The "How many drinks have you had tonight, son" Question

deco1610

When you're queueing up to enter a pub or club on a night out, and have quite visibly imbibed an alcoholic drink or two, you're likely to be asked by the bouncer this question.


What do you/should you answer with?

Your response obviously cannot be entirely truthful (You're not getting in if you tell him you've just finished your 12th can)

Nor can it be too obviously made up (When you're quite clearly struggling to stand still and upright in a non-moving queue, and you claim not to have touched the stuff all night, your bluff will be called fairly easily and lo, you're still not getting in)


I usually say 4, fyi. I'm of small build, so this is usually believed by the bouncers

alwaysadub

I don't get stopped by bouncers anymore:cool:

But telling them 3 or 4 wouldn't get you into trouble with them(if they aren't pricks in the 1st place)

HalloweenJack

I usually say "just a few pints down the pub" and I've found, if I haven't slurred my words, they let me in.

stovelid

deco1610 wrote: »

What do you/should you answer with?

"Very few as I find that it negates the effects of pills"

/hug

/robot dance

fizzynicenice

just deck him and leggit inside

Local-womanizer

Never since I have turned 18 have I been stopped by bouncers,strange...

Mr. CooL ICE

"What appears to be the officer, problem?"

Always tell the truth pretty much and it works.. Often said a few cans and bottle of buckfast and I think they like the honestly.

The_Kew_Tour

I tell them do you want me to blow my weeks wages in your pub or not

it works all time

Pyr0

"I enjoyed a snipet of wine before I left my residence, I plan on enjoying a few more alcoholic bevereages in your fine establishment if you, good sir, allow it."

I could only ever slur a few words of the above before I'm told to **** off.

I stick with "3/4 cans" these days.

storm2811

There was one time I was in a right state,only had a few but hadn't eaten much that day..stumbled up to the entrance anyway threw all me money at the person collecting it at the door,tripped over a step a bit,and walked in no problem:pac:

budgemook

adrian280582 wrote: »

I tell them do you want me to blow my weeks wages in your pub or not

it works all time

Ah man of almost 28 years of age should know better than to blow all of his wages in one nightclub sir.

SomeFool

deco1610 wrote: »

When you're queueing up to enter a pub or club on a night out, and have quite visibly imbibed an alcoholic drink or two, you're likely to be asked by the bouncer this question.


What do you/should you answer with?

"I'm hammered buddy, why else would I be queing here"

PK2008

Im not as think as you drunk I am

Danbo!

Fuck off will ye, I've queued for this long now wheres the bank machine? /Collapses

mikom

"Just twii martooniis"

FearDark

stovelid wrote: »

"Very few as I find that it negates the effects of pills"

/hug

/robot dance

Possibly the best thing I've read on boards all year.

Liam Byrne

deco1610 wrote: »

When you're queueing up to enter a pub or club on a night out, and have quite visibly imbibed an alcoholic drink or two, you're likely to be asked by the bouncer this question.


What do you/should you answer with?

Your response obviously cannot be entirely truthful (You're not getting in if you tell him you've just finished your 12th can)

If you've had "a drink or two", then I'd answer "a drink or two".

If you're stupid enough to drink 12, then get a taxi home.

Overheal

"Not enough to ask her to dance"

/bouncer pity

srfc19

A friend of mine once said she'd had 3 small bottles of WKD and that she'd started at 10. The bouncer told her it was only 5 past 10 now, ah rag week!

TheZohanS

deco1610 wrote: »

The "How many drinks have you had tonight, son" Question

None, I'm underage, boss.

Professey Chin

You're a bit hairy but i'll do you

El Weirdo

storm2811 wrote: »

There was one time I was in a right state,only had a few but hadn't eaten much that day..stumbled up to the entrance anyway threw all me money at the person collecting it at the door,tripped over a step a bit,and walked in no problem:pac:

Location: Leitrim

Ah, I see.

UrbanSea

Saw a fella say none before,and in fairness he was holding it in well.
Walking by the bouncer,he turned and got sick down his leg whilst muttering
'Ano I had a few..'

poisonated

I would usualy say something realistic like 3 or 4.

bronte

"Bout two fiddy"

Tail Wagger

Just tell him your an alter boy and you've just come from evening mass, after drinking a glass of red, you'll sail in.

Jev/N

"Not nearly the amount I desire, hence I am frequenting your fine establishment, sir"

UrbanSea

Tail Wagger wrote: »

Just tell him your an alter boy and you've just come from evening mass, after drinking a glass of red, you'll sail in.

Can't sail with a limp.

youllneverknow

how many have i had not enough if im still walking

entropi

Tail Wagger wrote: »

Just tell him your an alter boy and you've just come from evening mass, after drinking a glass of red, you'll sail in.

Drinking white you mean if its a priest:pac:

I ususally tell them If I've had none (I havent had any yet) or if I've had 2-3 then yeah (I've had 3...they tend to like one number, not two).

UrbanSea

youllneverknow wrote: »

how many have i had not enough if im still walking

Haha,ironic name if they're asking you.

friendface

What's your name?

Two pints.... Twooo Pints




FUCK!!!

Cheap Thrills!

deco1610 wrote: »

When you're queueing up to enter a pub or club on a night out, and have quite visibly imbibed an alcoholic drink or two, you're likely to be asked by the bouncer this question.
What do you/should you answer with?

'...I jus wannaz go 'ome occiffur'

*gesticulting accusingly at friends*

'...I zzzneeeveuurr saw'm beFFfooaaARR inme life...'

hIc :cool:

Random

not been stopped by a bouncer in a while now .. usually just a hello back and forth. if they decide to wanna quiz me for 20 mins i'll take my money down the road. i can find any pub in dublin that'll be happy to charge me over a fiver (or six) for a pint and they won't give me the hassle at the door.

The Express

I only got to top up the first glass of merlot, bouncer. Honest.

Your ma was absolutely panting for it so I had to give her a seeing too.

/ SMACK
/ Nee Naw Nee Naw
/ Bloody A&E; be here all night.

Dunnie1982

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Never since I have turned 18 have I been stopped by bouncers,strange...

I'm 28 and still get asked for ID on occasion, much to the amusement of my friends. If they ask how many I've had I usually just say 7 or 8 bottles to the bouncer and i never have any problem getting in. Most bouncers would expect that the majority of people have this on a Saturday night before going to a nightclub. I've only been turned away from a nightclub once ever, that was after going out in Dublin & having a monster session, the bouncers in Coppers said I had too much to drink and to go home. A friend of mine who never had a drink in his life was turned away from a nightclub in Waterford one night for being drunk, he couldn't believe what he was hearing so we went somewhere else. On a side note, I've also noticed that it's easier to just walk past the bouncers into nightclubs without question since the recession started.

the_syco

Usually have 8 or 10 shots of Southern Comfort in one of those fat "thirst buster" 7up bottles on the way into the pub.

Never get asked. Usually have to stop in front of the place and finish my smoke before going in, so I assume as they don't see me swagger, they thing I'm sober. They're usually right, but there was one time that I was drunk getting off the bus. Luckily it was only Messers, so got in past the bouncers no problem

magick

These arent the driods ur lookin for!


You can go about ur business


move along............move along..........

entropi

Dunnie1982 wrote: »

I'm 28 and still get asked for ID on occasion, much to the amusement of my friends.

I'm 29 and that happens just about all of the time...I've been let into only 3 places without ID this year, Messr's, Doyles and Ron Blacks in Dublin.

Degag

Is this just a Dublin thing? In my years of going into clubs and pubs, i've never been asked how much i've had to drink....

jonnygiles

Was told of one night of a mate's solution to the problem:
A bouncer asked "How many pints have you had tonight sir" to which he replied "Ah just two pints". Bouncer asks "of what" to which he says "ah you no the usual-vodka!"Got in anyway!

If youre ever queing for CP's nightclub in Galway no matter how hammered you are if you say youve had 3 pints in the Skeff, theyll let you in no bother as well, strange folk those bouncers...

storm2811

El Weirdo wrote: »

Ah, I see.

:pac:

El Siglo

Bouncer...

Flannery's and the Palace, they're grand. Coppers on the other hand...

FearDark

bronte wrote: »

"Bout two fiddy"

Its three fiddy, and I'm pretty sure I corrected you on that before :pac:

m@cc@

I got asked a few weeks ago by a bouncer if I'd taken any drugs. I replied bemused 'No'. He replied 'Are you sure, your pupils are dilated?' He must have been reading Page 1 of 'The effects of pills'. Feckin' meathead! Got in regardless of his questions.

ballsymchugh

Dunnie1982 wrote: »

I'm 28 and still get asked for ID on occasion, much to the amusement of my friends. If they ask how many I've had I usually just say 7 or 8 bottles to the bouncer and i never have any problem getting in. Most bouncers would expect that the majority of people have this on a Saturday night before going to a nightclub. I've only been turned away from a nightclub once ever, that was after going out in Dublin & having a monster session, the bouncers in Coppers said I had too much to drink and to go home. A friend of mine who never had a drink in his life was turned away from a nightclub in Waterford one night for being drunk, he couldn't believe what he was hearing so we went somewhere else. On a side note, I've also noticed that it's easier to just walk past the bouncers into nightclubs without question since the recession started.

coppers refused cash??

one night i drove into town, parked practically across the road from the club, sauntered over and got asked how much i had to drink. have never drank in my life either, but somehow tend to form a glazed look over my eyes when queuing for such fine establishments. as for the tit in pacha in london that said i was too inebriated, well, i didn't want to go into the stoopid place anyway!

Victor

m@cc@ wrote: »

I got asked a few weeks ago by a bouncer if I'd taken any drugs. I replied bemused 'No'. He replied 'Are you sure, your pupils are dilated?'

Tell him this happens when it is dark, so that more light can get into the eye.

kiffer

Victor wrote: »

Tell him this happens when it is dark, so that more light can get into the eye.

also Bedroom Eyes...

jdooley28

jonnygiles wrote: »

Was told of one night of a mate's solution to the problem:
A bouncer asked "How many pints have you had tonight sir" to which he replied "Ah just two pints". Bouncer asks "of what" to which he says "ah you no the usual-vodka!"Got in anyway!

If youre ever queing for CP's nightclub in Galway no matter how hammered you are if you say youve had 3 pints in the Skeff, theyll let you in no bother as well, strange folk those bouncers...

That is actually accurate. CUBA BOUNCERS CAN BE SWAYED WITH 3 PINTS IN THE COLLEGE BAR. Gpo dont care.

m@cc@

Victor wrote: »

Tell him this happens when it is dark, so that more light can get into the eye.

I definitely wouldn't have got into the place if I started to bring 'logic' into the conversation.