Luxury holiday with no alcohol. Would you go?

Pighead · 11-12-2008 10:46AM #1

Imagine for a moment you have won the Late Late Show Great Phone In Quiz Prize and you are on the phone with 'The Plank'. "Congratulations" says he "You've just won a months holiday to Saudi Arabia"

"Woooooooohooooooooooooooooyeeeeehhaaaaaaaaaa" you shriek a little more enthusiastically than is necessary just to make a point to that ungrateful toyshow creature from Cork.

The Plankster then goes on to tell you about how you'll be put up in a 5 star hotel and you'll get a few grand spending money and all the rest of it. Then he drops the bombshell. Saudi Arabia prohibits the sale and consumption of alcohol.

Assuming you're not Terry (who'd probably tell Pat to go fcuk himself and his absolute sham of a prize) what would you do? Would you accept the month long luxury holiday and forsake the delights of alcohol for a month or would you do a Terry and tell him where to shove it?

token56 · 11-12-2008 10:50AM

Being a pioneer I would most gladly take it.

Well maybe not the plane tickets, but the money anyway

chin_grin · 11-12-2008 10:51AM

Pighead wrote: »

Imagine for a moment you have won the Late Late Show Great Phone In Quiz Prize and you are on the phone with 'The Plank'. "Congratulations" says he "You've just won a months holiday to Saudi Arabia"

"Woooooooohooooooooooooooooyeeeeehhaaaaaaaaaa" you shriek a little more enthusiastically than is necessary just to make a point to that ungrateful toyshow creature from Cork.

The Plankster then goes on to tell you about how you'll be put up in a 5 star hotel and you'll get a few grand spending money and all the rest of it. Then he drops the bombshell. Saudi Arabia prohibits the sale and consumption of alcohol.

Assuming you're not Terry (who'd probably tell Pat to go fcuk himself and his absolute sham of a prize) what would you do? Would you accept the month long luxury holiday and forsake the delights of alcohol for a month or would you do a Terry and tell him where to shove it?

Yes because we cannot continue the stereotype while on holiday. Oh no! Sacrilege! Thou are excommunicated from the Church of Blurry Visions. Away now sober soul! Away! <Paddlin'>

By the by I do drink. So I'm not one of those "OMG-alcohol-is-de-debbils'-tit-milk-and-made-my-daddy-beat-me-until-he-bled-too" types.

Varkov · 11-12-2008 10:52AM

One word.

Opium Den.

rod flanders · 11-12-2008 10:52AM

No Thanks. I wouldn't stay a month in Saudi Arabia even if I could drink.

oztots · 11-12-2008 10:54AM

I'd go for sure, but in a months time you could brew your own.

And there is alcohol there, its just that you're not allowed it outside the hotels and foreigner zones.

But still, a month in a 5 star hotel? And a few grand spending money. Still sounds like a hell of a holiday without the drink.

MIN2511 · 11-12-2008 10:58AM

No ****ing way!

Not worth it, first i can't have sex on the beach and i can't drink i may as well be in prison

chin_grin · 11-12-2008 11:04AM

Varkov wrote: »

One word.

Opium Den.

Heh, I see what you did there.

mumhaabu · 11-12-2008 11:07AM

AFAIK Westerners are allowed Alcohol within their compounds, whether or not this applies to Hotels or not I cannot say.

Pighead · 11-12-2008 11:07AM

chin_grin wrote: »

Yes because we cannot continue the stereotype while on holiday. Oh no! Sacrilege! Thou are excommunicated from the Church of Blurry Visions. Away now sober soul! Away! <Paddlin'>

By the by I do drink. So I'm not one of those "OMG-alcohol-is-de-debbils'-tit-milk-and-made-my-daddy-beat-me-until-he-bled-too" types.

What about the happy medium. The "ah I do love a nice glass of wine with my dinner" brigade. When people go on holidays they do so to relax. Alcohol is a pretty good relaxant. Pighead's not necessarily talking about people who go on holidays with the sole intent of getting smashed every night.

oeb · 11-12-2008 11:49AM

I don't get it. What's the prize?

Pighead · 11-12-2008 11:52AM

oeb wrote: »

I don't get it. What's the prize?

If you're not getting it the only prize we can sort you out with is a Purity Ring.

Come on oeb, there's not much too get here! Read it again. It's easy peasy!

thelordofcheese · 11-12-2008 11:52AM

I've gone without alcohol for longer than that, count me in.

oeb · 11-12-2008 11:58AM

Pighead wrote: »

If you're not getting it the only prize we can sort you out with is a Purity Ring.

Come on oeb, there's not much too get here! Read it again. It's easy peasy!

Just sounds more like a punishment to me. If I wanted to be sober I would go to a sober place or something.

Pighead · 11-12-2008 12:02PM

oeb wrote: »

Just sounds more like a punishment to me. If I wanted to be sober I would go to a sober place or something.

But Saudi Arabia is supposedly a beautiful country with a fabulous climate, wonderful scenery, with the most delicious scent of petrol continuously permeating the air. Would you not give up the booze for four weeks to experience this?

oeb · 11-12-2008 12:05PM

Pighead wrote: »

But Saudi Arabia is supposedly a beautiful country with a fabulous climate, wonderful scenery, with the most delicious scent of petrol continuously permeating the air. Would you not give up the booze for four weeks to experience this?

What's the point of going somewhere nice if you can't avoid seeing any of it, because you are too hungover to get out of bed till 6pm?

Insect Overlord · 11-12-2008 12:05PM

A month long holiday would be great, but only if I could bring a group of people with me. I'd get cabin fever if I went on my own/with just one other person. The no-alcohol rule would entertain me, as I could watch the others suffer while I spend the month getting fit and healthy

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 11-12-2008 12:05PM

Absolutely. There's something wrong with you if you can't live without alcohol.

That said, the oppertunity to abuse Pat Kenny live on the Late Late IS a very tempting alternative...

oeb · 11-12-2008 12:06PM

An Fhile wrote: »

A month long holiday would be great, but only if I could bring a group of people with me. I'd get cabin fever if I went on my own/with just one other person. The no-alcohol rule would entertain me, as I could watch the others suffer while I spend the month getting fit and healthy

Hippy

Pighead · 11-12-2008 12:08PM

oeb wrote: »

Hippy

Philistine.

oeb · 11-12-2008 12:10PM

Pighead wrote: »

Philistine.

I appreciate the finer things in life all so much better when they are blurry, appear in duplicate and move about of their own accord.

Dragan · 11-12-2008 12:11PM

I imagine a lot of people would happily go without drink for a free experience like that?

If you are sitting there saying you couldn't, well, tee hee hee.:D

Cookie_Monster · 11-12-2008 12:13PM

You'll always be able to get booze (somehow).

I'd take it and enjoy it, despite the fact the country is a crazy mess. Sure you can always nip into the UAE for a few pints...

Having holidayed in RAK (UAE) and seen the queues of Emiratees at the offo you start to realise its just like over here, they all ignore the laws too and got plastered like the best of us.

Terry · 11-12-2008 12:16PM

Pighead wrote: »

Imagine for a moment you have won the Late Late Show Great Phone In Quiz Prize and you are on the phone with 'The Plank'. "Congratulations" says he "You've just won a months holiday to Saudi Arabia"

"Woooooooohooooooooooooooooyeeeeehhaaaaaaaaaa" you shriek a little more enthusiastically than is necessary just to make a point to that ungrateful toyshow creature from Cork.

The Plankster then goes on to tell you about how you'll be put up in a 5 star hotel and you'll get a few grand spending money and all the rest of it. Then he drops the bombshell. Saudi Arabia prohibits the sale and consumption of alcohol.

Assuming you're not Terry (who'd probably tell Pat to go fcuk himself and his absolute sham of a prize) what would you do? Would you accept the month long luxury holiday and forsake the delights of alcohol for a month or would you do a Terry and tell him where to shove it?

Hold on a second.

Free rehab?
I'll take it.

oeb · 11-12-2008 12:18PM

Terry wrote: »

Hold on a second.

Free rehab?
I'll take it.

Did your father never tell you "Don't be a quitter"?

Terry · 11-12-2008 12:19PM

oeb wrote: »

Did your father never tell you "Don't be a quitter"?

He did, when we were in the pub.

Pighead · 11-12-2008 12:19PM

Dragan wrote: »

If you are sitting there saying you couldn't, well, tee hee hee.:D

Dragan laughs like a six year old girl, shocker!

Pighead · 11-12-2008 12:21PM

Terry wrote: »

Hold on a second.

Free rehab?
I'll take it.

You could be on to something there Terence. We could start up a company, sending alcoholics to alcohol free countries to cure them of their addictions. Just our way of making the world that little bit better.

We'll call it Freehab.

oeb · 11-12-2008 12:23PM

Pighead wrote: »

You could be on to something there Terence. We could start up a company, sending alcoholics to alcohol free countries to cure them of their addictions. Just our way of making the world that little bit better.

We'll call it Freehab.

That would not be free for you though. It's cheaper to lock them in the closet.

tony1kenobi · 11-12-2008 12:24PM

Pighead wrote: »

You could be on to something there Terence. We could start up a company, sending alcoholics to alcohol free countries to cure them of their addictions. Just our way of making the world that little bit better.

We'll call it Freehab.

Can I get in on that and organize the sale of illicit hooch in those countries to ensure the alcoholics fail?

biko · 11-12-2008 12:30PM

I'd take the dry holiday, but ask if they could change it a better country, like Botswana. Saudi Arabia is a ******* oppressing *****.

Luxury holiday with no alcohol. Would you go?

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