Who talks like this??

Robbo

0utshined wrote:

Time=Money. That guy probably saved himself 3-4 seconds ordering like that rather than usiing full names.

So how much extra money did he have at the end of it?

Terry

not very much if he was drinking in the city centre.

The_Minister

Scoops wrote:

Agreed they order a pint of bud, even the heino thing is acceptable (barely!) but a probs for a carlsberg and a VRB for a vodka and redbull?? Come on!!

I can vouch for probablies and I've heard VRB used but never heard it ordered (they say it but not to the barman)

hullaballoo

AngryAnderson wrote:

Oooooooooooooh my god. You guys are just, like, sooooooooooo clueless. It's, like, tooooooooooootally normal to talk like that, roish? Now if you'll excuse me I'm off home to Daaawkey. The last Dort is in 5 like. Ciao.

I actually got embarrassed when I was reading this post.

Anyone else notice the irony in someone called "Scoops" giving out about words people use for drinks?

DOLEMAN

Cremo wrote:

I mean come on he was on Tubridy just before the leinster v munster match wearing a pink shirt, I sat there hoping Ryan would rip him out of it.

I know wearing a pink shirt is difficult for the average terrified sheep to comprehend.

/the problem is with you
//think about it

Scoops

hullaballoo wrote:

Anyone else notice the irony in someone called "Scoops" giving out about words people use for drinks?

Ah come on, there's slang and then there's the ridiculous. A Scoop is a fairly widely accepted slang word for a pint. An AG is not!

r3nu4l

Hmmm! I have heard people ask for "a pint of Arthur" before but never an AG!

I agree, call it by the proper name. When I worked behind the bar I used to feign ignorance.

Knobhead: A Heine please.
Me: Excuse me? (confused look)
Knobhead: One Heine please.
Me: (Looking at spirits bottles after grabbing a measure) Erm..
Knobhead: No, a pint of Heine!
Me: We don't serve spirits in pints pal!
Knobhead: Heineken, you fool, a pint of Heineken.
Me: Well, why didn't you say? Now because you've called me a fool, you'll have to wait until I serve the more civil customers, it'll give you some time to cool down.

I was only 18 and it was a stupid power trip for me but they didn't ask for a Heine next time they came to the bar!:D

super_furry

Scoops wrote:

Ha ha, I don't think so, If I tried to order like that in my local the barman would probably punch me and then bar me from ever coming back!

And he'd be well within his rights. Anyone speaking like that in a bar deserves a good kicking.

super_furry

DOLEMAN wrote:

I know wearing a pink shirt is difficult for the average terrified sheep to comprehend.

/the problem is with you
//think about it

I think you'll find that the average sheep is sporting a very fetching pink shirt this season. Gob****es the lot of them.

petes

super_furry wrote:

And he'd be well within his rights. Anyone speaking like that in a bar deserves a good kicking.

Someone talking like that anywhere deserves a good kicking.

mikedragon32

Scoops wrote:

...and a GT.

AKA: ... and a Gin and Tonic (that one's fair game).

Fair game = thin end of the wedge. Once you accept one abbreviation like that, it's only natural that the rest follow.

I have overheard a certain well known rugby player ask for a pint of Ken in Club 92. The bartender just turned away.:D

petes

Yeah but most people that would be partial to a tipple would know a G&T, not a feckin AG or VRB!!

WhiteWashMan

Scoops wrote:

I read this on overheardindublin.com -

Drinks round

I used to work in a busy city centre Bar and I once got the following order from a customer (of D4 persuasion):

Hi, could I have a Heino, a Probs, an AG, a VRB, a JDC and a GT.

AKA: A Heineken A Carlsberg, a Guinness (as in Arth Guinness), a vodka and Redbull, a Jack Daniels and Coke and a Gin and Tonic (that one's fair game).

What is the problem with being normal like everybody else and using the right names for the drinks!

Can anyone tell me - who talks like this? do you talk like this?

who cares?

Catney

WhiteWashMan wrote:

who cares?

Unfair, merits as much conversation as anything else.

poor interjection.

electric69

if you think those ones are bad... i once heard a guy asking for a "pint of ken and a mullingar"..

Aka... pint of heineken and a cigar

go figure :rolleyes:

Stephen

Dudess wrote:

Unfortunately, there are plenty of people who insist on using contrived slang and speaking in contrived, pretentious accents (see: loads of radio and TV ads). They're infuriating knobheads.

Those meteor muppets fit this bill perfectly.

WhiteWashMan

Catney wrote:

Unfair, .

no.

Catney wrote:

merits as much conversation as anything else.

that may be so, but that doesnt actually mean it merits conversation.

Catney wrote:

poor interjection.

what are you?

the interjection police?

i believe im allowed to voice my opinion as much as anyone else, and following that logic, i believe my interjection is as valid as any other here.

but thanks for your feedback. i'll take it on board...

Crucifix

pantar_dubh wrote:

No, that long string of drinks sounds strange. But then again, the next time you are in a pub, see how people order a Budwiser. What do they call it?:D

Man, I'd say Budweiser...I'm so out of touch

magpie

Nobody speaks like this, its yet another lame overheardindublin invention designed to reinforce negative stereotypes - half the site is rubbish about 'scobes', the other half about 'D4' types. Give it a rest.

Incidentally, why is there never anything about our rural cousins coming up to the big smoke and insisting on calling everyone, male and female alike, 'lads'?

Big Nelly

Years ago when I lived in Enniskillen I knew the bar man and drank Carlsberg, when I would walk in he would roar

"Pint of Probably?"

I would say back

"Most definitely":D

magpie

Did the whole bar then shout "Norm!" ?

Big Nelly

magpie wrote:

Did the whole bar then shout "Norm!" ?

No you where not in that night

magpie

Touché

melekalikimaka

magpie wrote:

Nobody speaks like this, its yet another lame overheardindublin invention designed to reinforce negative stereotypes - half the site is rubbish about 'scobes', the other half about 'D4' types. Give it a rest.

Incidentally, why is there never anything about our rural cousins coming up to the big smoke and insisting on calling everyone, male and female alike, 'lads'?

people do talk like that, I personallu don't but a number of people i frequent bars with use alot of those slangs. ITs really funny when they try it abroad:rolleyes:

LoLth

Cremo wrote:

I mean come on he was on Tubridy just before the leinster v munster match wearing a pink shirt, I sat there hoping Ryan would rip him out of it.

aaaaah! please god! keep your Tubridy fantasies to yourself!!!

I always think people who talk like that are usually making a serious effort to be "cool" like those shop assistants in computer shops that insist on talking in TLAs *all* the time. I even heard one say "TXT" instead of text , what? why on earth would you extend a 1 syllable word to three syllables just to drop a vowel out of it!!!! There's nothing wrong with techie jargon being cut down and nothing wrong with slang but to use it to the degree in the original post is just a quick jump onto the slippery slope to true knob-hood (and I dont mean foreskin!).

base2

On the whole scoops thing...

Does anybody else just cringe when they hear drinks being referred to as scoops? Just makes me want to leave Dublin for a week.

base2

base2 wrote:

On the whole scoops thing...

Does anybody else just cringe when they hear drinks being referred to as scoops? Just makes me want to leave Dublin for a week.

Yeah.

Scoop of what, anyway?

WhiteWashMan

base2 wrote:

On the whole scoops thing...

Does anybody else just cringe when they hear drinks being referred to as scoops? Just makes me want to leave Dublin for a week.

yes of course, people should only use words that are allowed by you.

but feel free to leave dublin if you want.

damn people and their damn stupid different vocabulary.

Terry

WhiteWashMan wrote:

yes of course, people should only use words that are allowed by you.

but feel free to leave dublin if you want.

damn people and their damn stupid different vocabulary.

hey!
i got banned from politics for a similar comment.
i demand you ban yourself right now.

Hehehe ur funny!
tis a fairly common phrase tbh.