Drinkin in the airport

rodrob111

Have a flight to Gdansk via Eindhoven at half 7 on my own.

Anyone have any craic drinkin on their own in the airport?

Already checked and bars are open from 5.30am

Brendog

Its fairly dodgy if you're drinking alone. don't want to get involved in some fatal **** accident now.

Son0vagun

Just do it. It's not like you'll be getting pissed.

ColeTrain

In some airports it's illegal to drink on your own. You have to prove you're with someone and that you've know them for at least 4 years. / bulls*it fact

Birneybau

Don't ever do anything on your own, go to the cinema, have a pint.

People will judge you and you can't be having that.

mikemac1

Don't get too pissed OP, they can refuse to let you on the flight

southcentralts

But remember it is way more fun being the drunk bastard on the plane, instead of listening to the drunk bastard on the plane, unless they have to have you restrained, as THAT day will just keep getting worse and worse, ending in you being thankful for a bit of peace and quiet in your cell.

mikemac1

I'll be checking the news later OP

I expect to read about a drunk going mental on a flight and it had to be diverted

Would make a great thread :cool:

Cookie_Monster

constantly play with your phone, that way you'll look like you're impatiently waiting for someone to turn up and that makes it ok to have a pint on yer own

Canis Lupus

I've never drank in an airport or on the plane. Both seem pointless and drinking in the airport is expensive.

suicide_circus

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I've never drank in an airport or on the plane. Both seem pointless and drinking in the airport is expensive.

Not overly expensive if you buy a naggin and bottle of coke or a few cans in the duty free shop
Do your drinking now OP, Dublin airport isnt amazing but eindhoven airport is awful and tiny.

opinion guy

mikemac1 wrote: »

I'll be checking the news later OP

I expect to read about a drunk going mental on a flight and it had to be diverted

Would make a great thread :cool:

Lets hope he doesn't take any aspirin :eek:

Ms.M

Lots of people have a drink or two on their own to calm their nerves if they're scared of flying...
Not that weird.
Don't think it would be much craic though.

SEPT 23 1989

i usually have to be poured on to a plane

OldGoat

Pints in the airport are the worst pints you will ever be served.
Stick to gin & tonics.

(Should that be gins and tonic?)

Bell Butter

It's a bit early for a pint, you'll be very tired by the time you get to gdansk.

Elmer Blooker

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I've never drank in an airport or on the plane. Both seem pointless and drinking in the airport is expensive.

Gave it up a long time ago, sitting on a plane, waiting to take off with seat belt on and bursting to do a pi55 is my idea of torture.

Oranage2

No0b - Real pros bring naggins to the airport!

rgmmg

Oranage2 wrote: »

No0b - Real pros bring naggins to the airport!

100ml is all you can bring in one bottle - think a naggin is 200ml so how'd you get it through security?

chakotha

Yeah I'd leave it off for being too early. Ye'd be shattered when you arrive.

Doc Ruby

rgmmg wrote: »

100ml is all you can bring in one bottle - think a naggin is 200ml so how'd you get it through security?

Bring two bottles of 100ml filled with naggin juice?

Lando Griffin

OldGoat wrote: »

Pints in the airport are the worst pints you will ever be served.
Stick to gin & tonics.

(Should that be gins and tonic?)

G&Ts, OldGoat its G&Ts

Biggins

OldGoat wrote: »

Pints in the airport are the worst pints you will ever be served.
Stick to gin & tonics.

(Should that be gins and tonic?)

...'Gins and Tonics' I think is the right expression (open to be wrong).

If your just talking about the singular, it would be "Stick to the gin and tonic".

xzanti

Buy yourself a newspaper/magazine and enjoy your pint, fcuk what anyone else thinks..

OldGoat

Biggins wrote: »

...'Gins and Tonics' I think is the right expression (open to be wrong).

If your just talking about the singular, it would be "Stick to the gin and tonic".

Pfft, who drinks singular measures of gin? :cool:

Spread

OldGoat wrote: »

Pfft, who drinks singular measures of gin? :cool:

Yes I do ............. but two at a time.

dodzy

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I've never drank in an airport or on the plane. Both seem pointless and drinking in the airport is expensive.

Jasus :rolleyes:

Great Craic.
If you see any girls in there alone, you gotta try "So, do you come here often?"

chrismon

RVP 11 wrote: »

Great Craic.
If you see any girls in there alone, you gotta try "So, do you come here often?"

I always think its funny seeing fellas chatting up barmaids in airports.
Not exactly going to bump into them unless your a frequent flier

Mr.Crinklewood

RVP 11 wrote: »

Great Craic.
If you see any girls in there alone, you gotta try "So, do you come here often?"

...especially if they are stewardesses.

FizzleSticks

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Rabies

xzanti wrote: »

Buy yourself a newspaper/magazine and enjoy your pint, fcuk what anyone else thinks..

I always do that. Fly home each year and have multiple stops for a few hours.

After I do my walk around the stores its time to hit the bar, have 3-4 pints over maybe 2hrs and some food. Relax and read.
Always make sure I stop 30min before I head to the gate, don't want to have to p!ss before the flight or when taking off. Worst time.

i always brought a book and had a coffee and breakfast/snack

Defiler Of The Coffin

bluewolf wrote: »

i always brought a book and had a coffee and breakfast/snack

Boooorrrrring

TPD

I got my degree results while waiting alone for a connecting flight in Chicago. Had a shot of rum and a pint of ale to celebrate, nobody seemed to care.

Teyla Emmagan

There's something a bit naff about gangs of people skulling pints at the airport before they go on their holidays. Like they're all trying to prove what great craic they're having already or something. As if they won't be getting enough booze for the coming week. Single people killing the time with a book and a pint is a bit less desperate looking IMO.

I wouldn't touch booze before flying anyway. I'd prefer to keep my wits about me in case the d&mn thing fell out of the sky and I had to tread water for 36 hours before the Irish Coastguard found me. Or something. For me alcohol and confined spaces are not a good match either way.

Rabies

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I wouldn't touch booze before flying anyway. I'd prefer to keep my wits about me in case the d&mn thing fell out of the sky and I had to tread water for 36 hours before the Irish Coastguard found me. Or something. For me alcohol and confined spaces are not a good match either way.

If I was falling from 20,000-30,000ft to the ocean I'd like to have a few in me

ScumLord

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

constantly play with your phone, that way you'll look like you're impatiently waiting for someone to turn up and that makes it ok to have a pint on yer own

I buy a second pint and pretend I'm a raging alcoholic.

mikemac1

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I'd prefer to keep my wits about me in case the d&mn thing fell out of the sky and I had to tread water for 36 hours before the Irish Coastguard found me. Or something. For me alcohol and confined spaces are not a good match either way.

Wasn't there a chef on the Titanic who survived the cold water as he was slugging brandy all evening.
Alcohol meant he didn't feel the cold. Most everyone else died but he did not

So Teyla, to avoid hypothermia you want to be locked when you land in the cold water :cool:

Teyla Emmagan

Rabies/mikemac - yis are ruining this for me...

brokenhinge

I used to always sneer at people drinking on the plane, until some auld lad kept buying me drinks a few months ago.

I only ever fly drunk now, it's fantastic, journey ****ing shoots by. Buy a nagin in the airport and a can of coke on the plane.

I'm fairly functional when drunk, so can still find my way to the hotel. If you're useless, I'd be careful.

jester77

Bring a copy of Finnegans Wake with you and read it with your pint. People will stare at your oblivious to the pint and think you're mad for trying to read it so early in the morning!

ScumLord

mikemac1 wrote: »

Wasn't there a chef on the Titanic who survived the cold water as he was slugging brandy all evening.
Alcohol meant he didn't feel the cold. Most everyone else died but he did not

Not felling cold wouldn't mean your not actually getting cold. I'd find that hard to believe, a shot of brandy only helps you deal with the cold psychologically. I'm pretty sure that biologically it's not helping you at all, making things worse if anything.

AnonoBoy

When you're in an airport bar you have better things to be worrying about than someone who's having a pint alone.

Like what will happen if the condoms burst.

mikemac1

ScumLord wrote: »

Not felling cold wouldn't mean your not actually getting cold. I'd find that hard to believe, a shot of brandy only helps you deal with the cold psychologically. I'm pretty sure that biologically it's not helping you at all, making things worse if anything.

Being a mod of zombie survival, I bow to your superior knowledge Sir :cool:

FloatingVoter

ScumLord wrote: »

Not felling cold wouldn't mean your not actually getting cold. I'd find that hard to believe, a shot of brandy only helps you deal with the cold psychologically. I'm pretty sure that biologically it's not helping you at all, making things worse if anything.

Linky to Titanic chef here : http://www.titanicuniverse.com/titanic-survivor-charles-joughin/1349

My hero.

Jester252

Try not to miss the flight or get kicked off it

Rud

xzanti wrote: »

Buy yourself a newspaper/magazine and enjoy your pint, fcuk what anyone else thinks..

Exactly,work away and do what you want.Noone gives a crap if you drink on your own.It's noones buisness

Shryke

Being drunk will make you lose heat faster. Alcohol dilates blood vessels.
The bodies reaction to cold is to restrict blood flow to the extremities where heat would be lost. Alcohol undoes this effect. The guy was lucky. I'm not saying I'd do differently but really...

ScumLord

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Linky to Titanic chef here : http://www.titanicuniverse.com/titanic-survivor-charles-joughin/1349

My hero.

He got lucky or something.

Article on why it doesn't work here.

A beer in the airport is one of the nicest beers there is. Do it OP!