Pet hate, Arthurs Day (Guinness Day)

Jesus Wept · 17-08-2010 09:00PM

Calvin Muscular Wreckage wrote: »

You should lighten up, have a drink maybe.

Enjoy bending over for the chocobot hour.

MrStuffins · 17-08-2010 09:09PM

The-Rigger wrote: »

Enjoy bending over for the chocobot hour.

You're very cynical for a Mod of the Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows Forum!

Jesus Wept · 17-08-2010 09:54PM

+1 for a cynical forum. :rolleyes:

Superbus · 17-08-2010 09:56PM

The-Rigger wrote: »

+1 for a cynical forum. :rolleyes:

I want a rollseyes forum.

KylieWyley · 17-08-2010 10:01PM

To Llamas!!

Parsley · 17-08-2010 10:01PM

I remember last year in UCC's old bar - where they don't sell any diageo drinks at all - everyone having their beamish at 17:59. Good times.

Beamish > Guinness.

MrStuffins · 17-08-2010 10:03PM

Superbus wrote: »

I want a rollseyes forum.

:rolleyes:

aDeener · 17-08-2010 10:07PM

Parsley wrote: »

I remember last year in UCC's old bar - where they don't sell any diageo drinks at all - everyone having their beamish at 17:59. Good times.

Beamish > Guinness.

Beamish > Guinness > Murphy's

Erica<3 · 17-08-2010 10:20PM

Bah humbug, much OP?

Cullen82 · 17-08-2010 10:28PM

I think it's an effing great idea and who gives a Mary Poppins why they're organising it?! It's a bit of craic with cheap/free pints:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

On that note here's a question: If the Germans can do, Why can't we? I'm talkin about.....................

GUINNESSFEST

Parsley · 18-08-2010 12:57AM

aDeener wrote: »

Beamish > Guinness >>> Murphy's

fyp.

BASHIR · 18-08-2010 01:06AM

Cullen82 wrote: »

I think it's an effing great idea and who gives a Mary Poppins why they're organising it?! It's a bit of craic with cheap/free pints:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

On that note here's a question: If the Germans can do, Why can't we? I'm talkin about.....................

GUINNESSFEST

Cheap free pints your havin a laugh, had 3 tickets last year and went to it in templebar. Now i'm no city slicker but the cnuts charged us 16.50 for three pints well he nearly got them back over his head.
Sorry rantin a bit there but surely as it was aurthurs day they could of lowered the prices a bit. Other than that had a great time and surely something to attract tourists and other business cant be a bad idea.

Executive Steve · 18-08-2010 01:32AM

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

I find it strange that the nation would want to celebrate a man who was so vocally anti-Catholic and pro-British rule.

It's not like history didn't prove the man right, in fairness...

Nervous Wreck · 18-08-2010 01:41AM

I've grown too weary to be opposed to marketing scams like this. Gimme a pint and shut up.

starviewadams · 18-08-2010 02:19AM

It's a bit of a joke having it again,thought the whole point was just to celebrate the anniversary last year.All it does is give the scum a free pass to drink on the streets. Remember walking through temple bar on diageo day last year at about 7pm,whole place was filled with scumbags drinking cans(and not Guinness)and bottles of alcopops or whatever,were so many of the cnuts that Garda didn't even bother trying to stop them,they just made the centra in temple bar stop selling drink.

Also remember a group of fairly young teenage girls puking most of the bus journey on my way home while a load of pissed 30-40yo lads were loudly trying to chat them up.

DeVore · 18-08-2010 02:29AM

Didn't diageo try to move Guinness production out of Ireland a while back?? Didn't bother with marketing-day last year and I won't this year either.

DeV.

John_Rambo · 18-08-2010 08:42AM

I don't know why people think its a scam, it's a very very obvious marketing push, just like the sponsorship of tents in Oktoberfest in Germany. There are no hidden messages, no subconscious brain fooks, no evil subtle hints at anything. It's a successful marketing stunt, it's a bit of fun, it's a good night out. People like myself that went out and enjoyed the night, availed of the cheap booze, the gigs, etc are actually aware that it's a marketing stunt. I think you are a bit naive if you think you have copped on to something that no one else has.

Also. Why are the people who didn't go last year the ones who think they understand it most?

strokemyclover · 18-08-2010 09:08AM

To Joyce C. Hall!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark_cards

Cullen82 · 18-08-2010 02:56PM

BASHIR wrote: »

Cheap free pints your havin a laugh, had 3 tickets last year and went to it in templebar. Now i'm no city slicker but the cnuts charged us 16.50 for three pints well he nearly got them back over his head.
Sorry rantin a bit there but surely as it was aurthurs day they could of lowered the prices a bit. Other than that had a great time and surely something to attract tourists and other business cant be a bad idea.

Ah stick the the local for this one, I did'nt pay for one pint last year from 5 till close and neither did anyone else that drank there

moonflower · 18-08-2010 03:05PM

I had great fun on Arthurs day last year! Got a couple of free pints and only paid €2.50 for the rest and there was a great buzz around town. Didn't see any more trouble than on a typical Saturday night. Pity I'll probably be working for it this year, it sounds good with all the bands they've gotten.

humanji · 18-08-2010 03:24PM

johnn wrote: »

It was a great day for a few after-work drinks last year so I'm obviously happy its back again this year, got tickets for one of the venues this year, 5er is grand to pay in.

What confuses me though is if its on the date of the anniversary, how is it a thursday again this year if it was a thurs last year?? or are they changing around the dates to suit them?

Because the weekend is a steady income earner for the Vintners and so they wouldn't want to short themselves. They can make more money by keeping weekend drinking and a mid-week drinking day. If the day followed the date then there would be overlap and revenue loss.

John_Rambo wrote: »

I don't know why people think its a scam, it's a very very obvious marketing push, just like the sponsorship of tents in Oktoberfest in Germany. There are no hidden messages, no subconscious brain fooks, no evil subtle hints at anything. It's a successful marketing stunt, it's a bit of fun, it's a good night out. People like myself that went out and enjoyed the night, availed of the cheap booze, the gigs, etc are actually aware that it's a marketing stunt. I think you are a bit naive if you think you have copped on to something that no one else has.

Also. Why are the people who didn't go last year the ones who think they understand it most?

Marketing by it's very nature is a scam. It's telling people that it's to celebrate Arthur Guinness, but it's not. It's to make them more money. That sounds like a scam to me.

There's also the trying to make it seem like they're all for Ireland when, as pointed out before, Arthur Guinness was against our independence, but more importantly, and as DeVore said, Diageo tried (or are they still trying) to out of Ireland.

My problem with it is that if it becomes a regular thing, it's promoting drinking which is something this country really needs to cut down on. I was at it last year (although I don't drink Diageo stuff) and I had a great time, but I'd prefer more attempts at less alcohol related events (but I guess that's asking a bit much from the Guinness marketing department.

)

chin_grin · 18-08-2010 03:31PM

Sh!te bands too! :pac:

But yeah I think it's quite stupid having a day to "celebrate" this. What exactly are we celebrating though? The drink? The man? It's a stupid f*cking idea that came out of some stupid f*ck that just did their marketing degree. Grrrrrrr.

Also Porterhouse Plain > Beamish > Guinness.

enda1 · 18-08-2010 03:39PM

Two thumbs up to Guinness for this stunt!

Its great in that it extends the holiday season until late in September, creating much need tourism for a struggling sector. Also its great because it involves Guinness. Win all round!

i71jskz5xu42pb · 18-08-2010 03:48PM

DeVore wrote: »

Didn't diageo try to move Guinness production out of Ireland a while back??

"Try", in that they weighed up the options of moving production to London and decided against it (in part I think because of the value to the brand of brewing Guinness in James's Gate). Then, yes, they "tried".

topper75 · 18-08-2010 04:26PM

starviewadams wrote: »

It's a bit of a joke having it again,thought the whole point was just to celebrate the anniversary last year.All it does is give the scum a free pass to drink on the streets. Remember walking through temple bar on diageo day last year at about 7pm,whole place was filled with scumbags drinking cans(and not Guinness)and bottles of alcopops or whatever,were so many of the cnuts that Garda didn't even bother trying to stop them,they just made the centra in temple bar stop selling drink.

Also remember a group of fairly young teenage girls puking most of the bus journey on my way home while a load of pissed 30-40yo lads were loudly trying to chat them up.

This is why Finland has Nokia and Ireland has NAMA.

Problems with reality? Financial difficulty?

No worries. Just get drunk. You wouldn't be Irish if you didn't.

rubadub · 18-08-2010 04:36PM

ogriofa wrote: »

So thats it? We have a Guinness day? That's pretty impressive, or are we just pushovers?

Not sure what you mean by pushovers, its not like they forced anybody to do anything. I was in dunnes a few months ago and saw cards for "teachers day", they can make up anything they want, you do not have to go along with it. It amuses me how people are so easily upset "I'll f*cking show those kunts, I'm gonna head out and drink Beamish"

ogriofa wrote: »

A music festival is a good idea, but this isnt organised by music heads that want to set up a festival and make a few quid, this is set up the marketing guys at Guinness, and that just gets under my skin.

The tickets would have been a lot more expensive if it was set up by independent people. A mate of mine is in the business and was telling me the budweiser festival is heavily subsidised by them, tickets are relatively cheap for the heineken & budweiser festivals. I think the Charlatans played some small venue like whelans and he knew how much the band were getting, he knew the capacity and the amount of tickets actually likely to be sold (i.e. the gig sells out but loads are going to guest lists and people working in the venue or in heineken/budweiser) -the numbers did not add up and budweiser were paying thousands to subsidise it.

BTW if arthurs day upsets you do you get annoyed at the heineken green energy festival, or bud rising? Same sort of idea but spanned over more days.

Some more "days"
http://www.holidayinsights.com/everyday.htm

January

* 1 New Year's Day
* 4 Trivia Day
* 6 Feast of the Epiphany- Three Kings Day
* 15 Martin Luther King's Birthday - observed on 18th this year.
* 25 Opposite Day
* 26 Australia Day
* More January holidays and special days

February

* 2 Groundhog's Day
* 7 Super Bowl Sunday , Superbowl XLIV
* 12 Lincoln's Birthday
* 12 Winter Olympics begin
* 14 Chinese New Years It's the Year 4708!
* 14 Valentines Day
* 15 President's Day
* 15 Singles Awareness Day - Are you single or in between relations? Then, this day is for you!
* 16 Mardi Gras(Fat Tuesday)
* 17 Ash Wednesday
* 20 Hoodie-Hoo Day
* 22 Washington's Birthday
* 28 Purim begins at sundown
* More February holidays and special days

March

* 7 Oscar Night - a big change of date
* 8 International Women's Day
* 14 Daylight Savings Begins at 2:00 a.m.
* 15 Ides of March
* 17 St. Patrick's Day
* 20 Spring (Vernal) Equinox
* 20 International Earth Day - also called Sun-Earth Day
* 25 Feast of the Annunciation
* 28 Palm Sunday
* 28 World Youth Day date varies widely
* 30 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days.
* More March holidays and special days

April

* 1 April Fool's Day
* 1 International Tatting Day
* 2 Good Friday
* 2 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday
* 4 Easter Sunday
* 15 Income taxes due
* 19 Patriot's Day Third Monday
* 21 Administrative Professionals Day formerly "Secretaries Day"
* 22 Earth Day (U.S.)
* 22 Take Your Daughter to Work Day 4th Thursday
* 30 Arbor Day always the last Friday in April
* More April holidays and special days

May

* 1 May Day
* 5 Cinco de Mayo
* 6 National Teacher's Day
* 8 VE Day, WW II
* 9 Mother's Day
* 17 Armed Forces Day
* 24 Victoria Day (Canada)
* 31 Memorial Day
* More May holidays and special days

June

* 6 D Day, WWII
* 14 Flag Day
* 20 Father's Day
* 19 Juneteenth Day
* 21 Summer Solstice (The longest day of the year!)
* More June holidays and special days

July

* 1 Canada Day (Dominion Day)
* 4 Independence Day
* 22 Hammock Day ...relax and enjoy!
* 27 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony - not until 2012
* More July holidays and special days

August

* 3 National Watermelon Day
* 10 National S'mores Day
* 11 Ramadan begins
* 13 Left Hander's Day
* 14 V-J Day
* 15 Feast of the Assumption
* 30 National Marshmallow Toasting Day
* More August holidays and special days

September

* 2 VJ Day, WWII
* 6 Labor Day
* 8 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
* 12 Grandparents Day the first Sunday after Labor Day
* 17 Constitution Day
* 17 Yom Kippur
* 21 International Peace Day (UN)
* 22 Autumnal Equinox
* 22 Sukkot begins at sundown
* 24 Native American Day the fourth Friday of the month
* More September holidays and special days

October

* 1 International Day for the Elderly
* 11 Columbus Day observed
* 11 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, 2nd Monday
* 16 Boss's Day
* 16 Sweetest Day 3rd Saturday
* 23 Make a Difference Day 4th Saturday
* 24 United Nations Day
* 31 Halloween
* More October holidays and special days

November

* 1 All Saint's Day
* 1 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
* 2 All Soul's Day - usually on the 2nd
* 2 Election Day -please exercise your right to vote
* 7 Daylight Savings time ends gain 1 hour of sleep
* 11 Veteran's Day
* 13 Sadie Hawkins Day
* 17 Eid-Ul-Adha
* 18 Great American Smokeout - third Thursday
* 20 Universal Children's Day
* 25 Thanksgiving Day
* 26 Black Friday
* 28 Advent begins
* More November holidays and special days

December

* 2 Chanukah lasts 8 days
* 7 Pearl Harbor Day
* 12 Poinsettia Day
* 21 Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year)
* 23 Festivus - for the rest of us!
* 25 Christmas
* 26 Boxing Day
* 26 Kwanzaa
* 27 National Fruitcake Day
* 31 New Year's Eve
* More December holidays and special days

humanji wrote: »

Because the weekend is a steady income earner for the Vintners and so they wouldn't want to short themselves. They can make more money by keeping weekend drinking and a mid-week drinking day.

Yep, it should have been a friday this year, so people would be drinking anyways.

John_Rambo · 18-08-2010 05:20PM

humanji wrote: »

Marketing by it's very nature is a scam. It's telling people that it's to celebrate Arthur Guinness, but it's not. It's to make them more money. That sounds like a scam to me.

It's up to you to take what you will out of it, I know exactly what it is, a good marketing strategy, raising brand and profile awareness, making a brand "day" every year, creating an atmosphere, getting people to start on the product, get a taste for it.

Most people know exactly what it is, you aren't blindingly brilliant to "see through" their ploy! We are aware of marketing and exactly what it is, I work in advertising.

We had a good night out, had a few free and cheap scoops and watched a gig. It's no biggie, you won't turn in to a slave to the marketing and advertising world!

humanji wrote: »

I was at it last year (although I don't drink Diageo stuff) and I had a great time

Jaysus.

starlit · 18-08-2010 07:13PM

To Authur!

Executive Steve · 18-08-2010 07:18PM

topper75 wrote: »

This is why Finland has Nokia and Ireland has NAMA.

Problems with reality? Financial difficulty?

No worries. Just get drunk. You wouldn't be Irish if you didn't.

Lol, someone's never been to Finland or met any Finnish people...

i71jskz5xu42pb · 18-08-2010 07:24PM

snuggles285 wrote: »

To Authur!

To Martha!

Pet hate, Arthurs Day (Guinness Day)

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