Warning About Drinking too much

JONJO THE MISER

:(Ive been sick all morning and i mean voimiting real bad. Yesterday i brought a 8 pack of Guinness in Tesco(thats a lesson in itself) for 11 euro. I drank 6 cans last nigh and they tasted a bit flat but i took no notice and preceded to drink 6 of them. Now this morning im really sick which i never get espically after only 6 cans, so i decided to check the bottom of the cans for the best before date, low and behold the best before date on the cans is 29/03/10 which is 6 days time, now i know its not out of date yet but usually drinks have a gone off date at least 6 months ahead or more, now there are lots of these boxes of Guinness in tesco and im sure they wont all be sold out by the gone off date. Im thinking Guinness have this special offer so that they can get rid of unsold stock that is approching its gone off date, never again im switching to Beamish.

itsallaboutheL

Oh Jonjo you miser you

seamus

"Best before" does not mean that something is gone off when that date has passed. It simply means that it was best before that date. "Use by" means that it *will* go off after that date.

Every foodstuff is legally required to have a "best before" date, even though some things never go off.

You drank too much last night, you got sick, it happens, get over it.

shivs

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

:(Ive been sick all morning and i mean voimiting real bad. Yesterday i brought a 8 pack of Guinness in Tesco(thats a lesson in itself) for 11 euro. I drank 6 cans last nigh and they tasted a bit flat but i took no notice and preceded to drink 6 of them. Now this morning im really sick which i never get espically after only 6 cans, so i decided to check the bottom of the cans for the best before date, low and behold the best before date on the cans is 29/03/10 which is 6 days time, now i know its not out of date yet but usually drinks have a gone off date at least 6 months ahead or more, now there are lots of these boxes of Guinness in tesco and im sure they wont all be sold out by the gone off date. Im thinking Guinness have this special offer so that they can get rid of unsold stock that is approching its gone off date, never again im switching to Beamish.

Good switch!

Cookie_Monster

maybe the cans were just covered in rat piss...

DrumSteve

you making the big switch?

sbsquarepants

Don't do it Jonjo, i have it on good authority that beamish is nothing more than stale guiness mixed with goats piss. Have you ever tasted that s'hite? It's putrid.
I'd say you just got a bug.
I'd love a nice creamy pint right now:D

genericguy

you were vomiting on alcohol? you surely must have consumed something from a headshop aswell to have those symptoms.

youcancallmeal

****BREAKING NEWS****
Man drinks 6 cans of Guinness and feels unwell the next day!

Who'd have thought it!? Shocking stuff indeed

bronte

Just be glad it wasn't original recipe Bulmers Pear.

genericguy

youcancallme>al wrote: »

****BREAKING NEWS****
Man drinks 6 cans of Guinness and feels unwell the next day!

Who'd have thought it!? Shocking stuff indeed

better call uncle joe....

TheZohanS

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

:(Ive been sick all morning and i mean voimiting real bad. Yesterday i brought a 8 pack of Guinness in Tesco(thats a lesson in itself) for 11 euro. I drank 6 cans last nigh and they tasted a bit flat but i took no notice and preceded to drink 6 of them. Now this morning im really sick which i never get espically after only 6 cans, so i decided to check the bottom of the cans for the best before date, low and behold the best before date on the cans is 29/03/10 which is 6 days time, now i know its not out of date yet but usually drinks have a gone off date at least 6 months ahead or more, now there are lots of these boxes of Guinness in tesco and im sure they wont all be sold out by the gone off date. Im thinking Guinness have this special offer so that they can get rid of unsold stock that is approching its gone off date, never again im switching to Beamish.

tl;dr

JONJO has a hangover.

banshee_bones

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

:(Ive been sick all morning and i mean voimiting real bad.

yet you took time out to log on and tell us about your ordeal.

precious. :rolleyes:

Blisterman

Beer lasts for pretty much ever. I have a 33 year old unopened bottle, I could drink if I wanted to.

Gerard.C

6 cans is nowhere near "too much"

biko

Oh noes, Guinness spiked your drinks!!1
It happened to a friend of mine, i swears to gawd

Send a can back to them for testing, it could be something wrong with the batch. But then no-one else has complained yet.

Lux23

Theres a off licence in a leafy suburb of Dublin that has a recession fridge whereby the contents is normally beer selling for a €1 or less per can as it is past its best before date.

Mister Robinson

Can I have you're last 2 cans then?

petes

Blisterman wrote: »

Beer lasts for pretty much ever. I have a 33 year old unopened bottle, I could drink if I wanted to.

Bottle of what though?

I've had beer six months after the best before. I was fine. Jonjo just can't hold his beer.

Pherekydes

youcancallme>al wrote: »

****BREAKING NEWS****
Man drinks 6 cans of Guinness and feels unwell the next day!

Who'd have thought it!? Shocking stuff indeed

Indeed. But a better headline might read:

Man finds Guinness in cans to be vile after first mouthful; drinks 6 cans; gets sick; blames Guinness or Tesco or AH or girlfriend or employer or mother or best mates.

bronte

Lol @ thread title change! :pac:

brianthebard

Lolz @ the op's hangover.

Thanks for the tip though, might check out tesco later in the week, have to stock up for GF.

Pyr0

Blisterman wrote: »

Beer lasts for pretty much ever. I have a 33 year old unopened bottle, I could drink if I wanted to.

Leaving it for a special occasion eh ? :pac:

Kiera

Sticky?

Liam Byrne

Gerard.C wrote: »

6 cans is nowhere near "too much"

How can you possibly say this ?

Do you know how quickly the OP drank them ? How much they had eaten, etc ?

6 x 500ml cans = 6.5 pints

Recommended time to drink the above under normal conditions = 11 hours.

Gang of Gin

Lux23 wrote: »

Theres a off licence in a leafy suburb of Dublin that has a recession fridge whereby the contents is normally beer selling for a €1 or less per can as it is past its best before date.

Gots ta be Deveney's.

Degag

Liam Byrne wrote: »

How can you possibly say this ?

Do you know how quickly the OP drank them ? How much they had eaten, etc ?

6 x 500ml cans = 6.5 pints

Recommended time to drink the above under normal conditions = 11 hours.

A pint = 568ml. So how is 6 cans equal to 6.5 pints?

Also, they are normal conditions according to whom?

bonerm

Liam Byrne wrote: »

6 x 500ml cans = 6.5 pints

Proof that drinking does not increase mathematical aptitude.

youcancallmeal

brianthebard wrote: »

Lolz @ the op's hangover.

Thanks for the tip though, might check out tesco later in the week, have to stock up for GF.

Planning on getting your Girlfriend ill by making her drink dodgey Guinness? I like your style

Korvanica

Blisterman wrote: »

Beer lasts for pretty much ever. I have a 33 year old unopened bottle, I could drink if I wanted to.

go on then, i dare ya, pics or gtfo

bronte

Kiera wrote: »

Sticky?

He probably is!

Sea Sharp

Yeah I've been hearing about this new 'drug you drink' phenomenon.
Apparently it gives you a bit of a buzz but a lot of people have been saying it makes them violent and leads to memory loss, in addition to having a reeallly horrible comedown.

Imagine what would happen if young impressionable teenagers got their hands on this!!!!! If everybody starts drinking this 'alcohol' drug society will almost definitely break down.

We should ring up Joe Duffy and bring the scum bags selling this dangerous drug to the attention of the masses.

I'm going off to send a strongly worded letter to my local TD.

Gerard.C

Liam Byrne wrote: »

How can you possibly say this ?

Do you know how quickly the OP drank them ? How much they had eaten, etc ?

6 x 500ml cans = 6.5 pints

Recommended time to drink the above under normal conditions = 11 hours.

No, but still...... its only 6 cans

Jumbo156

Liam Byrne wrote: »

How can you possibly say this ?

Do you know how quickly the OP drank them ? How much they had eaten, etc ?

6 x 500ml cans = 6.5 pints

Recommended time to drink the above under normal conditions = 11 hours.

You must have been out the day we went metric, 6 x 500ml is only 5.28 pints

Ruu_Old

Maybe have a nice cup of tea next time, you clearly can't handle the auld demon in a bottle can.

beat root

Lightweight

Liam Byrne

Liam Byrne wrote: »

How can you possibly say this ?

Do you know how quickly the OP drank them ? How much they had eaten, etc ?

6 x 500ml cans = 6.5 pints

Recommended time to drink the above under normal conditions = 11 hours.

Its less than 6 pints but for arguments sake lets say 6 pints. Average time for a pint on a night out(well for the first 6 to 8 anyway) lest say 20 to 30 mins. so thats 2 to 3 hours. Even that looks like a long time to me for 6 pints tbh if you are drinking at a decent pace.

Sitting at home drinking would most likely be slower not faster so I don't think pace was the issue. I dont think the date would be either though as beer doesn't really go off.

Guinness is a lovely drink on draught but its dire from a can, op stick to Guinness draught and steer clear of Beamish and Murphys they are just pretend Guinness.

sbsquarepants

Blisterman wrote: »

Beer lasts for pretty much ever. I have a 33 year old unopened bottle, I could drink if I wanted to.

You must teach me this trick, i can never get any of mine to survive the weekend!

mikom

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

:(Ive been sick all morning and i mean voimiting real bad. Yesterday i brought a 8 pack of Guinness in Tesco

Should have gone for Fosters.
That'll teach ya.

pickarooney

Haha imagine drinking less than 42 pints in an hour! What sort of ladyboy are you? A national embarrassment you are, sure isn't it all we have left to exaggerate wildly drink loads and loads and not even be tipsy?

brianthebard

youcancallme>al wrote: »

Planning on getting your Girlfriend ill by making her drink dodgey Guinness? I like your style

Nah she'd never touch Guinness. I was referring to Good Friday.

Cookie_Monster

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Recommended time to drink the above under normal conditions = 11 hours.

recommended by who, that's a loser's (or some 14 year old's) drinking time :pac:

35-40 mins X 6 for a quiet nite, 20 mins x six for an on the piss nite = between 1h 20 and 4h

Liam Byrne

Alora Mammoth Scavenger wrote: »

Its less than 6 pints but for arguments sake lets say 6 pints. Average time for a pint on a night out(well for the first 6 to 8 anyway) lest say 20 to 30 mins. so thats 2 to 3 hours. Even that looks like a long time to me for 6 pints tbh if you are drinking at a decent pace.

Sitting at home drinking would most likely be slower not faster so I don't think pace was the issue. I dont think the date would be either though as beer doesn't really go off.

Guinness is a lovely drink on draught but its dire from a can, op stick to Guinness draught and steer clear of Beamish and Murphys they are just pretend Guinness.

Yes, I stand corrected on the conversion.

But the remainder of the post was based on the time taken to be under the driving limit, and therefore not to be viewed as "drunk".

2 units / 1 pint in first hour
1 unit / half pint in subsequent hours

So even allowing for my error, that still applies.

If the body doesn't absorb it, there's potential for a hangover.

So even though halving the timespan might be more acceptable if you're not driving, it'll still have an after-effect. Even more so if you haven't eaten.

Dun laoire

bronte wrote: »

Just be glad it wasn't original recipe Bulmers Pear.

Funny you should say that. I was in Liverpool a few weeks back, one of the mates went up to order a bottle of it when out of nowhere some scouse fella was in his ear warning him not to drink it, "you'll sh1t your cacks mate" he told him. The perry lad took no notice and carried on giving it loads in the nightclub throwing his shapes up on the dancefloor etc... within 15 minutes he was banging the door down in the jax pleading with whoever was in there to get out cause he was gonna sh1t himself. Anyway he got into the jax but unfortuntely for him it wasn't quite on time. The perry lad had to leave the cacks behind the toilet bowl. That's not the best bit though. When he went to stuff them behind the bowl there was already a pair there. Thats when the penny dropped.

Liam Byrne

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

recommended by who, that's a loser's (or some 14 year old's) drinking time :pac:

That's a 14 year old's response, tbh......all bull****ty macho re drink.

Do real people even use the word "loser" ?

littlefriend

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I'd say you just got a bug.

^^^^

I have it and so do lots of ppl I know. Have it since Thurs night. Horrible. It started off like a really manky hangover [I hadn't been drinking].

Rented Mule

SIX is the DEVIL'S NUMBER !!!

Oliver1985

www.drinkaware.ie

rgt320q

And they sold you these cans in a local shop you say? Quick! Someone ring Joe Duffy before the children™ get their hands on them!

TestTransmission

Hangover after 6 cans = lightweight

Liam Byrne

TestTransmission wrote: »

Hangover after 6 cans = lightweight

:rolleyes:

6 cans = 10 standard drinks
Daily recommendation = 3 to 4 drinks for men

So again, we're not talking about going slightly OTT....we're talking about over twice (possibly 3 times) the recommended daily amount.

Of course, machoness overrides common sense every time. :rolleyes: