

Bartronilic

My name is Brian btw Hilary (wen over this in pm just posting my name for the record).

Nietzschean

being drunk at the t-ball isn't optional. Its part of the t-ball experence.