Going to the pub during the day - magical.

Stevieluvsye · 20-08-2019 03:47PM

JeffKenna wrote: »

Who wants a boards pints afternoon?

Weirdo

Boom_Bap · 20-08-2019 03:49PM

I'm not a fan of it, never was. Like I've part-taken manys a time. But it didn't give me the same buzz as others got.

F*ck it, not really even a fan of drinking anymore or going to the pub. Probably spent too much time in various establishments in my younger days.

IAMAMORON · 20-08-2019 03:52PM

Unplanned random sessions have always been and will always be the best sessions available. Especially if it is a school night and you know you really shouldn't be at it.

My only complaint is when you come around out of the back of the "lost hours" and realise that your missing about 3 of them. You might have assumed it was around 7pm when it is actually touching half nine and you need to start making a decision about getting the fúck out of there soon, except you have no notion of doing so. You then have to condemn yourself to climbing into bed after closing time, hammered drunk. This fear is compounded when you wake at 3am dying for a slash and realise you have to be in work in 5 hours. The pain.

JeffKenna · 20-08-2019 03:52PM

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Weirdo

Takes one to know one

jimgoose · 20-08-2019 04:04PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I'm not a fan of it, never was. Like I've part-taken manys a time. But it didn't give me the same buzz as others got.

F*ck it, not really even a fan of drinking anymore or going to the pub. Probably spent too much time in various establishments in my younger days.

Here is the barman of the local in Pallasgrean trying to get me out of the pub at half-past Holy Hour during the 1984 All-Ireland Heavyweight Kick-Pinting Cham-peen-ship, at my competition weight of 47 stone. Note that I'd had (IIRC) three carvery dinners at that point:

20-08-2019 04:20PM

It’s one of life’s great pleasures there is nothing, absolutely nothing to beat an all day session regardless of what day of the week it is. My no1 favorite thing to do.

Give me half a chance and I’ll go at it. One of my favorites is when on a major session the Friday night after work, the as closing time approaches the early house starts getting mentioned next thing it’s planned...home around 2am and back up and meet outside the door of the pub for around 8am breakfast roll in hand.

In you go get a pint and try to get a seat before scanning around to see which characters are around. Get the first pint into you to try cure last night a bit and then even though you know it’s ok, ask the Barman if he minds you eating the roll. Wash that down with another pint and another.... 6 or 7 pints in head out for lunch and onto the next place of choice for the afternoon and stay at it as long as you can.

Sometimes it’s 2am again other you might pack it in around 8 or 9pm as the tiredness more than the drink catches up with you. Absolute heaven.

freshpopcorn · 20-08-2019 04:21PM

The best nights/days out I had in a pub were generally just afternoon pints which turned into evening pints.
Work/college generally finished early and we headed off often the weather had just got good also.
No big fuss about planning/getting dressed up was involved.

farmchoice · 20-08-2019 04:31PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

The best nights/days out I had in a pub were generally just afternoon pints which turned into evening pints.
Work/college generally finished early and we headed off often the weather had just got good also.
No big fuss about planning/getting dressed up was involved.

ya, some of the greatest days of my life have begun with impromptu day drinking that morphed into something.. as the OP said.. magical..

i think its need to be proper boozers though. part time drinkers can make a bit of a mess of it.

20-08-2019 04:36PM

I find pubs very depressing on a sunny day. Always think it's a bit sad (but each to their own, etc) when you're down the town soaking up the sun, and there's some old man standing in the dark of the door, like Patrick Maguire in his iron house, and a big dirty pint of Guinness in his hand, and the sun splitting the stones outside.

Day drinking itself isn't the issue, its the idea of getting pissed with strangers in a dark lounge in the height of summer.

mirwillbeback · 20-08-2019 04:40PM

major bill wrote: »

Love an early one on a Sunday in the winter months when its wet and grim, get a bit of football in, maybe a bit of carvery depending if the other half has nothing in the oven. Home early and up fresh in the morning for work.

and if she was pregnant what would happen

major bill · 20-08-2019 04:43PM

mirwillbeback wrote: »

and if she was pregnant what would happen

Well then I could kiss goodbye to day drinking!!!!

JeffKenna · 20-08-2019 04:43PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I find pubs very depressing on a sunny day. Always think it's a bit sad (but each to their own, etc) when you're down the town soaking up the sun, and there's some old man standing in the dark of the door, like Patrick Maguire in his iron house, and a big dirty pint of Guinness in his hand, and the sun splitting the stones outside.

Day drinking itself isn't the issue, its the idea of getting pissed with strangers in a dark lounge in the height of summer.

Beer garden?

loyatemu · 20-08-2019 04:45PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVL_ZpWo30I

Stark · 20-08-2019 04:47PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Is there much better than heading to the pub during the day? Now I don't mean every day, but rather those unplanned occasions where you end up going on the lash in early/mid afternoon. Meeting a few friends, and swearing you'll only have one or two, but deep down knowing that this will be a mini-session.

Day drinking is vastly underrated and unfairly scorned. Sinking a load of pints in a dark pub, and then walking out half-pissed a few hours later and getting blinded by sunlight as it's only 6 in the evening. Some people like to combine day drinking with regular visits to the bookies next door. I like it, but I know others who think it spoils the magic of daytime drinking.

My own ideal scenario is meeting around half 2. Put down 3 or 4 pints first to quench the thirst, then head up to the carvery for soakage - bacon and cabbage or roast lamb would be my preference. Then another 6-10 pints for dessert. Maybe do a Yankee or Lucky 15 in the bookies. Smoke a few cigarettes as well with the pints. Then out the door at around 7, and home for the tea and an early night.

Anyone else a fan?

Jasus, I hope Maureen has the fry on for you after all that.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 20-08-2019 04:51PM

I’ve always disliked daytime drinking, even in college. I find it disorienting and messy. The exception is weddings because it’s low level of drinking during the early part of the day so nobody is more than just a bit tipsy.

20-08-2019 04:51PM

JeffKenna wrote: »

Beer garden?

Ah yeah, beer garden or any al freco imbibing is a different matter altogether.

buried · 20-08-2019 04:51PM

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magic_murph · 20-08-2019 04:56PM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Er... yeah, maybe in my college days.

Kinda always found it a tad depressing though, being locked at 6 in the evening means the rest of the evening is basically a write off and a waste.

You would depress the dead.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 20-08-2019 04:58PM

Having said that, I like having an alcoholic drink with breakfast on holidays, even if it’s 8am. It’s probably the only drink I’ll have all day but it’s because I can. Usually prosecco or buck’s fizz.

blindside88 · 20-08-2019 04:59PM

Can’t beat day time pints. Myself and the lads that lived together in college try to meet up once a year for this. This Friday we’re off on a stag together and will be on the beer at 1:30pm, like you op there’ll probably be a few horses backed. One of life’s little pleasures. Sunday afternoon pints are very nice when home by about 7 but you can’t beat a Friday day session. What is rare is wonderful.

Spleerbun · 20-08-2019 05:00PM

What a fantastic thread, loving some of the stories and appreciation for a day on the beer.

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I find pubs very depressing on a sunny day. Always think it's a bit sad (but each to their own, etc) when you're down the town soaking up the sun, and there's some old man standing in the dark of the door, like Patrick Maguire in his iron house, and a big dirty pint of Guinness in his hand, and the sun splitting the stones outside.

Day drinking itself isn't the issue, its the idea of getting pissed with strangers in a dark lounge in the height of summer.

If it's sunny you should absolutely be grabbing a big bag of cans and heading to the canal. Beer gardens of course are fine too, but if there's anything that makes day drinking more fun imo it's drinking outdoors in the sun. Note to my fellow canal revellers: be sound and pick up your own cans after you're done don't fcuk them there and expect someone else to do it

JohnnyFlash · 20-08-2019 05:01PM

buried wrote: »

Fee Fi Fo Fum
I smell the noise of the
Vintners federation Internet division

Nah, dude, it’s a thread by a fella who likes an afternoon in the pub. Take off the old tinfoil baseball hat.

rgmmg · 20-08-2019 05:05PM

While you can’t beat a spontaneous workday afternoon session, this is not quite the same but does fall under the unplanned session category.

I moved to London in 2001 and it was dress down Friday in work (chinos/shirt). I had planned to visit my cousin in Herne Hill on the Fri night and then go home on the Sat morn.

So, a skin full the Friday night.

Saturday afternoon comes along. My cousin and I decided we’d have lunch. Next thing it’s 2 in the morning and I end up staying at his.

The next day, Sunday, we go for a carvery and, between the football and the pints, sure enough, we’re there until last orders.

I was dry wretching trying to get across London on the Monday morning to work, wearing the same clothes I wore on dress down Friday (and on Sat and Sun) with a 4 day beard to match.

Character building.

JupiterKid · 20-08-2019 05:07PM

I thought this thread was started by Dream Flabby Chest, but see it was another poster.

Something I used to do occasionally with good mates, before my drinking became a real problem.

By the time I was in the pub every day or other day drinking on my own to blot out the crushing anxiety and steady the nerves, all the fun went out of it.

Walking out into the daylight when pissed is not a nice feeling, IMO, fun or no fun in the pub after a session. I always felt a bit dirty and self-conscious doing that.

But whatever floats yer boat OP. But try not to make a big habit of it.

ceadaoin. · 20-08-2019 05:15PM

If you call 10-14 pints a "mini session", what's a regular one? :eek:

TheBoyConor · 20-08-2019 05:15PM

Earra, I wouldn't be fond of drinking at all but when I do go at it I do go at it awful and very hard. I'd do about 45 pints in about two hours. I'd have a packet of crips then add maybe a packet of peanuts and I'd go for probably, earra I'd have ten more anyway. I'd get up the following morning then and Maureen would have the fry on. And I'd go at it again, and there'd be no fúckin stopping me. I'd take the shirt off any man's back. Bastards.

Uncharted · 20-08-2019 05:17PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I find pubs very depressing on a sunny day. Always think it's a bit sad

Yeah,but we're talking about drinking in Ireland.

Sunny day ? Here? Dafuq?

tipptom · 20-08-2019 05:40PM

Nothing like meeting someone on the street you know who is great craic and you know its going to get around to "will we go for one",and then phoning around convincing others to get involved with the scheme and actually taking offence to someone saying "I will be on after five".

Usually we would have a tip for a horse and everyone would throw twenty in and if it won then its like we won the lotto,no one gets out alive.

Embarrassing outside a pub in the day/evening after a good few on your own and meeting someone very serious coming from work and wondering are you slurring your speech while talking to them at 6 pm.

JohnnyFlash · 20-08-2019 05:45PM

ceadaoin. wrote: »

If you call 10-14 pints a "mini session", what's a regular one? :eek:

Nah, that would be a serious tray of pints. A mini-session would be 6-8 max. My ideal one would be as described, but I wouldn’t do them often.

harry Bailey esq · 20-08-2019 05:57PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Day drinking is vastly underrated and unfairly scorned.

Amen. I do it three or four times a week, on the clock I might add. Ostensibly, I'll go in and have a bit of grub but I'll usually have at least four pints, and leave hungrier than when I went in.

Going to the pub during the day - magical.

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