He'd keep you talking until dawn.

Davarus Walrus

I was down in the local this evening having a few pints of stout whilst watching the match. Ended up having the 'banter' and the 'craic' with a couple of the local wits. "The last culchie who worked that bar ended up dead" type stuff. Classic Dublin humour.

One lad had an opinion on the time of day, the Government, the state of young people; the way the TV is going, the head on Eamon Dunphy. He'd be giving out shíte about everything and nothing if he understood how to visit a site like this.

So my question to AH is: Who are the 'characters' in your local pub?

Sir Arthur Daley

They are all full of shit.

comewatmay

An oul lad who has his regular seat and reeks of piss

Mr. Incognito

Characters in pubs went out with the smoking ban and the price freeze on pints

Now they are just shiny art deco noise traps filled with deco that did arts and tramps

Eircom_Sucks

Says the man who's whinging on boards about strangers

Hmmmmmm

Mr. Incognito

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Says the man who's whinging on boards about strangers

Hmmmmmm

Says the man whose username is a whinge and sexual frustration rolled into one.

Sir Arthur Daley

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

One lad had an opinion on the time of day, the Government, the state of young people; the way the TV is going, the head on Eamon Dunphy.

Doesn't everyone have an opinion on everything?

steddyeddy

His name was jaw breaker mitchell actually :P

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Plenty of mad cnuts in my local.

During some football related banter one of them told me he doesn't follow history.

Another oddball won't accept a drink off anybody, and won't buy anyone else one. Ever, under any circumstances.

Overhead one telling the barman to smash a pint glass after a black man had drank from it.

When I first moved into the area the pub owner asked me had I bought or rented my house, and how much I'd paid for it.

Refused to serve me a pint of blackcurrant cordial one day, said he was there to serve proper pints, then when I threatened to drink elsewhere permanently, he tried charging €2 for it

4zn76tysfajdxp

A lad I used to know back home was a bit of a character for sure, a real Walter Mitty type. Desperate for everyone to think he was this hard man, always going on about getting into fights and beating people up when he was a younger man. Everyone just used to laugh at him and he'd try to get us to "go outside" but no one would budge and we ended up laughing louder. Lovely guy all the same, but a persistent spoofer.

RIP.

hatrickpatrick

The closest thing I have to a local pub is Krystle Nightclub on Harcourt Street, and I'd imagine to most other regulars I'm probably the "character" you refer to, and not in a good way

Sunnyisland

Can't beat the local characters in pubs, The worlds problems are forever being solved there, the goverment should meet in one at lest once a week...

Alf. A. Male

Jesus, if that's what passes for wit and character in your local then it's a dull kip.

Banjo String

realies wrote: »

Can't beat the local characters in pubs, The worlds problems are forever being solved there, the goverment should meet in one at lest once a week...

I remember one old character from my local at home. Shortly after a budget, a few lads were complaining about a recent hike in the price of a pint.

Your man, half tight and with a benson hanging out of his mouth, raises a finger, and piped up.....

"shut your fcuking mouths lads, ye's didn't drink enough of it whenever it was cheap"!

Jonny Blaze

realies wrote: »

Can't beat the local characters in pubs, The worlds problems are forever being solved there, the goverment should meet in one at lest once a week...

The government should get out of the feckin pub at least once a week!