Stags

cena

Are they great fun or all about drinking. Never been to one. But the brothers is coming up.

cena

cena wrote: »

Are they great fun or all about drinking. Never been to one. But the brothers is coming up.

Why are these mutually exclusive?

princess-lala

Terribly boring I hear!

Karl Stein

Stags don't drink.

Leave the wildlife alone.

The Backwards Man

It's a cnut when they jump out on the road in front of you, can write off a car very easy.

MadsL

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It's a cnut when they jump out on the road in front of you, can write off a car very easy.

What, brothers?

NegativeCreep

I'd say it's a laugh as long as there's nothing silly involved. A strip club would be my worst nightmare!

The Backwards Man

MadsL wrote: »

What, brothers?

Yeah.

Brother deerest.

Katgurl

Perhaps asking your brother (or the best man) what the plan is might clear up your confusion?

dodderangler

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It's a cnut when they jump out on the road in front of you, can write off a car very easy.

Seen this few days Go
Crazy
http://youtu.be/llOm0LLQI7Y

bnt

In my admittedly limited experience of them, the fun and the drinking are correlated. If you have the kind of "drinking problem" that I have - I don't sufficiently enjoy drinking - then you're not going to enjoy the stag do that much, either.

nuac

We have many stag parties in Mayo, usually in Westport.

They usually visit the local bookshops, go for healthy walks, climb Croagh Patrick.

Any of them found in pubs have just lost their way, or think they have wandered into a health food shop

KeithM89

Iv only been to one stag and within 2 hours we were in A+E, so yeah, theyre loads of fun.

danniemcq

The best man at a stag I was at recently couldn't actually organise a piss up in a brewery, it was closed.

Just try not to break anything and respect the locals!

castletownman

Your first ever stag is awesome. Sequels tend to be a let-down.

Bit like the Hangover movies so!

Although I've yet to not enjoy one yet

A stag should be a weekend of solid drinking. All this nonsense people get up to now like paint balling etc is just silly when everyone is hungover as a dog and would much rather be going for the cure rather than taking part in some activity.

Wacker The Attacker

The "no camera under any circumstances" rule needs to be strictly enforced.

Facebook and twitter have a nasty habit of spoiling a lot of peoples fun

blindside88

Stags are great craic, just remember "what goes on tour, stays on tour" that's the golden rule

jester77

cena wrote: »

Are they great fun or all about drinking. Never been to one. But the brothers is coming up.

Don't worry OP, it will be all fun and games until Anne Summers pulls out her collection.

anncoates

Sadly, the era of the smartphone has rendered the custom of riding the stripper somewhat obsolete.

Wacker The Attacker

anncoates wrote: »

Sadly, the era of the smartphone has rendered the custom of riding the stripper somewhat obsolete.

Sadly riding the stripper has been rendered obsolete by the inability to get one to turn up at a stag

Skid X

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

The "no camera under any circumstances" rule needs to be strictly enforced.

Facebook and twitter have a nasty habit of spoiling a lot of peoples fun

blindside88 wrote: »

Stags are great craic, just remember "what goes on tour, stays on tour" that's the golden rule

Two very important rules. Put the phone away and don't tell tales when it's all over. I have been on a few that were legendary and a few that were dull enough. The best were the ones that weren't overplanned.

EdenHazard

omg cena you are just so funny

Galwayguy35

A stag night is always good craic, the 2 best stags I was at didn't work out too well for the husbands to be afterwards though as they are now divorced from their wives.

cena

EdenHazard wrote: »

omg cena you are just so funny

What did I say? I don't do anything

EdenHazard

cena wrote: »

What did I say? I don't do anything

Stop it! You're killing me.

anncoates

EdenHazard wrote: »

You're killing me.

Stop getting everybody's hopes up.

Cookie_Monster

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I'd say it's a laugh as long as there's nothing silly involved. A strip club would be my worst nightmare!

you tend not to feel that way after 15 beers though.

NegativeCreep

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

you tend not to feel that way after 15 beers though.

Maybe so :L

MadsL

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Sadly riding the stripper has been rendered obsolete by the inability to get one to turn up at a stag

I thought most stags had solved that problem by the expediency of the stag weekend in Prague/Bratislava/Tallinn/Budapest etc etc...

Or was that the Celtic Tiger??

Jamsiek

Louisa Dirty Neuron wrote: »

A stag should be a weekend of solid drinking. All this nonsense people get up to now like paint balling etc is just silly when everyone is hungover as a dog and would much rather be going for the cure rather than taking part in some activity.

Drinking isn't for everyone though, good to mix it up I reckon. Keeps more people happy and more to talk about at the bar in the evening.

Zebra3

Keith wrote: »

Iv only been to one stag and within 2 hours we were in A+E, so yeah, theyre loads of fun.

Should have gone somewhere a bit more exciting.

1ZRed

princess-lala wrote: »

Terribly boring I hear!

You've clearly never been on one. They're ****ing great craic!

gimmick

A stag location is only as good as who you are there with.

Are they all about drinking? Generally yes.

Are they fun? Generally yes.

I had a no phones rule for mine. If you were caught using your phone you had to buy an extra round. For the more addicted, their phones were seized and passworded for all but one usage a day.

princess-lala

1ZRed wrote: »

You've clearly never been on one. They're ****ing great craic!

Considering I don't have a penis I should hope I have never been on one!

longshanks

I've been on loads of them. Some stags are good and some stags are brilliant.

Just remember you're supposed to be men so all that tagging, check in facebook bollox has no place on this trip.

Ishmael

Been to a few and organised one.

I've found that the better ones involved something other than Just drinking. Something like a hike, round of golf, paintball.....etc.... BEFORE (who the funk goes the day after?, that's just silly) the drinking starts is generally good as it gives lads that don't know each other something to talk about.

gimmick

Stagtivities are evil.

Pub. Watch sports. Oogle wimmin. Discuss sports and wimmins parts.

BraziliaNZ

I hope I never have to go on one again, the pain and suffering I endured after the last 2, never again!

Jamsiek

Jamsiek wrote: »

Drinking isn't for everyone though, good to mix it up I reckon. Keeps more people happy and more to talk about at the bar in the evening.

No thanks, if I ever have a stag I will be requesting no activities.

gimmick wrote: »

Stagtivities are evil.

Pub. Watch sports. Oogle wimmin. Discuss sports and wimmins parts.

Exactly, big night out the firday night, up Saturday and have the fry (and a pint) and straight on the beer for the day. Up the Sunday, fry up again and a few pints for the cure in the afternoon.

That's how a stag should work. Who wants to be going around like a zombie at 11am the Saturday morning, dying from the night before when you could be sitting in the pub enjoying a pint.

cletus van damme

been on some brilliant ones.

however for one on the second night 90% of the people went home at 11:45pm cos "they were wrecked" ...bitches.
one fella announced he was tired and getting chipper then going home.
the rest followed...

ended up partying with 3 lads I only met on the stag and finished the night at a house party with a hen night.
savage end to a night that looked like it was heading for disaster.

But overall they good craic but really depends on the crowd.

Hoop66

princess-lala wrote: »

Considering I don't have a penis I should hope I have never been on one!

You're right, everyone would laugh at you. You'd never live it down.

"Remember that fella with no mickey!"

gimmick

I over indulged for mine and had a 3 nighter.

Predictably the friday was a complete and utter blow out. Think we finished at 6.30am. Were back in the pub for 3 and through the night again.

Sunday sorted the men from the boys. We were in the pub for 1.30 for Newcastle Vs Man City. By about 8 we were beginning to drop, but then there was a NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE ACT in the pub, and I can honestly say I have rarely had as much fun. Bunch of drunken idiots boogeying to repeated strains of Sweet Caroline is a good memory to have.

Had there not been a "thing" on the Sunday I reckon the nigth would have died a death by 10 as we were all absolutely fúckered.

Myself and the buddies have another 3 nighter in a few weeks. Genuinely dreading it. Or the aftermath at least.

Frank Black

I was at one, where at one point it was decided (probably by the best man) that the groom should be stripped naked - we were upstairs in a pub at the time.
What followed was about 5 minutes of what I would imagine a prison gang rape would be kinda like - without the actual rape part.

I think we all lost a little bit of our humanity that evening.

anncoates

Good excuse to have a night out. I just went on a 2 day session with about 20 mates in Dublin for mine.

Worst that happened to me was having to get a few stitches at one over in Scotland.

Hoop66

"Few" drinks friday night, band played in the hotel/pub we were all in
Paintballing on mushrooms on Saturday afternoon, then back for an almighty session at pub/hotel
Leisurely drinking for most of Sunday, then a medieval banquet style meal Sunday night.
Weeping on Monday morning

That's how to do it.