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Guinness - the only beneficiary of these visits

  • 23-05-2011 06:22PM
    #1
    UglyBolloxFace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭


    Like some people, I wasn't too fussed about these visits. I didn't see and still haven't seen how they will benefit us as a nation.

    But what amazes me is how exposed the Guinness brand has become. The drink played a massive part in both the visits of the British and US head's of state, with the former visiting the Storehouse and the latter mixing it up with the lick-arses down in Moneygall.

    The Guinness executives must be jizzing in their jocks at this. Truly remarkable advertising for the Guinness brand, which no amount of money could buy. (in before the "dem immigants, we hadte pay 30 millyinz for that, fuppin ginnizz...blah blah the guvement").


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  • #2
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    He's not allowed taste it apparently.

    See: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385930/Obama-shun-Guinness-Irish-visit-hes-taking-beer.html


  • #3
    Hookah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 849 ✭✭✭Hookah


    Biggins wrote: »
    He's not allowed taste it apparently.

    See: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385930/Obama-shun-Guinness-Irish-visit-hes-taking-beer.html

    Is it cos it's black?


  • #4
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Hookah wrote: »
    Is it cos it's black?
    'Cos it might be laced with Laden's revenge! :pac:


  • #5
    Voodoo_rasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 521 ✭✭✭Voodoo_rasher


    sick of Guinness and the national stereotype of us that comes with it.


  • #6
    Biggins
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    Voodoo_rasher wrote: »
    sick of Guinness and the national stereotype of us that comes with it.
    Move to Asahi (Japanese beer). :)


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  • #7
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 17,219 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    Biggins wrote: »
    He's not allowed taste it apparently.

    See: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385930/Obama-shun-Guinness-Irish-visit-hes-taking-beer.html

    Considering he lashed into it a few hours back I think you may be wrong. Posting a daily mail link as fact, tut tut


  • #8
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,561 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Voodoo_rasher wrote: »
    sick of Guinness and the national stereotype of us that comes with it.
    If it brings tourists and revenue to Ireland,who cares?


  • #9
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    UglyBolloxFace wrote: »
    the lick-arses down in Moneygall.

    :D


  • #10
    UglyBolloxFace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭UglyBolloxFace


    copacetic wrote: »
    Considering he lashed into it a few hours back I think you may be wrong. Posting a daily mail link as fact, tut tut

    Yeah what's with the Daily Mail obsession around here?


  • #11
    COYW
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,927 ✭✭✭COYW


    Prince Philip asked if it was made of Liffey water. Don't know how anyone drinks the stuff.


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  • #12
    WhiteRussian
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    copacetic wrote: »
    Considering he lashed into it a few hours back I think you may be wrong. Posting a daily mail link as fact, tut tut

    Well actually, the Daily Mail link says the secret service will supply their own keg. It looked like Guinness he drank though had a very white head that was not like the cream coloured head that comes on a Guinness usually. I'd be skeptical as to whether it was actually Guinness


  • #13
    Kiera
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    Biggins wrote: »
    He's not allowed taste it apparently.

    See: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385930/Obama-shun-Guinness-Irish-visit-hes-taking-beer.html

    Yes he is and yes he did :)

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/8531261/Slainte-Barack-Obama-drinks-Guinness-in-Moneygall.html


  • #14
    Donny5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭Donny5


    copacetic wrote: »
    Considering he lashed into it a few hours back I think you may be wrong. Posting a daily mail link as fact, tut tut

    Nah, he brought his own Guinness keg. Presumably, the Secret Service just picked up a keg from Diageo to make sure no one messed with it.


  • #15
    UglyBolloxFace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭UglyBolloxFace


    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    If it brings tourists and revenue to Ireland,who cares?

    It'll bring revenue to the Guinness company if anything else. (although you could argue that the economy will benefit too, via VAT etc).

    I see what you mean, but I hate this type of aggressive marketing.


  • #16
    Biggins
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    Kiera wrote: »
    Yes he is and yes he did :)

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/8531261/Slainte-Barack-Obama-drinks-Guinness-in-Moneygall.html

    Cool - one in the eye for the rags then! :pac:


  • #17
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    Biggins wrote: »
    Cool - one in the eye for the rags then! :pac:

    First Bin Laden gets it in the eye and then the rags. Some man this Obama.


  • #18
    WhiteRussian
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 304 ✭✭WhiteRussian


    lol he talks about his 'First Guinness' and then in the same sentence said that it was far nicer than what they had in America!


  • #19
    No1J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 783 ✭✭✭No1J


    UglyBolloxFace wrote: »
    Like some people, I wasn't too fussed about these visits. I didn't see and still haven't seen how they will benefit us as a nation.

    But what amazes me is how exposed the Guinness brand has become. The drink played a massive part in both the visits of the British and US head's of state, with the former visiting the Storehouse and the latter mixing it up with the lick-arses down in Moneygall.

    The Guinness executives must be jizzing in their jocks at this. Truly remarkable advertising for the Guinness brand, which no amount of money could buy. (in before the "dem immigants, we hadte pay 30 millyinz for that, fuppin ginnizz...blah blah the guvement").


    Don't think they will like that he said it tastes great here but not back home, they have spent a fortune on trying to loose the "Guinness doesn't travel"/"Not the same over here"/"I'ts sh1t" label.


  • #20
    Biggins
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    WhiteRussian wrote: »
    lol he talks about his 'First Guinness' and then in the same sentence said that it was far nicer than what they had in America!
    All well, all true Irish know the real stuff can only be found in Ireland.
    So maybe he was waffling about his first REAL Guinness. :pac:


  • #21
    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    UglyBolloxFace wrote: »
    Like some people, I wasn't too fussed about these visits. I didn't see and still haven't seen how they will benefit us as a nation.

    But what amazes me is how exposed the Guinness brand has become. The drink played a massive part in both the visits of the British and US head's of state, with the former visiting the Storehouse and the latter mixing it up with the lick-arses down in Moneygall.

    The Guinness executives must be jizzing in their jocks at this. Truly remarkable advertising for the Guinness brand, which no amount of money could buy. (in before the "dem immigants, we hadte pay 30 millyinz for that, fuppin ginnizz...blah blah the guvement").

    Jaysus whata moaner.


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  • #22
    cosmicfart
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    The pres came all this way for a proper pint that is all, cant blame him, the yanks version if guiness is a big pitcher of pi$$


  • #23
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    cosmicfart wrote: »
    The pres came all this way for a proper pint that is all, cant blame him, the yanks version if guiness is a big pitcher of pi$$

    No it's guiness in a glass.


  • #24
    dfx-
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,859 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    cosmicfart wrote: »
    The pres came all this way for a proper pint that is all, cant blame him, the yanks version if guiness is a big pitcher of pi$$

    That's all the Irish version is too...horrible stuff:eek:


  • #25
    Warper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭Warper


    To foreigners Ireland is synonymous with drinking and Guinness is our national drink of choice. It is customory for people to have a pint of Guinness in Ireland. So what?


  • #26
    cosmicfart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭cosmicfart


    dfx- wrote: »
    That's all the Irish version is too...horrible stuff:eek:


    No way man, im drinking a can of it now and i loves it


  • #27
    questionmark?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭questionmark?


    Look OP you should try it. After all once you go black you never go back.







    I'll let myself out, keep the coat:pac:


  • #28
    Voodoo_rasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 521 ✭✭✭Voodoo_rasher


    Warper wrote: »
    To foreigners Ireland is synonymous with drinking and Guinness is our national drink of choice. It is customory for people to have a pint of Guinness in Ireland. So what?

    so its alrite to perpetuate this image of us hence we come across as a nation of alco's. Why does no other country project itself so cheaply as we do? Why should any country take us seriously when we don't?
    (Maybe this is why we get a higher loan rate than Greece and Portugal)


  • #29
    Pauleta
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    The GAA got excessive coverage as well. At least we can sell Guinness abroad.


  • #30
    Dionysus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    Pauleta wrote: »
    The GAA got excessive coverage as well. At least we can sell Guinness abroad.

    Oh Jesus. :rolleyes:

    The GAA has given almost every parish in Ireland something positive. No other organisation in this island comes close to the GAA in terms of its contributuion to health, culture and community in Ireland. You don't like Irish culture, Irish politics, the Irish: we get that. Given that you've made a point of telling us this since you started, it's all rather boring and ignorant at this stage.

    In contrast to the GAA, other than alcoholism, domestic abuse and broken families, the same positive contribution to Irish society cannot be said for the British company Guinness. But isn't that the rub: Guinness is a British company and in your mentality it therefore must be defended at all costs. :o


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  • #31
    prinz
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    Dionysus wrote: »
    In contrast to the GAA, other than alcoholism, domestic abuse and broken families, the same positive contribution to Irish society cannot be said for the British company Guinness.

    Or the thousands of people the country over who enjoy the odd pint, without becoming an alcoholic, beating the lard out of a spouse or destroying their family.


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