Good Friday Abstinence

aodh_rua

Just wondering how many of you, if any, will be keeping away from meat and alcohol on Good Friday. I was surprised in recent years by the number of people who have parties and bbq's on the day where the drink and meat flow free. Or maybe that's just some part of my repressed rural past coming out.

azezil

Its a load of cock, one stupid religion forcing its beliefs on a nation! I'll be throwing a party n getting hammered.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!!!!!!! Holy Thursday is probably the busiest day in any off license in Dublin!!!!!

Sleepy

Second busiest day of the year for any off-licence in the country (after Christmas Eve).

I'm working Good Friday (taking a day in lieu instead) because I don't like the church dictating my holidays and weather permitting, I'll be hosting a barbeque that night!

aodh_rua

Apparently the Dublin Dog Show could sell alcohol on Good Friday along with the train and so both were busy on the day. I think there's still a special drinkers train to Mullingar on Good Friday for anyone who can't manage to go 24 hours without libation.

dudara

why is the train exempt? what's the logic?

koneko

I'll be making a point to act more like a hedonistic than I normally do. I'm going to eat as many animals as I can find, and drink all the alchol in the house.

Ro: maaan!

If it's moving it doesn't count.

BC

Restaurants are exempt also, you can get wine in a restaurant.
And hotel guests can get alcohol served to their rooms.

StupidLikeAFox

Ro: maaan! wrote:

If it's moving it doesn't count.

Whos up for a bit of drinking and driving? Its ok, the church says its allowed...

Mossy Monk

i honestly thought the ban on serving alcohol on Good Friday and Christmas Day would have been lifted the last time the drinking laws were changed. shows how backwards this ****hole of a country is

aodh_rua

Hmm - there seems to be a trend....

Dr. Loon

I'm gonna buy myself a rake load of beers, and some steaks.

the_syco

I'm planning on getting drunk.

Thursday; go into town, get out money, and buy lots of Stonehouse (not as acidic as Bulmers, and doesn't taste bad after number 3).

Unless I get invited to a house party, I'll go looking for one, or go to a mates house. Also, get BBQ stuff :cool:

windowgazer

Sleepy wrote:

Second busiest day of the year for any off-licence in the country (after Christmas Eve).

I'm working Good Friday (taking a day in lieu instead) because I don't like the church dictating my holidays and weather permitting, I'll be hosting a barbeque that night!

But its not a public holiday so you're not due the day off in lieu. Its only a bank holiday.

orangerooster

Ill be eating meat and drinking at home instead of going out but not anymore so than I would any other Friday. The only thing that makes me notice its good Friday is that pubs are closed and thats about it.

GeorgeBailey

If I feel like eating meat or drinking alcohol, I will. If I don't, I won't. I'm not gonna make some childish point of getting drunk just because the church says I shouldn't.

RuggieBear

Mossy Monk wrote:

i honestly thought the ban on serving alcohol on Good Friday and Christmas Day would have been lifted the last time the drinking laws were changed. shows how backwards this ****hole of a country is

i'm sure the off'ies like it just the way it is...

David19

Mossy Monk wrote:

i honestly thought the ban on serving alcohol on Good Friday and Christmas Day would have been lifted the last time the drinking laws were changed. shows how backwards this ****hole of a country is

It is quite silly. If its against your religion then you just don't go to the pub. For the rest of us it should be a normal friday.

Chalk

just but a train ticket and drink in heuston station all day long, or connolly,
as long as you have an intercity train ticket you can drink in the bar at the station.

whos going to town at midnight between friday/saturday.
always a good laugh to do that

aodh_rua

GeorgeBailey wrote:

If I feel like eating meat or drinking alcohol, I will. If I don't, I won't. I'm not gonna make some childish point of getting drunk just because the church says I shouldn't.

I'd consider that a responsible attitude - what surprises me is the number of people who make a point of drinking lots or having a barbeque (which doesn't exactly scream vegetarian) on Good Friday.

StupidLikeAFox

Mossy Monk wrote:

i honestly thought the ban on serving alcohol on Good Friday and Christmas Day would have been lifted the last time the drinking laws were changed. shows how backwards this ****hole of a country is

Its also +90% Roman Catholic.

And many publicans prefer it because they do only get two days off a year. I dont understand how many people can campaign that drink is crippling the country, but get in a huff because the pubs are closed for a WHOLE DAY. Personnally i couldnt care less. If there was a party on id go to it, but being kept out of pubs for ONE DAY isnt actually a big deal. And i prolly wont eat meat on it either. Its not that im hugely religious or anything, i guess its just tradition or something

Sarky

azezil wrote:

Its a load of cock, one stupid religion forcing its beliefs on a nation! I'll be throwing a party n getting hammered.

koneko wrote:

I'll be making a point to act more like a hedonistic than I normally do. I'm going to eat as many animals as I can find, and drink all the alchol in the house.

Don't forget to dance around shouting "Take THAT, Jesus!"


Personally, it's just another day. But seeing as so much will be closed down, I might as well stay at home with a couple of drinks, some nice beef pie, and a good DVD, eh?

kenmc

I for one shall be drinking alchohol and eating meat, because it's my right to do so. It's not a childish thing or anything like that, there's plenty of days I don't drink or eat meat, because *I* choose not to. No-one can tell me that I cannot drink alcohol or eat meat on days of THEIR choosing.and bonus, i'm booked into a hotel for the weekand as well, so I think I can drink in the residents bar!

jazoo

im a chef and every other chef i know is off so what else are we to do bar b que
some animals and do what comes natural { get rat arsed }

koneko

Urgh, beef pie!

To be honest I don't get all the hooplah, but I'm not Irish (or from a Catholic family) so I've never had to abstain from eating meat or drinking alcohol on Good Friday.

I like steak so this day isn't going to stop me, though to be perfectly honest I doubt I'll be drinking.

And Sarky, the phrase will be "in your FACE, JESUS!"

I haven't had a good steak in ages

Sarky

koneko wrote:

Urgh, beef pie!

Don't judge me, you non-Catholic heathen...

koneko

Sarky wrote:

Don't judge me, you non-Catholic heathen...

Pff, beef-pie eater!

Beruthiel

I shall be doing what I do every friday I don't go out
curry and a bottle of vino

rainbow kirby

I'll be going about life normally. I don't drink anyway, so that's not a big deal. And I'll eat whatever my mother is cooking.

KlodaX

I'm not really a big meat eater so no meat on friday, how and ever I did manage to get the weekend off work and most importantly ITS A FULL MOON THIS WEEKEND ... so I will be celebrating. And most definitely drinking wine. Yes I said wine.

kenmc

rainbow kirby wrote:

I'll be going about life normally. I don't drink anyway, so that's not a big deal. And I'll eat whatever my mother is cooking.

So you won't be eating meat then. Ah well.

evad_lhorg

gettin me a nice half pounder and chips on friday and 6 bulmers! few mates around, maybe a bit of halo or mario kart or somethin. religion is cool!

Flinty

It's always a big BBQ day for me and the lads. This year however, more of them seem to be working. I don't drink anyway, but i wish the pubs were allowed to open. I love friday nights in the boozer, especially since the smoking ban!

Sarn

Flinty wrote:

I love friday nights in the boozer, especially since the smoking ban!

Ah, but this week it's Thursday night in the boozer and a loong weekend .

I won't feel any need to get hammered simply because it's Good Friday, at the same time I won't deny myself anything either. To each their own.

WhiteWashMan

i'll probably go to a pub in london

Dingatron

Oh you bunch of heathens! I shall abstain from alchol. I shall also abstain from meat too.

I'm oncall and my wife is a vegetarian and usually cooks.

nlgbbbblth

ColHol wrote:

because the pubs are closed for a WHOLE DAY.
but being kept out of pubs for ONE DAY isnt actually a big deal.

I say this every year

- I have no objection to the pubs being shut for one day, two days even five days - but not on the FRIDAY OF A BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Because that is what Good Friday is - the Friday of a Bank Holiday Weekend. At lot of people don't have to work that day or the following day and should be entitled to go for a drink in the pub.

Imagine if the pubs were shut on the Friday of the May/June/August/October Bank Holiday weekends. You can bet there would be an outcry and rightly so. Good Friday is NO different.

Why not close on the second and third Mondays in January? - when most people have no money left after Christmas and haven't been paid for January yet. That would make a lot more sense.

So to recap - it's not just "ONE DAY" ; it's the Friday of a Bank Holiday weekend :rolleyes:

leeroybrown

The reasons that the law preventing Alcohol from being served on Good Friday or Christmas Day are simple. Why would the government remove these days when they are supposed to be trying to solve the country's drink problem and would have the Catholic church and family groups up in arms about it. They'll lose more votes and cause more hassle for themselves by doing it than by not doing it. Personally I'd like to see the pubs being allowed to open on Good Friday (but not Christmas Day).

AFAIK, the exemption for those travelling by train dates back to when travelling was a slower and far less comfortable experience, with alcohol being allowed to comfort the traveller.

StupidLikeAFox

In fairness the government arent actually stopping you from drinking, its not illegal or anything. Its a tradition and a custom which the majority of the island will prolly be observing. Chip shops are open friday, ya have plenty of time to buy drink on thursday should you so wish. I really dont see this as majorly oppressive or a big inconvenience. I wouldnt see the law that the pubs are closed this one day as trying to brainwash or control peoples lives or anything.

Chances are it will be gone in a few years anyway because of the diversity in ireland and the large number of people turning away from the church.

Oh and to the guy who said about the bank holiday thing, big deal! ya have 12.30 closing sat and sunday, and if ya dont have work why not throw your own party or something

humbleCounty

it is a big pain in the ass that the state is imposing religious laws on us, this country may well be 90% catholic, but how many of them are practicing, or even believers? (and not just baptised at birth)

i've no problem not drinking some days, but one of my friends is coming over from London, and a few of our old college class are going out on Thursday for a get together, and we're going to have to be home by twelve,

the law should be changed

ps this is hardly the way to get people to drink less, or combat "binge drinking" so that arguement is pretty bad

Sleepy

The solution to the nation's binge drinking problem would be best treated by extending pub opening hours instead of curtailing them. It's a backwards law that's absolutely indefensible.

I'll be getting the train down to Galway on Friday evening and I'll have a few beers on that and have the house party already organised at home so I probably won't notice it. I just don't like my rights being curtailed by complete idiots.

simu

I'll be atari jaguaring intensively that day as commanded by his Leetness the great Atari of the seven holy Consoles of Game Nirvana.

Doper Than U

I will not be abstaining from anything as I'm not Catholic.

jonny68

Mossy Monk wrote:

i honestly thought the ban on serving alcohol on Good Friday and Christmas Day would have been lifted the last time the drinking laws were changed. shows how backwards this ****hole of a country is

So do i..this country is pathetic when it comes to this sort of thing..not to worry ill be in Enger-land this Friday getting locked........

Our man in Havana

Steaks and Beer for me this Friday! I make a point of eating meat and drinking alcohol every Good Friday.

KlodaX

simu wrote:

I'll be atari jaguaring intensively that day as commanded by his Leetness the great Atari of the seven holy Consoles of Game Nirvana.

I have to agree with simu. Definitly Atari Jaguar.

Kernel

ColHol wrote:

Its also +90% Roman Catholic.

And many publicans prefer it because they do only get two days off a year. I dont understand how many people can campaign that drink is crippling the country, but get in a huff because the pubs are closed for a WHOLE DAY. Personnally i couldnt care less. If there was a party on id go to it, but being kept out of pubs for ONE DAY isnt actually a big deal. And i prolly wont eat meat on it either. Its not that im hugely religious or anything, i guess its just tradition or something

Yeah I totally agree. I'm the same. It doesn't kill anyone to not get pissed in the pub for 2 days of the year. Sometimes it's boring, but we have plenty of other things to do with our time apart from getting pished. Likewise, not eating meat for a couple of days during the year wouldn't kill anyone either.. we live lives of excess anyway, so making a slight sacrifice or doing without, can only do people good in my opinion.

Zombienosh

I'll eat and drink what I want - when I want.

jor el

I'll be having a chicken curry for dinner on Friday as I always do anyway. Some people look at you strange and say things like 'you can't eat meat today!', but I can, and I do. Plus, most of these people don't even go to mass or do anything else remotely religious and still they want to dictate rules of a church I couldn't care less about to me?

What really annoys me though is certain chippers that won't serve meat on good Friday. There's a couple of them at home that won't serve chicken or burgers or sausages. If it's your choice not to eat meat then fine, but don't go forcing your religious crap on other people is what I say.

Ro: maaan!

jor el wrote:

What really annoys me though is certain chippers that won't serve meat on good Friday. There's a couple of them at home that won't serve chicken or burgers or sausages. If it's your choice not to eat meat then fine, but don't go forcing your religious crap on other people is what I say.

That's not forcing their beliefs on you. You can still eat meat if you want. You just won't get it from there. Why don't you stop forcing your anti-religous belifes on them by expecting them to serve something they don't want to serve.