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36 pints - the most savage drinking session I've personally heard of.

pj9999

Buddy of mine knows this giant of a truck driver - ‘Paddy’, who has a savage capacity for the drink. Paddy would typically walk into a pub and arrange his gut on the counter, before lashing into copious amounts of alcohol.

Anyway my buddy goes on holiday to same place in Spain every year. In the local bar there’s always this one guy perched at the counter. Buddy asks the barman what’s the story. Barman says that’s Miguel - “I’ve never known any man to outdrink him”. Buddy says I’ll wager €500 I know a fella who could. Bet accepted. Miiguel is asked if he’d be willing to travel to Ireland - not a chance.

On arrival home, Buddy asks Paddy if he’s ever been out of Ireland - Nope - never been on a plane - no interest. Over the next few years Buddy keeps on at Paddy about the Spaniard who thinks he can outdrink anyone. Eventually his persistence pays off. Paddy agrees to an all expenses paid trip to the Costa.
Home advantage in a contest like this is a serious matter - Paddy wasn’t delighted to be drinking Spanish beer, but he remained confident that he would triumph.

The day of the showdown arrives - there was massive interest amongst the locals and every space in the bar was taken. Ground rules are laid down - when Miguel goes for a piss, Buddy accompanies him, and when Paddy goes for a piss the bar man or whoever accompanies him. These measures are to ensure neither combatant deliberately took a puke. Drinks were paid for by the primary bettors IIRC. Speaking of betting, both combatants, supremely confident in their abilities, lay hefty wagers themselves.

The session began at around 1300. Both lads tear off at a pace that would quickly leave your typical advanced alcoholic under table in no time. 5 - 10 - 15 pints were racked up in the blink of eye. Mid afternoon, Miguel starts to feel the pace, and Paddy is delighted to surge a couple of pints ahead. It’s a false dawn though - Miguel gets his **** together, and knocks back half a gallon; the competitors are neck and neck at the 25 pint mark.

Pints continue to be traded for a while, but at the 30 mark, the matador is on the ropes - he has battled manfully against the Irish titan, but he know’s when he’s beaten. He concedes defeat, and slips off his stool.

Paddy and Buddy are naturally delighted, and collect their winnings. That should have been enough drinking for the day, but legend has it that at this point, Paddy decides to ‘have a few drinks’ to celebrate his victory. My buddy reports that by the end of this marathon session at around 8pm, Paddy had racked up about 36 pints.

The Irishman was treated like a celebrity by the locals every time he ventured onto the streets over the next few days. This tale dates from around the turn of the century, and Paddy’s off the gargle nowadays, which is probably why he's still alive.

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arybvtcw0eolkf

FCIM wrote: »

€5 a pint bottle of cider now where I live. Give the grace of a few years ago and take it down to €4.50, that €945 a week. They must have been good farmers!

No idea, back in 2001'ish.

Just going by what the manager used to say, I wasn't buying the stuff for them.

Either way the lads were legends.

Gwynplaine

In my experience the fellas who brag about drink are all talk. I remember a lad in college who was at it the whole time. "I drank 20 pints and 12 shots and I was grand". Yeah, you may have bought 20 pints and 12 shots, but you didn't drink them. He came over one night to drink cans in the house, brought 12 cans. Doing the clean up the morning after, was gathering up the cans, the ones he was drinking were all over half full. Fcuking eejit.

pj9999

OP here.

mzungu wrote: »

36 pints? Pfft. Oliver Reed used to have that to wash down his cornflakes.

Lot of talk about Oliver Reed - I wonder how many pints he's actually drank in a session.

Agricola wrote: »

TMB;DR
Too many buddies, didn't read

There's only one buddy in the story.

gifted wrote: »

Yeah..but it's 36 pints of Spanish piss...that's abouts 6 pints of Guinness...

Personally I'd be under the table after 5 - so whether it's 36 pints of Spanish or 36 pints of stout, it's still a mind boggling feat to me.

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

36 pints is a little excessive, but it's not gonna kill you. I've often seen people* drink far more than that. OP, Google 'going on a bender'

"36 pints is a little excessive" Jesus - I'd love to see what constitutes excessive...I'd probably be dead after a quarter of that.

I only heard the story myself in the past couple of weeks. What appeals to me is the head to head meeting of two unbeaten drinking 'champions', the strict rules laid down, and the fact that it's rare to find a reliable Irish story of actual pint numbers in a session.

I'd have loved to see Andre the Giant et al, sat down under the same conditions, to see how much he could imbibe.

hullaballoo

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

I thought that was a joke. When there was no punch line at the end, I got upset.

**** you.

Relevant to this discussion.

A fella walks into a bar and orders a fruit punch.
Bartender says "if you want a punch you'll have to stand in line"
The fella looks around, but there is no punch line.

harry Bailey esq

FCIM wrote: »

I'm from Wales, if we're going by stereotype ye're all stupid (whether ye come from Cavan or not) and we're all up to mischief with sheep.

We are stupid, surely you read the thread title. No smoke without fire boyo. Anyways I bet you're not even Welsh, you're reply was almost flawless in spelling and punctuation

I wonder though why sheep? Are sheep the Jenna Jamesons of the bestiality world?

PopePalpatine

mfceiling wrote: »

Imagine having to share the same toilet.

FCIM

Brennan Chilly Owl wrote: »

I worked in a bar a few years ago where two farmers would drink 60 pint bottles of Bulmers between them almost every day.

Personally I'm not a big drinker, if I go out for a beer then 4 or 5 does me grand.

€5 a pint bottle of cider now where I live. Give the grace of a few years ago and take it down to €4.50, that €945 a week. They must have been good farmers!

muckbrien

There was a cricketer drank 50 cans on a flight from Australia to uk

arybvtcw0eolkf

I worked in a bar a few years ago where two farmers would drink 60 pint bottles of Bulmers between them almost every day.

Personally I'm not a big drinker, if I go out for a beer then 4 or 5 does me grand.

yogi37

J. Marston wrote: »

Wade Boggs drank 50 beers on a cross-country flight and destroyed the Seattle Mariners the next day.

May he rest in peace.

Whoa, that is some serious drinking. Boss Hoggs is some legend.

FCIM

RoboKlopp wrote: »

The horrors after 36 pints must be level 10.

Age is usually a major defining factor. 25 pints used to be usual for me when I lived in Cardiff on 6N weekends getting on for 20 years ago. I'm sure I hit 30 on occasions though don't remember getting to 36. I was never particularly messy though. Now, a full day session would hit about 15/16 (a Christmas party for example when you're on it all day) and then I'd need the bed. If I go out I can do 8 pints easy, 10 and I'm pushing it a bit, possibly 12 is the most I could go to on a normal going out night; a far cry from the 25+ when I was a chap.

[Deleted User]

The horrors after 36 pints must be level 10.

FCIM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

When you see used teabags drying on a washing line it's a good indicator you've crossed County lines into Cavan. Make of that what you will.

I'm from Wales, if we're going by stereotype ye're all stupid (whether ye come from Cavan or not) and we're all up to mischief with sheep.

endacl

rossie1977 wrote: »

Andre the giant probably has the most famous drinking stories in human history https://www.foxsports.com/wwe/gallery/best-andre-the-giant-drinking-stories-072516

Imagine sharing a plane ride with him after 100 bottles of beer https://m.imgur.com/gallery/wAjClWVj

mfceiling wrote: »

Imagine having to share the same toilet.

Hector Bellend wrote: »

I'd have that for brekkie

:eek:

FCIM

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

All these famous people who were able to drink huge quantities of the stuff died fairly young I think.

Their livers must have been like a swiss cheese.

Then you have tossers like George Best who was given a new liver and he continued to drink.

And Phil Mitchell, the tw@t!

There's the odd case of those who drank like fish and who it did no harm to or at least no harm to until late in life. John Le Mesurier, Winston Churchill and Oskar Schindler being examples.

Galwayguy35

All these famous people who were able to drink huge quantities of the stuff died fairly young I think.

Their livers must have been like a swiss cheese.

Then you have tossers like George Best who was given a new liver and he continued to drink.

harry Bailey esq

FCIM wrote: »

When you see used teabags drying on a washing line it's a good indicator you've crossed County lines into Cavan. Make of that what you will.

FCIM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

That's a bit rich coming from a sloppy drunk like Sheen. It's funny how all the people famous for having the ability to hold drink are usually sloppy drunks, Alex Higgins, Olly Reed, Peter O Toole, Sinatra etc al. I once had the privilege of drinking with the late Pat Eddery. It's one thing downing 36 drinks, it's another thing being able to behave yourself in a proper manner afterwards. Eddery was a class act, a gentleman. Counting drinks is something frat boys and people from Cavan do. Real drinkers don't keep a tally.

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

You know Charlie Sheen isn't on Boards right?

How do we know who anyone is on Boards?

harry Bailey esq

Hector Bellend wrote: »

I'd have that for brekkie

You'll go blind one of these days Hector...

Dr Devious

Drink is no boast.

harry Bailey esq

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

You know Charlie Sheen isn't on Boards right?

I don't know for certain,no. I do know a chap in real life called Oliver REID. Getting our names taken by the police as teenagers drinking cider behind croker was always a laugh when he was in the group.

Hector Bellend

I'd have that for brekkie

mfceiling

rossie1977 wrote: »

Imagine sharing a plane ride with him after 100 bottles of beer https://m.imgur.com/gallery/wAjClWV

Imagine having to share the same toilet.

rossie1977

Andre the giant probably has the most famous drinking stories in human history https://www.foxsports.com/wwe/gallery/best-andre-the-giant-drinking-stories-072516

Imagine sharing a plane ride with him after 100 bottles of beer https://m.imgur.com/gallery/wAjClWV

Mickiemcfist

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

That's a bit rich coming from a sloppy drunk like Sheen. It's funny how all the people famous for having the ability to hold drink are usually sloppy drunks, Alex Higgins, Olly Reed, Peter O Toole, Sinatra etc al. I once had the privilege of drinking with the late Pat Eddery. It's one thing downing 36 drinks, it's another thing being able to behave yourself in a proper manner afterwards. Eddery was a class act, a gentleman. Counting drinks is something frat boys and people from Cavan do. Real drinkers don't keep a tally.

You know Charlie Sheen isn't on Boards right?

harry Bailey esq

FCIM wrote: »

Charlie Sheen thinks your mate is a lightweight.

That's a bit rich coming from a sloppy drunk like Sheen. It's funny how all the people famous for having the ability to hold drink are usually sloppy drunks, Alex Higgins, Olly Reed, Peter O Toole, Sinatra etc al. I once had the privilege of drinking with the late Pat Eddery. It's one thing downing 36 drinks, it's another thing being able to behave yourself in a proper manner afterwards. Eddery was a class act, a gentleman. Counting drinks is something frat boys and people from Cavan do. Real drinkers don't keep a tally.

FCIM

Charlie Sheen thinks your mate is a lightweight.

[Deleted User]

bleugh

robarmstrong

I drank a litre of Jameson before in one night and had a 2 day hangover. Never again.

kingtiger

gifted wrote: »

Yeah..but it's 36 pints of Spanish piss...that's abouts 6 pints of Guinness...

Spanish larger is @ 5.5%

Guinness 4.3%

can't see your logic