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Going to the pub during the day - magical.

JohnnyFlash

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?

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IAMAMORON

I was checking the kick off times for the upcoming Rugby World Cup. It looks like there is an awful lot of early morning drinking on its' merry way. Most kick offs' look to be at around 8.30 in the morning. People will be either "pushing through" or only getting started when the matches' get going.

A month of heavy self discipline awaits any rugby fan planning on saving his marriage or keeping his boss happy. With the last kick offs' before midday you can expect most boozers to be fully operational by lunchtime.

I can definitely see myself attempting at least one " push through" during the event.

It will be difficult thinking about heading home after the midday Angelus, I can maybe see myself self inflicting a 6 o'clock Angelus curfew, whereby upon hearing the bells ringing, I immediately complete my pint and leave the pub, for fear of darkening its's door further towards midnight and closing time.

I fear many drinkers will find them selves "doubling down" on their drunkenness. It will not be uncommon for drinkers to be getting pissed twice in the one day.

adox

In my younger years me and my mates would maybe twice a year all ring in sick to work and arrange to meet in the local around midday and spend the afternoon/evening there.

There was no greater pleasure than sitting in a pub early afternoon with your mates, as the world went by outside, talking sh and sipping pints. Not a care in the world.

Sweaty Balls

As someone who drinks alone in his room almost every night, this thread makes me feel a little bad that I don't have a gang of lads to head out on the lash with, like you all seem to do.

On the other hand, it feels kinda good to be totally out of synch with normal society.

dark crystal

I find eating a large meal/takeaway in the middle of a daytime drinking session only slows me down. I'll eat at the beginning of a session, but never during.

Don't break my momentum, man!

FTA69

Wandered off to the battle cruiser at 1pm after the gym and a steak and a few spuds; collected a mate and then into an Irish spot for the hurling final. Nine pints of Guinness and in flying form; in to a Turkish grill house next door for a giant feed of kebab washed down with more booze and then home safe and sound for 8.45pm. Perfection.

EmmetSpiceland

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Had a great day session a few weeks ago. A bunch of us met up in a beer garden on sunny, Sunday morning to watch the Cricket World Cup final. Big fry up with a pint for breakfast. Sat in the sun, drinking pints and talking ****e. Half watching the cricket. Feed of wings and burgers later then staggered home to bed at 9pm. Great day.

Cricket is a great “bandwagon” to hop on. I remember having a couple of lengthy sessions during our games in the 2007 World Cup. Think it was ‘07, I’m open to correction on that.

Holing up in McSorley’s pub in Ranelagh, getting “blasted” drunk and cheering when required, or paying attention was a, particularly, fun day.

You get the basics of the game easily enough but I’m not sure how anyone can really enjoy it with a few “shandies”, most be awfully boring.

Great excuse for an all day session either way.

ShamNNspace

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?

First mistake you should have primed yourself with a visit to the early house till about 12 or so and then grabbed a bite possibly a takeaway delivered to the pub so as not to waste precious drinking time and then carry on in the fashion you describe leaving out the carvery (far too expensive) don't worry you will get a second wind around the 4 mark then another takeaway but not too much for this will only tire you. change pubs around 6 or so and carry on till news time
When the session will naturally taper off

Huntergonzo

It is one of the true pleasures in life, early pub is just magic. You get to sit there downing pints, having the craic with your mates and watching the madness of the world go by.

I love watching the lads who nip in for few scoops but are expected home, it's amazing how many pints some of them can cram into 30-45mins, before the call comes in. Should be an olympic sport that.

Yeah_Right

Had a great day session a few weeks ago. A bunch of us met up in a beer garden on sunny, Sunday morning to watch the Cricket World Cup final. Big fry up with a pint for breakfast. Sat in the sun, drinking pints and talking ****e. Half watching the cricket. Feed of wings and burgers later then staggered home to bed at 9pm. Great day.

Richard Hillman

I love the theory of it but I always end up going home at 7ish and sleep until about midnight. Thus being awake for 4-5 hours and having to be up at 7am for work.

harry Bailey esq

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

On the clock? That's impressive, Harry.

I doubt there's very many jobs that allow you to hit the pub during working hours these days. Back when people bought newspapers there was a breed of old school journalist who did most of their best writing while sitting at the counter in Mulligan's of Poolbeg Street. The Semi-States were also open to some of their brightest and best holding 'offsites' in dark and dingy pubs. The old Protestant stockbroking firms were also known for doing most of their client business in some of Dublin city centres watering holes.

Now most of the youth seem to want jobs in IT firms where they will launder your clothes for you, provide you with free meals, and give you the money for a taxi home - in return for working 12 hour days. It's trying to get out of work you should be aiming for, not staying there.

Progress my hole. :mad:

Me own boss thank god, sacking meself isn't an option. If something needs attending to I've the phone in the pocket and can be on site in 10-15 mins usually. T'was Hedigans in phibsboro today half portion of the carvery and 5 pints. The phone didn't ring thankfully.

lawred2

Pub with friends - fantastic

Bookies - not for me

freshpopcorn

fussyonion wrote: »

I hate it.
I always get a horrible headache and have to go to bed early.

I found a cure for that. Don't go home early!

screamer

Yeah... no. Daylight pubbing very low rent.

fussyonion

I hate it.
I always get a horrible headache and have to go to bed early.

JohnnyFlash

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

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.

On the clock? That's impressive, Harry.

I doubt there's very many jobs that allow you to hit the pub during working hours these days. Back when people bought newspapers there was a breed of old school journalist who did most of their best writing while sitting at the counter in Mulligan's of Poolbeg Street. The Semi-States were also open to some of their brightest and best holding 'offsites' in dark and dingy pubs. The old Protestant stockbroking firms were also known for doing most of their client business in some of Dublin city centres watering holes.

Now most of the youth seem to want jobs in IT firms where they will launder your clothes for you, provide you with free meals, and give you the money for a taxi home - in return for working 12 hour days. It's trying to get out of work you should be aiming for, not staying there.

Progress my hole. :mad:

buried

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

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

Jayzus, for a fella down the pub since 12pm yer defensive as fook man

Franz Von Peppercorn II

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

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.

Bus driver?

harry Bailey esq

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.

JohnnyFlash

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.

tipptom

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.

Uncharted

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?

TheBoyConor

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.

ceadaoin.

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

JupiterKid

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.

rgmmg

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.

JohnnyFlash

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.

Spleerbun

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

blindside88

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.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

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.