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"

Bobeagleburger

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!