12 pubs of christmas.why is it huge this year?

irishvamp90

hey
i work part time in a pub.kinda mixed crowd but a quiet spot but jesus whats the story with groups of people out for 12 pubs.while business is welcome and the owner looks after nice groups with free shots,nibbles
but this last 4 days ive never met so many really nasty groups of drunks who seem to decent people but are as bad as any scumbag when drunk.asking groups to calm/quieten down is a small request but god i hate this 12 pubs craic now

p.s if your doing it dont invite any lightweights

c - 13

Could be related to all the work christmas parties being cancelled I suppose.

For smaller work groups getting together to go out and get smashed but want to put a bit of a theme to it the 12 Pubs is simple to organise.

MagicMarker

12 pubs?

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irishvamp90 wrote: »

hey
i work part time in a pub.kinda mixed crowd but a quiet spot but jesus whats the story with groups of people out for 12 pubs.while business is welcome and the owner looks after nice groups with free shots,nibbles
but this last 4 days ive never met so many really nasty groups of drunks who seem to decent people but are as bad as any scumbag when drunk.asking groups to calm/quieten down is a small request but god i hate this 12 pubs craic now

Yes, I'm afraid you wont find any wise men this christmas.

r3nu4l

MagicMarker wrote: »

12 pubs?

Yup, What is '12 pubs'?

Danbo!

irishvamp90 wrote: »

hey
i work part time in a pub.kinda mixed crowd but a quiet spot but jesus whats the story with groups of people out for 12 pubs.while business is welcome and the owner looks after nice groups with free shots,nibbles
but this last 4 days ive never met so many really nasty groups of drunks who seem to decent people but are as bad as any scumbag when drunk.asking groups to calm/quieten down is a small request but god i hate this 12 pubs craic now

p.s if your doing it but invite any lightweights

ps if your doin it but re-read your posts

Quazzie

I'm guessing its a pub crawl to 12 pubs.

Not exactly rocket science!

c - 13

Basically a pub crawl. 12 Pubs for the 12 days of christmas. Min One drink in each one (usually).

MagicMarker

Yay, lets go to 12 different pubs... just coz.

It's great being an idiot.

skelliser

iv been invited to 4 different "12 pubs of xmas" this saturday in galway!
been to a few over the years but the op is right, this year is mental! loads of them have been turned away last weekfrom some pubs in galway.

monkeyfudge

skelliser wrote: »

iv been invited to 4 different "12 pubs of xmas" this saturday in galway!
been to a few over the years but the op is right, this year is mental! loads of them have been turned away last weekfrom some pubs in galway.

How do you spot one exactly?

shane86

MagicMarker wrote: »

Yay, lets go to 12 different pubs... just coz.

It's great being an idiot.

Ohh ffs. Not only is it a laugh but it is a great middle finger to our governments attempts to clamp down on having a social life. No happy hours, attempts to cut opening hours, offys closed at 10, it is the perfect protest

skelliser

usually 10-15 people landing into a pub having one pint and leaving, gets messier and messier.

Last few years they had strict rules and timeline, each "participant" was given a sheet with a list of all the pubs and they had to be signed by a member of staff stating that you actually had a pint/drink.
Last year started at 4, half an hour in each pub.
The list was/is usually made up of "old man" type pubs cause the guiness is better! plus the bigger
super**** pubs hated us!

Of course by 7/8 it was reduced to a complete mess!

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shane86 wrote: »

Ohh ffs. Not only is it a laugh but it is a great middle finger to our governments attempts to clamp down on having a social life. No happy hours, attempts to cut opening hours, offys closed at 10, it is the perfect protest

No it's not. By getting super-drunk and acting like a drunken idiot you're proving them right.

MagicMarker

shane86 wrote: »

Ohh ffs. Not only is it a laugh but it is a great middle finger to our governments attempts to clamp down on having a social life. No happy hours, attempts to cut opening hours, offys closed at 10, it is the perfect protest

Yeah! Lets all go out and spend our money on overpriced beer, that'll learn em!!

You 'protest' away.

shane86

Prince Scrawny Penknife wrote: »

No it's not. By getting super-drunk and acting like a drunken idiot you're proving them right.

While I cant speak for you I can handle 12 fairly merrily, as can most people I know. Dont judge the rest of us on your own intake ability/behaviour.

barbiegirl

I'll be doing the 12 pubs this year, as I have the past 3 and as my hubbies gang have done the past 10. It's fun, it when the entire gang get together no matter kids, weddings or indeed where they live, people are home from as far away as Japan they organise their Xmas break to take into account the 12 pubs. People can join and leave at any time along the route, only about 10 of us make the entire 12 and to be honest we're not that messy until of course the last pub and we chose purposely some where noisy and where we can dance. We've even had people do all 12 on minerals which they tell me is actually harder, not cause they are shandy asses but because they had gaa matches that weekend. I love the night and I willapologise in advance to the bar staff but mainly we're not badly behaved. 12 pubs are the business :-)

BaZmO*

shane86 wrote: »

While I cant speak for you I can handle 12 fairly merrily, as can most people I know. Dont judge the rest of us on your own intake ability/behaviour.

Well "if" (and that's a big "if") you and your friends "can handle 12 fairly merrily" you are certainly in the minority.


There are plenty of people that can put away 12 without falling into a puke soaked coma but generally these people tend to act like knobends unbeknownst to themselves.

chickenhawk

I've done the 12 pubs for a few years now. Can't wait to do it this year!!

And yes 12pubs groups do make more noise. We emptied three pubs last year just from our topics off conversation. :pac:

handsomecake

why would you want to go to 12 pubs. people in ireland really confuse me. why not pay a bill,go to the gym , or bang your missus. id rather have a bath with my grandad then go to 12 pubs with a bunch of idiots whos only mission is to get drunk.

the conversations the next day piss me off too. jesus john i was hammered.yeah mick cant believe we robbed that for sale sign. did you see your one from accounts snogging the boss ,that was mad. yeah they were locked blah blah blah drinking is cool, the more drunk you are the cooler you are blah blah. the whole of ireland has the mentality of a bunch of 16 yer olds

AnonoBoy

handsomecake wrote: »

id rather have a bath with my grandad then go to 12 pubs

Where you from? Alabama?

Bluefox21

handsomecake wrote: »

why would you want to go to 12 pubs. people in ireland really confuse me. why not pay a bill,go to the gym , or bang your missus. id rather have a bath with my grandad then go to 12 pubs with a bunch of idiots whos only mission is to get drunk.

the conversations the next day piss me off too. jesus john i was hammered.yeah mick cant believe we robbed that for sale sign. did you see your one from accounts snogging the boss ,that was mad. yeah they were locked blah blah blah drinking is cool, the more drunk you are the cooler you are blah blah. the whole of ireland has the mentality of a bunch of 16 yer olds

Someone wasn't invied to their office pub crawl :D:D

Relevant

Some people on here would probably prefer the 12 blogs of christmas while sitting alone at home on their laptops! :rolleyes:

handsomecake

handsomecake wrote: »

why would you want to go to 12 pubs. people in ireland really confuse me. why not pay a bill,go to the gym , or bang your missus. id rather have a bath with my grandad then go to 12 pubs with a bunch of idiots whos only mission is to get drunk.

the conversations the next day piss me off too. jesus john i was hammered.yeah mick cant believe we robbed that for sale sign. did you see your one from accounts snogging the boss ,that was mad. yeah they were locked blah blah blah drinking is cool, the more drunk you are the cooler you are blah blah. the whole of ireland has the mentality of a bunch of 16 yer olds

Blasphemy ^ ^

You cant beat the craic on the beer!!

MagicMarker

handsomecake wrote: »

why would you want to go to 12 pubs. people in ireland really confuse me. why not pay a bill,go to the gym , or bang your missus. id rather have a bath with my grandad then go to 12 pubs with a bunch of idiots whos only mission is to get drunk.

the conversations the next day piss me off too. jesus john i was hammered.yeah mick cant believe we robbed that for sale sign. did you see your one from accounts snogging the boss ,that was mad. yeah they were locked blah blah blah drinking is cool, the more drunk you are the cooler you are blah blah. the whole of ireland has the mentality of a bunch of 16 yer olds

I completely agree tbh. (apart from the grandad part)

ScumLord

MagicMarker wrote: »

Yay, lets go to 12 different pubs... just coz.

It's great being an idiot.

Heay don't knock it till you've tried it. Idiocy was the number 1 pastime in many countrys around the world during 2008.


If your interested I can sell you an idiocy conversion kit which includes a surgical hammer for easy home use.

AnonoBoy

MagicMarker wrote: »

I completely agree tbh. (apart from the grandad part)

Well we all know Grandma MagicMarker gives good bath so no surprise there.


(I honestly have no idea what that means!)

truecrippler

Well... a pint in 12 pubs, that's not too bad. Unless they're severe lightweights. Sure I'd be a bit drunk but wouldn't be "sh!tfaced"... I'd still go for more.

Eoin

handsomecake wrote: »

why would you want to go to 12 pubs. people in ireland really confuse me. why not pay a bill,go to the gym , or bang your missus. id rather have a bath with my grandad then go to 12 pubs with a bunch of idiots whos only mission is to get drunk.

Do you feel that way about going out in general?

I mean, if you're in the pub from 7 or 8 onwards and go to a club, the chances are that you'll have close to, if not more than, 12 drinks.

CountingCrows

handsomecake wrote: »

people in ireland really confuse me

Irish people enjoying a drink - what the duece! God I'm sick of moaners like this. Got any other pet hates apart from people having fun, socialising and talking to there mates??

Dave147

Have a pub on barrack street in cork and I absolutely hate this thing, full of student **** having a shouting match with each other. Last year was far worse but they're still around.. One fella told me he was going to rape my mother, thought it was very funny, it wasn't so funny for him when he was lying on the ground outside with a blood nose, I found that part hilarious

handsomecake

eoin wrote: »

Do you feel that way about going out in general?

I mean, if you're in the pub from 7 or 8 onwards and go to a club, the chances are that you'll have close to, if not more than, 12 drinks.

havnt had a drink in 2008 due to becoming inreasingly disillusioned with irish lifestyle,how my mates and women act when drunk,how much richer i am, how much fitter i am,how every one wants a digging match when drunk,how people feel exonerated from blame when drunk, eg; i took ecstacy because i was drunk, i slept with her because i was drunk ,i hit him because i was drunk.

ireland is broken

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Q2002 wrote: »

I'm guessing its a pub crawl to 12 pubs.

Not exactly rocket science!

No if it was, it would be called rocket science, would it not? Obvious to some, but not everyone.

homerjay2005

have to say its more popular this year than ever. i have organised one for this sat and i know another 4-5 groups that did it last weekend. most of the lads that will be with me are well able to tank away 12 pints and we have never had any trouble and have done it 3 or 4 times.

the lightweights who cant handle their drink will be drunk anyway. there is no difference between drinking 12 pints in one pub or in 12 sepereate pubs, its the same amount!

Eoin

handsomecake wrote: »

havnt had a drink in 2008 due to becoming inreasingly disillusioned with irish lifestyle,how my mates and women act when drunk,how much richer i am, how much fitter i am,how every one wants a digging match when drunk,how people feel exonerated from blame when drunk, eg; i took ecstacy because i was drunk, i slept with her because i was drunk ,i hit him because i was drunk.

ireland is broken

OK, so your problem isn't really about the 12 pubs, but with binge drinking in general.

I reckon that some of the people who think it's a stupid idea would probably drink close to that on a big night out anyway, but it's just the large amount of venues that seems to be the problem.

Incidentally, some people can handle their drink without being a twat. Certainly it won't be the most intellectual of debates, especially if you're sober, but it won't necessarily be nasty or completely retarded.

homerjay2005

generally, i find that these events that you have planned means you would drink more than normal and still be well with it. like, on certain days that you'v been looking forward to for a long time, you'd knock back 10-15 pints over the course of time and not notice. a wedding is one example. 12 pints is an average night out in my opinion.

handsomecake

eoin wrote: »

OK, so your problem isn't really about the 12 pubs, but with binge drinking in general.

I reckon that some of the people who think it's a stupid idea would probably drink close to that on a big night out anyway, but it's just the large amount of venues that seems to be the problem.

Incidentally, some people can handle their drink without being a twat. Certainly it won't be the most intellectual of debates, especially if you're sober, but it won't necessarily be nasty or completely retarded.

well it IS actually. this 12 pubs idea epitomises my problem with irish socity. if someone came up to me in the office and said "steve we are going to 12 pubs tonight,you have to drink a minimum of one drink in each pub,its gonna be mental" id say **** off are you 15 years old or what. it reminds me of the power hour when we were teens,where you had to do a shot of beer every minute for an hour in order to be lashed drunk. any "event" where the quantity you drink is an issue or the running theme of the night is nothing other then teenage debauchery.

for the record im no old fogie. i was 24 last month, was a piss head as a teen and over the years have come to hate the practice( you could count on 2 hands the amount of drinks ive had in the last 5 years. im sick of my mates (and most of ireland) living for next friday.

ScumLord

handsomecake wrote: »

well it IS actually. this 12 pubs idea epitomises my problem with irish socity. if someone came up to me in the office and said "steve we are going to 12 pubs tonight,you have to drink a minimum of one drink in each pub,its gonna be mental" id say **** off are you 15 years old or what. it reminds me of the power hour when we were teens,where you had to do a shot of beer every minute for an hour in order to be lashed drunk. any "event" where the quantity you drink is an issue or the running theme of the night is nothing other then teenage debauchery.

for the record im no old fogie. .

You sound like one. You'd rather sit in the corner of the same pub all night. Maybe it's just a small town thing but we'd never stay in the same pub all night unless it was hopin'. It always annoys me when I go out in Galway with (friends that live in Galway) how they just sit in one corner of the same pub protecting their stools all night.

Dave147

homerjay2005 wrote: »

generally, i find that these events that you have planned means you would drink more than normal and still be well with it. like, on certain days that you'v been looking forward to for a long time, you'd knock back 10-15 pints over the course of time and not notice. a wedding is one example. 12 pints is an average night out in my opinion.

12 pints isn't an average night out, I couldn't drink 12 pints in a whole day, most people who drink in my pub would have 6-8 pints for the night, however those who come out at 4pm for the night may drink 12-15 pints. Its this macho attitude I hate though, people thinking they're cool because they can down their pint etc.
I can proudly say I haven't gotten sick from drink since Crete 2 years ago, that was only because the vodka measures are substantially larger.

I have generally no issues with 8-10 people doing the 12 pubs, they're generally 25+ and work together, they never cause hassle. What I can't stand are the retarded 18-21 year olds in groups of 20-30 coming in the door screaming and shouting, everyone of them trying to call their drink at the same time, they behave like infants and I treat them accordingly..

Eoin

handsomecake wrote:

any "event" where the quantity you drink is an issue or the running theme of the night is nothing other then teenage debauchery.

That's a fair point handsomecake. I guess because I won't struggle to have the 12 drinks, it isn't such a big deal for me. Also, I only drink bottles, and won't be forced to drink pints for the sake of it.

If someone said they were going on the 24 pubs of Christmas, I'd also tell them to piss off because that would be way over what I can handle.

I'm not saying that it's a good thing by the way, just that it will still be within a lot of peoples' comfort zone, and they therefore won't be forcing it down too much.

handsomecake

eoin wrote: »

OK, so your problem isn't really about the 12 pubs, but with binge drinking in general.

I reckon that some of the people who think it's a stupid idea would probably drink close to that on a big night out anyway, but it's just the large amount of venues that seems to be the problem.

Incidentally, some people can handle their drink without being a twat. Certainly it won't be the most intellectual of debates, especially if you're sober, but it won't necessarily be nasty or completely retarded.

ScumLord wrote: »

You sound like one. You'd rather sit in the corner of the same pub all night. Maybe it's just a small town thing but we'd never stay in the same pub all night unless it was hopin'. It always annoys me when I go out in Galway with (friends that live in Galway) how they just sit in one corner of the same pub protecting their stools all night.

well i havnt been in a pub all year for a start.
secondly im from dublin so it aint a small town attitude

MagicMarker

ScumLord wrote: »

You sound like one. You'd rather sit in the corner of the same pub all night. Maybe it's just a small town thing but we'd never stay in the same pub all night unless it was hopin'. It always annoys me when I go out in Galway with (friends that live in Galway) how they just sit in one corner of the same pub protecting their stools all night.

Maybe some people like a bit of banter between friends without the need to move from pub to pub or drink a small resevoir?

ScumLord

MagicMarker wrote: »

Maybe some people like a bit of banter between friends without the need to move from pub to pub or drink a small resevoir?

But you can't talk in Galway pubs their usually wedged out the door. The only time you can really talk to people is in between pubs. I'd rather stay out of the pub altogether to be honest. but it's now illegal to hang around outside having a few cans and listening to some hippy playing the bongos.

MagicMarker

ScumLord wrote: »

But you can't talk in Galway pubs their usually wedged out the door. The only time you can really talk to people is in between pubs. I'd rather stay out of the pub altogether to be honest. but it's now illegal to hang around outside having a few cans and listening to some hippy playing the bongos.

Well wtf are you doing inside then? Just drinking staring at the walls because it's too loud to do anything else?

I go to a pub (rarely) to chill out and with a couple of beers with mates, to have a laugh. If it's soo loud I can't hear myself then i'll usually get bored and go home.

Likewise I have been in a situation whereby people want to move from place to place and it pisses me off to get comfortable somewhere only for some twat to want to go dancing.

ScumLord

MagicMarker wrote: »

Well wtf are you doing inside then? Just drinking staring at the walls because it's too loud to do anything else?

More or less, yeah. I'm hardly going to stand outside in spite while everyone else is inside shouting at each other.

SAVE_ME.222

Isn't there a forum for these moany non-drinkers ?

Dave147

Dave147 wrote: »

What I can't stand are the retarded 18-21 year olds in groups of 20-30 coming in the door screaming and shouting, everyone of them trying to call their drink at the same time, they behave like infants and I treat them accordingly..

20-30 people means at least 20-30 drinks sold very quickly at average of 4 euro a drink I wouldnt be complaining unless they were causing real trouble, fighting or breaking things a bit of shouting I could put up with with the thought of the extra money I was taking in.

MagicMarker

ScumLord wrote: »

More or less, yeah. I'm hardly going to stand outside in spite while everyone else is inside shouting at each other.

More fool you tbh.

ScumLord

MagicMarker wrote: »

More fool you tbh.

Yup, haven't been to a pub in about a month though. There no fun without drugs anyway.

Chucky the tree

Dave147 wrote: »

I have generally no issues with 8-10 people doing the 12 pubs, they're generally 25+ and work together, they never cause hassle. What I can't stand are the retarded 18-21 year olds in groups of 20-30 coming in the door screaming and shouting, everyone of them trying to call their drink at the same time, they behave like infants and I treat them accordingly..

So you go around giving infants bloody noses by punching them in the face aswell? Jesus, stand up guy you are. If you hate them so much why do you severe them? :rolleyes:

Fizman

handsomecake wrote: »

the whole of ireland has the mentality of a bunch of 16 yer olds

Like OMG. I hope you like totally take back that comment like. It was like totally random. I bet you don't even have any 'crombie in your closet, cos I bet that your all poor and stuff. Totally.