Arthurs Day

kitten_k

Is no more:

http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/arthurs-day-axed-guinness-amplify-1550182-Jul2014/?utm_source=facebook_short

Yippee........
Hated this stupid day.

Fentdog84

Awww! What will we replace it with, drunken gobshytes day?

Funkfield

They only had to start it. There will still be some people shouting "To Arthur!" come the day.

conorhal

Fentdog84 wrote: »

Awww! What will we replace it with, drunken gobshytes day?

By which you mean any day that ends with a 'y' then?

Riamfada

you can cancel a corporate artificial holiday !

Wichita Lineman

It will be replaced with a 'This Used to be Arthur's Day' Day celebrations.

I am pie

Once Christy moore took up against it, it was done...

DebDynamite

Could never see people’s problem with it. Getting to see international musical acts for feck all. Where was the harm?

Riamfada

It was never a Coke Cola day . Wasnt even a patch on the ancient holiday, Barry Scott day, the messiah of cleaning products.

solomafioso

Riamfada wrote: »

Barry Scott day

Where everyone had to greet each other very loudly...and even type emails all in caps. Ah what a day.

Busted Flat.

I am pie wrote: »

Once Christy moore took up against it, it was done...

As the old saying goes "there is none so pure than the reformed hoor"

First year it ran in Galway it was actually a bit of crack.

It went insane after that. Turned into a student day really. No harm in that either, been there down that and loved every minute!

PrettyBoy

All the self-righteous muppets here will have to find another day to loathe and bitch about now!

Slattsy

The 'anti-craic' brigade are delirah.

awec

DebDynamite wrote: »

Could never see people’s problem with it. Getting to see international musical acts for feck all. Where was the harm?

Some people just like to whinge.

Aglomerado

Riamfada wrote: »

It was never a Coke Cola day . Wasnt even a patch on the ancient holiday, Barry Scott day, the messiah of cleaning products.

All hail the Shouty Man!

_Redzer_

bubblypop wrote: »

Yippee........
Hated this stupid day.

Why?

If you didn't like it, don't participate in it.

I had a laugh. It was an excuse to meet up a big group of people because otherwise plans would've fallen through if it was "just any other day of the week".

I enjoyed the free music as well.

Overall the only people against it are the usual moany lot that bitch about everything.

Knex*

DebDynamite wrote: »

Could never see people’s problem with it. Getting to see international musical acts for feck all. Where was the harm?

But there's noise, and drinking. Its not even a real day, Joe.

rubadub

DebDynamite wrote: »

Could never see people’s problem with it. Getting to see international musical acts for feck all. Where was the harm?

Yes, some real oddballs out there, none of whom I heard moaning about the heineken green energy festivals or bud rising festivals. Both of whom also subsidised bands to play small venues.

Heineken are one of the main sponsors of electric picnic if anyone wants to boycott it, bacardi are also sponsors.

Budweiser are also one of the sponsors of the world cup, so turn that shite off right now, boycott the matches, the cynical pricks in budweisers marketing department have the exact same sneaky cynical plan as arthurs day did, promoting brand awareness in the hope it might increase sales, I think this secret was exposed on wikileaks, who would have guessed what they were really up to, the cunts.

Santa Cruz

kitten_k wrote: »

Is no more:

http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/arthurs-day-axed-guinness-amplify-1550182-Jul2014/?utm_source=facebook_short

Boo.

I was really looking forward to the debate on this site about it. It would have kept us going until the "Would you wear a Poppy" annual post

Buzz Killington the third

Read the article, it's just being replaced with 'Guinness Amplify' which will last 5 weeks long!

RobertKK

Most people were pretty sick of Diageo's marketing campaign.

Plazaman

Andy Dunne11 wrote: »

It will be replaced with a 'This Used to be Arthur's Day' Day celebrations.

"The Day formerly known as Arthurs Day" shall have to be celebrated this year at all costs and if this too is scrapped while we will be able to have "The Day formerly known as the day formerly known as Arthurs Day", it won't be a patch on."The Day formerly known as Arthurs Day"

RFOLEY1990

good. absolute disaster of a day.

15 year olds spewing up Guinness everywhere, we already have Paddy's Day for that.

Peace

The got rid of the one day event and replaced it with 5 weekends of saucing. Class.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/guinness-scraps-arthurs-day-after-five-years-in-favour-of-amplify-30402022.html

Your move craic nazis.

bubblypop

bubblypop wrote: »

Yippee........
Hated this stupid day.

^^^^^^^^^^

Slattsy wrote: »

The 'anti-craic' brigade are delirah.

Point proven on the first page....

Had great craic the last few years for it, pity its gone.

Diabhal Beag

This is a severe blow to the future of Temple Bar Youtube videos.

neamhspleachi

RobertKK wrote: »

Most people are pretty sick of Diageo

Fixed that for you :D:P

EyeSight

I haven't gone the past 2 years. But it's so typically lazy and Irish of us to not make any attempt to change our awful binge drink culture, but to blame a drink company having 1 promotion day...

Now that Arthurs day is done, everything is solved right?

entropi

Riamfada wrote: »

you can cancel a corporate artificial holiday !

Lovely. Valentine's Day should be next on the list.


Glad this sham of a supposed one-time event is going away!

Kermit.de.frog

Anything that makes the Irish "seem" like less of a drunken people abroad has to be a good thing.

I hate the stereotype of Ireland as a nation of drunks because it is true!

Stereotypes are not supposed to be true!!

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

It's always on my birthday so I don't care ill be still
On the beer

c_man

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Anything that makes the Irish "seem" like less of a drunken people abroad has to be a good thing.

I wouldn't worry too much about what people abroad think of us. So we drink, at least we're not invading other countries, supporting and propping up dictatorships, manufacturing arms on a colossal scale and then selling them to anyone with a cheque book, voting for racist parties... Compared to most of our neighbours, we're fecking angels.

Kermit.de.frog

I don't know. I have a bit of an issue when I am in foreign climes and the first thing that comes up is drink whenever Ireland is mentioned. It's embarrassing. It's not their fault - it's our fault.

Even our great leaders Bertie and Brian went around the world with pints in their hands ffs. Surely a bit of cop on, tact and self respect is not too much to ask.

Not getting the US president to drink a pint of guinness for example at every opportunity might be a good place to start.

Defiler Of The Coffin

I've had a couple of good nights out because of it, so it was corporate in nature, big deal. People should just see this it for what it is: an organised piss-up which is being replaced by another organised piss-up spread out over a few more weeks! Pour me another pint there Decco

oppenheimer1

kitten_k wrote: »

Is no more:

http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/arthurs-day-axed-guinness-amplify-1550182-Jul2014/?utm_source=facebook_short

It's not gone, it's just been rebranded. It always been a marketing event to get students drinking Guinness and it still is. No change, only the name.

Kermit.de.frog

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I don't know. I have a bit of an issue when I am in foreign climes and the first thing that comes up is drink whenever Ireland is mentioned. It's embarrassing. It's not their fault - it's our fault.

Even our great leaders Bertie and Brian went around the world with pints in their hands ffs. Surely a bit of cop on, tact and self respect is not too much to ask.

Not getting the US president to drink a pint of guinness for example at every opportunity might be a good place to start.

I think it's great to be honest, I love the way we are seen as a nation of people not afraid to have the craic and mad for the beer. I'm proud of it in fact.

I always do my best to represent us well too when abroad when it comes to drinking

rubadub

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Anything that makes the Irish "seem" like less of a drunken people abroad has to be a good thing.

I would rather be considered a nation of drunks than a nation of astonishingly stupid cunts.

You had these condescending cunts like Christy Moore, and loads of posters here at the time, who were presuming most of the population were completely stupid idiots who did not realise it was a marketing campaign, and had to be "saved" from their own ignorance, and from a blatantly obvious marketing campaign that they somehow thought was sneaky or discrete. The cringeworthy irony of what went on was quite embarrassing.

A line from that fuckers embarrassing arthurs day song

creating Arthur's Day they've suckered us into their charade

The sneaky marketing ploy was him jumping on the bandwagon to sell his single and no doubt sold a load of "best of" albums on the back of it. I don't believe a penny of his single sales or increased sales of best of's went to charity.

I hope that prick has boycotted watching the world cup, sponsored by a beer company. All the poor fools who will be suckered into buying budweiser while watching the final, who will save the poor idiots from that charade.

Duff

Fúck sake. Used to have great craic on Arthurs Day throughout the few years it was on. Christy Moore, the sac.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Anything that makes the Irish "seem" like less of a drunken people abroad has to be a good thing.

I hate the stereotype of Ireland as a nation of drunks because it is true!

Stereotypes are not supposed to be true!!

There's usually some element of truth in a stereotype, that's how they come to be.

CarrickMcJoe

Fentdog84 wrote: »

Awww! What will we replace it with, drunken gobshytes day?

Already have that...St. Patrick's Day.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

I fúcking hated Arthur's day. It's grand saying 'if you don't like it, don't participate' but try living in the city centre and going about your business when it's on.

And LOL at the people saying 'sure we knew it was a marketing campaign all along but we were just having a bit of craic', horseshít. First few years it was on all I was hearing was 'sure Guinness is a national treasure, part of the Irish identity, why don't you want to come out and spend money on a shít-tasting drink produced by an international corporation to celebrate how Irish you are? You're no craic'

Also calling bullshít on the it's all about the music thing. Unless being blind drunk by 6pm and spending the night acting the maggot is somehow conducive to hearing the music better, most people were not there for the music.

If people were just going along to it and having the craic I wouldn't give a crap, but they were puking on my doorstep, roaring in the street all night and giving me hassle for not participating, so good riddance. At least if it's spread out over a few weeks people might take it a bit handier.

Archeron

I SUPPORT BARRY SCOTT DAY!!!

woodoo

Glad its over it was an embarrassment.

awec

The best ones were the people who thought they were smarter cause they'd figured out it was a marketing campaign. :pac:

Busted Flat.

woodoo wrote: »

Glad its over it was an embarrassment.

Marthta won't be impressed.

ollaetta

Good riddance. That's all.

hatrickpatrick

Here lads, Thursday the 25th of September will be Arthur's Day. It's famous enough now that we don't need Diageo's blessing to have a mad rager and act the eejit on that date (not that we ever did to begin with) - underground bootleg "Arthur's Day" anyone?

AnonoBoy

awec wrote: »

The best ones were the people who thought they were smarter cause they'd figured out it was a marketing campaign. :pac:

Wait a second...... it was a WHAT? :eek:

Busted Flat.

ollaetta wrote: »

Good riddance. That's all.

What about these coffee mornings, partners and husbands at work, dodgy sort of episodes. I will talk to Joe.