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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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padd b1975 wrote: »

Not too keen on daytime drinking in summer to be honest.

Give me a cold wet Irish Saturday afternoon, good company, an open fire and pints of really good Guinness (where you can count the swallows down the side of the glass) and I might as well be in heaven.

I love day drinking regardless of the weather or time of year.

Summer out in the beer garden sipping away and having the craic for the afternoon and then get dug into the corner of the pub later in the day, usually not as much sport on during the day but the golf then might be on or evening Gaa.

A wet winter afternoon up at the bar or in the corner then is epic too, sport on all sides, enjoying great pints, fire blazing etc. Mighty.

dark crystal

Potential-Monke wrote: »

It's crazy to see how many people are up for it, and very few demonising it. Change alcohol to cannabis and this thread wouldn't have got beyond the first page without people telling the OP, and those who agree, how much of a drug problem they'd have, compared to the 1 who multiple people then called out. Just an observation on the acceptance of one of the biggest killer drugs in Ireland/worldwide.

Ah, I'd say for most posters, it's a once every few months type deal. Not something you'd do every week, like!

Like someone else said earlier, there's something naughty about it. When you work all week, have family responsibilities etc., sometimes just being able to take the day as it comes, catching up with good friends and letting everyday worries out of your mind for a while can be a welcome little escape from the everyday grind.

wakka12

Buying 9-14 pints in a pub would be sooo expensive though

completedit

Uncharted wrote: »

Ya havent a clue. :pac:

I pity ya,you'll never have that feeling of comradery with a few good mates,all on the beer,playing pool,chilling out,watching the game and making memories.

All the while on the solid lash.
Great times.

You go comb your hipster beard,drink your craft beer and top up your farmers tan by the canal. :rolleyes:

I'm not some hipster twat ðŸ˜¬

Uncharted

completedit wrote: »

Blazing sunshine, t shirt on, getting tanned with a can in hand along the royal canal

Ya havent a clue. :pac:

I pity ya,you'll never have that feeling of comradery with a few good mates,all on the beer,playing pool,chilling out,watching the game and making memories.

All the while on the solid lash.
Great times.

You go comb your hipster beard,drink your craft beer and top up your farmers tan by the canal. :rolleyes:

SEPT 23 1989

completedit wrote: »

Blazing sunshine, t shirt on, getting tanned with a can in hand along the royal canal

A two litre of Olde English was the style at the time

completedit

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

What’s the alternative?

Blazing sunshine, t shirt on, getting tanned with a can in hand along the royal canal

Potential-Monke

I did it when I was younger, but always mouldy drunk by 6pm regardless of the time I started. Day drinking just messed with me. I much preferred 6am sessions, where we'd finish a week of nights at 6am, and have a sesh at someones house then.

It's crazy to see how many people are up for it, and very few demonising it. Change alcohol to cannabis and this thread wouldn't have got beyond the first page without people telling the OP, and those who agree, how much of a drug problem they'd have, compared to the 1 who multiple people then called out. Just an observation on the acceptance of one of the biggest killer drugs in Ireland/worldwide.

SEPT 23 1989

completedit wrote: »

Pints, rain and football on TV of a cold October afternoon sounds like pure depression

What’s the alternative?

ShamNNspace

completedit wrote: »

Uncharted wrote: »

Pffft.
Away with ye.

:rolleyes:

Why are so many Irish people obsessed with being miserable?

Pints, rain and football on TV of a cold October afternoon sounds like pure depression

Au contraire my friend Au contraire who's miserable? certainly not the boys on the high stool who are escaping their troubles for one lousy day and just letting the day develop organically and beautifully. how many confidances were shared on days like these when tongues have loosened that have actually saved lives

padd b1975

Not too keen on daytime drinking in summer to be honest.

Give me a cold wet Irish Saturday afternoon, good company, an open fire and pints of really good Guinness (where you can count the swallows down the side of the glass) and I might as well be in heaven.

Baron Kurtz

farmchoice wrote: »

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.

There's a point in the bacchanalian endeavour where the boozy minds just align with a certain sureness in how the supping custom will develop. Perfectly in sync, thoughts align like a celestial phenomena. No word is spoken, each boozehound knows where this is going.

True that - lightweights can skew the pace and can potentially be a cause for concern. The do tend to flake away early, knowing what's inevitably going to happen. They just disappear.

completedit

Uncharted wrote: »

Pffft.
Away with ye.

:rolleyes:

Why are so many Irish people obsessed with being miserable?

Pints, rain and football on TV of a cold October afternoon sounds like pure depression

ShamNNspace

adox wrote: »

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.

Till the pubs phone rang brrrr brrrr silence all round till the danger has passed

jr86

completedit wrote: »

Nah outside drinking is only day drinking ya should be doing.

Not for me!

Grab a stool up at the counter (if solo or with one or two people max, otherwise get a table but near the bar), leave the phone out, box of fags out, have the 10er lying on the bar regardless of when the next round is:p, and just talking absolute sh1te, while watching the racing/sport. That's heaven for me. Outside every so often for a smoke/phone call. Is it even a day session if you're not ringing someone for the updates of your local club in their GAA match? :pac:

Another great thing is when you start lovely and early and you meet an acquaintance, and ye both start texting your own respective friends as the day goes on to join. Gas when their friends start turning up and your half cut and instantly become besties with them

jr86

tipptom wrote: »

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".

Haha so true. Or you meet someone for genuinely two or three in the day and they are having one more before heading off, but at this stage you're mad to keep going yourself, so sending a chain whatsapp around to your contacts, and the buzz when the "on the way" responses come in

tipptom wrote: »

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.

Hahaha exact same!

tipptom wrote: »

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.

The migration from one pub to the next is gas craic. You might be in a place for 2/3 hours and then decide to move on, and once ye all get out on to the street its hilarious! Usually always one clown going up to random women, singing, having the craic with a busker or whatever and it about 3pm in the day :pac: :pac:

This thread is making me want to seriously book a weekend piss up!

rgmmg

The beauty about nipping out while in work is you're having a great time and getting paid for it. "Working for The Man? I'm The effing Man".

Uncharted

completedit wrote: »

Nah outside drinking is only day drinking ya should be doing.

Pffft.
Away with ye.

:rolleyes:

completedit

Nah outside drinking is only day drinking ya should be doing.

jr86

fmpisces wrote: »

And for some reason it seems naughty, so all the more reason to do it :pac:

This - its like there's a taboo around it or something.

My father, for example, has a canary anytime I tell him I've even had a few day pints ("wasting a lovely day in a pub" etc.) but absolutely zero qualms with me going out for a night and coming home battered, simply cos getting drunk is more associated with a night time activity

I appreciate both though (especially in the one day) :pac:

Day time to watch sport, talk sh1te about sport, throw on bets, chat with interesting characters, have the craic properly with bar staff; and night time to go on the pull (when I was single), meet more friends, dance etc.

jr86

Amen!

Nothing - absolutely nothing - beats it! The only problem is I haven't had a good day session in yonks -and tbh I drink feck all these days!

I remember being out on a Friday (straight to pub after work) back in March and getting home about 5am, wake up still flaming at about 9-00 to a few texts to go on it again, pull myself out of bed, try and force down some toast, and taxi straight in to the high stool again for 10-30 on Saturday.

3 Heineken Cup Quarter finals on for the day, ended up doing a rake of pubs, and out till about 3am again! You just cannot beat those weekends, despite the expense, fear that often follows, and general tiredness that doesn't subside for fcking days!! :pac:

Kehoes in Dublin is my absolutely favourite spot for a day session. That said its very day session friendly though - sometimes its brilliant to find a quiet enough spot, out for a smoke early on and just watching everyone going about their shopping and general hustle and bustle while there's a nice creamy pint and great company awaiting us back inside, where we can forget about the world. Not a full-time smoker but I love one with a drink during day time

Absolutely everybody should have at least 2 or 3 friends who are always on hand for a day session, and at the shortest of notice also if required

And also - a friday night out is just not one bit complete without an all-dayer on the saturday to follow it!

Two issues with many opinions in the thread though :pac:

Eating before the session is the only way! I just cannot disturb the session, unless for a very fast burger perhaps on the way to another pub

And how on earth do people call it off at around 7

? The craic is only getting going then!!

Huntergonzo

Uncharted wrote: »

+1

^^^^^^^This guy gets it.

Grub in early.
Feed of beer, then hit the top shelf.....hard.

Flutered by half 6 in the evening.
Home about 9.
Job done.

Sorted.

Absolutely spot on, flawless routine.

Uncharted

kfallon wrote: »

Correct!
I don't like to mix business with pleasure, eating's cheating!
My fav pints of the week are probably the 5 or 6 at 11.30am of a Sunday morning

+1

^^^^^^^This guy gets it.

Grub in early.
Feed of beer, then hit the top shelf.....hard.

Flutered by half 6 in the evening.
Home about 9.
Job done.

Sorted.

Hego Damask

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?

Nothing beats it JohnnyBoy, but I wouldn't be having that many.
I love going for 2/3 in a good Dublin pub with a proper rep. for Guinness ... have a sambo and a packet of king crisps with them too!!

Heaven!

kfallon

dark crystal wrote: »

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!

Correct!
I don't like to mix business with pleasure, eating's cheating!
My fav pints of the week are probably the 5 or 6 at 11.30am of a Sunday morning

dxhound2005

You're a reformed character these days, with your 15 pint mini sessions.

McMurphy

I remember well living back at home with the parents - a father who didn't drink, and a mother who took the odd one but never seen her drunk in my life.

The one thing I will always recall about my early twenties was super Sunday sessions in the local, then home around 8 for a spruce up, and then out for the night to the night club.

Home around 2/3am, absolutely rotten drunk.

Roll on next morning, and it was many a Monday morning I never even heard the alarm, and so woke around 9.30 with a stinking hangover - listened to the whinging coming from the stairs about how I should think well of myself, missing work again, and I'm gonna get myself sacked etc etc etc.

Stayed in the room strategically timed until around 11.30, then into the bathroom, quick shower and in the local hotel bar with prob 20 other Monday club apprentice's.

Post mortem of the weekends high jinks were discussed, if I was lucky the then girlfriend might have been off college, or was back early in the evening, joined me for a drink, game of pool then back to mine or hers with chips and a few cans, locked the bedroom door to keep the folks out, riding match, lie together holding hands falling asleep to the TV.

Then almost sleep in for work on the Tues with a hangover from the Monday.

Fcuk them days were great.

Andrew00

Drinking during the day when it's nice and queit and u can bsck a few horses. Absolute heaven

fmpisces

It's not something I do often but sometimes it's just nice to cut loose. And for some reason it seems naughty, so all the more reason to do it :pac:
Last time was around May last year, the girls and I met up for what was supposed to be coffee, lunch and a good catch up that was long overdue, three of us ended up staying out for the night and it was lovely.

Church on Tuesday

magic_murph wrote: »

You would depress the dead.

Come on a night out with me and you'll think otherwise