how much of your income do you spend on drink

wylo

After watching about 2 mins of that god awful comedy that was on rte about Irish drinking, it got me thinking...

Us Irish defo like to drink, for alot of us without kids(not all I know), its the focus of our week,

What percentage of your wage do you spend, some people spend 100s, some just 40 or 50, but how much do you spend compared to what you take in every week?

I spend about 1/4 of my wage,

Senna

5-7%. My percentage has went up a lot recently, not because i'm drinking more, i'm just earning less.

Samurai

90% i don't earn very much though! god i'd love a beer..

Boskowski

Practically nothing or at least not worth mentioning. And I'm hammered every day. But them I'm filthy rich.

melekalikimaka

more than i should, i have friends who drop circa 300 a week

tony1kenobi

€1000 mortgage.........€3000....beer.

Queen-Mise

none, but then i dont drink:-)

Abi

wylo wrote: »

After watching about 2 mins of that god awful comedy that was on rte about Irish drinking, it got me thinking...

Us Irish defo like to drink, for alot of us without kids(not all I know), its the focus of our week,

What percentage of your wage do you spend, some people spend 100s, some just 40 or 50, but how much do you spend compared to what you take in every week?

I spend about 1/4 of my wage,

How can I put this..

I wish you the very best in life.

p.s. It gets worse.

Mimikyu

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fifth

None anymore I stopped drinking.. Used to be maybe 15% p/week.

neil_hosey

way too much

But alcohol is WAY to expensive in this country, every other country ive been to has been much cheaper than ireland withthe exception of finland, but then again shots were dirt cheap over there. fookin hate being ripped off//

stepbar

A lot less since I started getting beer down the north. If I really wanted, I could easily go out 2 nites a week and spend a ton a nite. If I did, I wouldn't have any money left to eat.....

handsomecake

0%

admiralofthefleet

way too much. i can spend upwards of 200 on a sunday night on myself and around 3 or 4 other people. working in a pub doesnt help becuase trading hours dont apply

Rhyme

Income?

stepbar

neil_hosey wrote: »

way too much

But alcohol is WAY to expensive in this country, every other country ive been to has been much cheaper than ireland withthe exception of finland, but then again shots were dirt cheap over there. fookin hate being ripped off//

It's hardly rocket science why it's so expensive when we shovel so much of it into us every year.....

wylo

Abigayle wrote: »

How can I put this..

I wish you the very best in life.

p.s. It gets worse.

???

Paddy Samurai

I try to get other people to spent their income on my drink!.
Whos round is it anyway?.

neil_hosey

stepbar wrote: »

It's hardly rocket science why it's so expensive when we shovel so much of it into us every year.....

ye i see what you mean but the scots for example i would say drink near enough to as much as us.. maybe not as much and its SOO much cheaper over there.. like more than half the price for a pint.. and dont tell me the cost of living is half as cheap over there.

Ye your right its not rocket science, we are being ripped off.

neil_hosey

stepbar wrote: »

It's hardly rocket science why it's so expensive when we shovel so much of it into us every year.....

if that doesnt clarify for you stepbar what im trying to say.. well then maybe an example:

i was in aberdeen there last week, pint of guinness was 2.10. the cheapest price for a pint of genius in dublin city centre id say is around 4.20 or 4.30.. and its brewed 2 feckin minutes down the road, its rediculous.. you go to spain, and order the local brew.. its dirt cheap compared to other beers, not 10 cent cheaper....

Terry

About 30 - 35% normally.
This week it will be more because I'll be in a pub tomorrow night.
I go to the pub about once a month these days. It used to be 5 nights a week, but work has dried up, so I can't afford it any more.

Cheers to the boardsie who threw a bit of work my way tonight.
See sig for details and boardsie discount (terms and conditions apply).

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

About 5-6% on average per week.

A7X

wylo wrote: »

After watching about 2 mins of that god awful comedy that was on rte about Irish drinking, it got me thinking...

Us Irish defo like to drink, for alot of us without kids(not all I know), its the focus of our week,

What percentage of your wage do you spend, some people spend 100s, some just 40 or 50, but how much do you spend compared to what you take in every week?

I spend about 1/4 of my wage,

Ah now. I thought it was a much better attempt than other recent Irish comedies. I actually laughed at some of it for a start.

Abi

wylo wrote: »

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Where we are going, we dont need roads..

ScumLord

stepbar wrote: »

It's hardly rocket science why it's so expensive when we shovel so much of it into us every year.....

That's not how capitolisim works your supposed to get discounts the more you buy.

ferrigan101

neil_hosey wrote: »

ye i see what you mean but the scots for example i would say drink near enough to as much as us.. maybe not as much and its SOO much cheaper over there.. like more than half the price for a pint.. and dont tell me the cost of living is half as cheap over there.

Ye your right its not rocket science, we are being ripped off.

Id say us scots drink just as much as u lot over here. Thing is though, since iv been living in dublin iv had ALOT more money to spend. Not all on drink mind, cost of living may be more over here but wages are generally better. Love heading back for visits though as its so fuping cheap!

Have to agree with admiral about working in the trade, people are all heading home at 2/3am and your night is just starting....

trailerparkboy

this week ive spent about 40% on alcohol, on my 7 the can of guinnesss now watching kindom on tv3 , what a great show

ferrigan101

neil_hosey wrote: »

if that doesnt clarify for you stepbar what im trying to say.. well then maybe an example:

i was in aberdeen there last week, pint of guinness was 2.10. the cheapest price for a pint of genius in dublin city centre id say is around 4.20 or 4.30.. and its brewed 2 feckin minutes down the road, its rediculous.. you go to spain, and order the local brew.. its dirt cheap compared to other beers, not 10 cent cheaper....

2.10 for a guinness? Was it happy hour? Thats seriously cheap, even for scotland!


About 30% by the way.

jester77

Feck all, < 3%. Usually buy a crate of beer (24 bottles) @ €12 every week or 2. Go out a few nights as well, probably costs < €30 on a night out to get absolutely wasted here, including food and transport

ScumLord

ferrigan101 wrote: »

Id say us scots drink just as much as u lot over here.

That sounds like a challenge! The ultimate showdown. The Scots verses the Irish in a drinking competition.

weemcd

Something similar to posters on the rest of the thread, id say 15-30%, varies from week to week, payday to payday etc. but defiantly still too much. Knocked it on the head for a few weeks for lent, noticed how much extra cash I had (not to save, are ye mad?) but to spend on other stuff.

Thinking back at one stage it probably would have been closer to 50-60+%:(

i_love_toast

neil_hosey wrote: »

if that doesnt clarify for you stepbar what im trying to say.. well then maybe an example:

i was in aberdeen there last week, pint of guinness was 2.10. the cheapest price for a pint of genius in dublin city centre id say is around 4.20 or 4.30.. and its brewed 2 feckin minutes down the road, its rediculous.. you go to spain, and order the local brew.. its dirt cheap compared to other beers, not 10 cent cheaper....

yet that gobshiote of a minister for justice Dermot Aherne thinks drink is far too cheap in ireland and is near on his way to getting drink promotions such as bavaria 6 pack for e7.99 banned and all drink promotions for that matter.he plans to have it all around 14e for every six pack of beer!no more cases of miller for e19.99 or anything like that either.

god i hate our government!

trailerparkboy

anyine else pissed drunk tonight

neil_hosey

i_love_toast wrote: »

yet that gobshiote of a minister for justice Dermot Aherne thinks drink is far too cheap in ireland and is near on his way to getting drink promotions such as bavaria 6 pack for e7.99 banned and all drink promotions for that matter.he plans to have it all around 14e for every six pack of beer!no more cases of miller for e19.99 or anything like that either.

god i hate our government!

agreed.. i will miss my 12 pack of prazsky for 13 quid.

Ye it was 2.10 pound so 2.30/40 for a pint of the good shtuff over there.. beggars belief how they can get away with ripping us off with guinness over here. They cant throw the owl well it cost more to brew it here. A quick chat with the barman told me it was imported... **** tbh...

neil_hosey

trailerparkboy wrote: »

anyine else pissed drunk tonight

Nearly.. but beer supplies are critical.

trailerparkboy

i m gonna have a nice beef stir fry with rice after this can , just a liiitle something i brught earlier

Tar.Aldarion

None, I drink rarely. Mmmm whiskey.

yoshytoshy

just back from spain and was drinking pints at €1.50 :rolleyes:

28Pack of 33cl cans of beer was €11.50
Found myself eating out more because the beer was cheaper.

Percentages don't seem that important ,when we're being ripped off over here, for everything.

ferrigan101

ScumLord wrote: »

That sounds like a challenge! The ultimate showdown. The Scots verses the Irish in a drinking competition.

WHERE'S THE WHISKY!!!

neil_hosey

ferrigan101 wrote: »

WHERE'S THE WHISKEY!!!

fixed that..

hate when ppl call it whisky. its WHISKEY..


in ireland anyway..


EDIT: DAMN IT.... I forgot your scottish!!

ferrigan101

neil_hosey wrote: »

fixed that..

hate when ppl call it whisky. its WHISK_Y..


in ireland anyway..


EDIT: DAMN IT.... I forgot your scottish!!

Lol, all the best whisky is spelt without the e........:-)



Actually thats a lie, there are alot of shìtty scottish blends out there.

stepbar

ScumLord wrote: »

That's not how capitolisim works your supposed to get discounts the more you buy.

Ah, but this was Ireland, the Celtic Tiger generation... "Fcuking I've loads of money, Lorcan" . We were different of course :rolleyes:

It's no great surprise the price of beer is what it is now (as in higher than the rest of Europe) when we willing handed over thousand upon thousand of eur from our wages to publicans who just kept putting up the prices over the years. Why wouldn't they with full pubs every night. And what's even worse was that we kept going back!!!

Throw in Gov Duty and the Nations attidute towards alcohol in the first place and well.....

Thankfully those days are coming to an end. It was a pleasure to have change out of a tenner for 3 pints in London at the weekend. In some places here you'd be lucky to have change out of twenty.

Volvoboy

n1ck

Most of it.

Charles Haughey

None of it.

javaboy

Bye CJ.

owenmakken

Most of my money goes on tranny's, Only time I spend it on drink is whatever the girl is havin

Rented Mule

€18 per week for eight cans of Bulmers in Tescos.

petes

Most of it but that has to change.

Caoimhín

0

Mr Benevolent

Per week? About 2.5% on average, 5% on the rare occassion that champagne is involved.