How much do you drink before you go out?

seamus · 17-02-2003 01:25PM #1

Prompted form someone else who said they drink a shoulder of vodka before they go out, I'm curious.

With today's ridiculous dirnk prices, how much do you drink before a night on the town?

I personally do the shoulder of vodka thing. Gets you nicely toasted, to the point where you only need 4 more drinks.

DiscoStu · 17-02-2003 01:36PM

Usually about 4 of the finest dutch that is gold. not that much tbh.

parasite · 17-02-2003 01:39PM

dutch mould (and so forth)
yeah i never really drink beforehand, must start, drink is way too expensive, hrmmmm
it would be vodka
or bailey's
mmmm bailey's

Gordon · 17-02-2003 01:48PM

What's a shoulder of Vodka?

I don't usually drink before I go out.

Typedef · 17-02-2003 01:55PM

Neither do I.

Somehow I find the idea of getting obfusticated 'in my house' before going out, akin to having an 'adult' go to the off licence for me, and then drinking Bulmers in some random field to avoid the Gardaí.

JohnK · 17-02-2003 02:15PM

I don't drink before going out. Just start and finish in the pub

Big Chief · 17-02-2003 02:18PM

to expensive doing it that way ive found johnk.

Usually i have a bit thats good enough to get me tipsy/chatty but going over and above often means you dont get into a lot of places.

So yeh, nicely locked

(8 tinnies = €20 )

(round of beer for 4 ppl = €16-€18)

i like going out so if i did it your way johnk i would only go out like twice/three in a month so think ill stick to my way

Gerry · 17-02-2003 02:19PM

Originally posted by Typedef
Neither do I.

Somehow I find the idea of getting obfusticated 'in my house' before going out, akin to having an 'adult' go to the off licence for me, and then drinking Bulmers in some random field to avoid the Gardaí.

Strange really, that you think drinking legally in the comfort of your own home is akin to drinking illegally in a cold, wet field. I'm sure you love handing over a fiver for a pint in the pub then yeah?

JohnK · 17-02-2003 02:50PM

Originally posted by Big Chief
to expensive doing it that way ive found johnk.
...

i like going out so if i did it your way johnk i would only go out like twice/three in a month so think ill stick to my way

Actually it's ment that I havent been out drinking since Christmas...

Panda · 17-02-2003 03:10PM

normally have about 6 cans before i go out on a thursday night, sometimes 8....

get a crowd in the sitting room and play some ISS on the PS2 or darts or some sort of drinking games and your're sorted, sometimes better than the pub, but then you cant beat the pub atmosphere.

Big Chief · 17-02-2003 03:28PM

Originally posted by JohnK
Actually it's ment that I havent been out drinking since Christmas...

its no wonder if you start and finish in the pub with those prices

Originally posted by Gerry
Strange really, that you think drinking legally in the comfort of your own home is akin to drinking illegally in a cold, wet field. I'm sure you love handing over a fiver for a pint in the pub then yeah?

Was thinking the exact same thing

Bard · 17-02-2003 03:35PM

Originally posted by Gerry
Strange really, that you think drinking legally in the comfort of your own home is akin to drinking illegally in a cold, wet field. I'm sure you love handing over a fiver for a pint in the pub then yeah?

I know I don't...

which is why I go to my local and hand over €3 for a pint.

- oh and I don't drink -before- I go out either. Sometimes I don't even drink -when- I go out (depends on whether I have to drive or not).

woosaysdan · 17-02-2003 03:39PM

i just drink enough to get me merry b4 i go out!!!

BLITZ_Molloy · 17-02-2003 03:45PM

I don't get very drunk on a night out (including club ticket) for less than 40 euro. Most of the time I don't care but the odd time when I'm stressed out cans of linden village in the house are essential.

MiCr0 · 17-02-2003 04:20PM

it seems to depend on why you drink

do the ppl who drink before they go out, go out to get locked???

i never drink before i go out and i'm happy not to get wasted when i'm out

DiscoStu · 17-02-2003 07:29PM

do the ppl who drink before they go out, go out to get locked???

i drink before i go out because i cant really afford to drink when im out. simple as that.

The Gopher · 17-02-2003 07:34PM

As previously asked how much is a shoulder of vodka?
As for if I drink before I go out yes.Would often drink about a quarter litre of raw vodka(I`m not a massive fan of drinking till I collapse and get sick the next morning-I just drink so I can talk a bit of sh1te and get off effortlessly with a girl

)
I dont drink beer often.Just dont particularly like it.

But I seldom drink so much that I am puking all next day and feeling like sh1t.The buzz the night before isnt worth paying for the next day.

So anyway how much is a shoulder?

kaimera · 17-02-2003 07:40PM

whats this malarchy about going out and drinking??

dont drink before I go out.

shoulder of vodka a naggin?

E8.50 if so

PHB · 17-02-2003 07:44PM

I have a silver flash which is filled with vodka, and I just buy a glass of 7-up in the pub.

It all happened after I paid 15 euro for a double vodka and coke, and I got slightly pissed off about it.

Bottle_of_Smoke · 17-02-2003 09:05PM

Shoulder is 350mls, half a bottle. Don't really drink before I go out but on did on holiday mmmm bottle of french wine only €4....

Probably start pre-drinking next year when I don't have leaving cert looming over me, actually you're right I should be studying!

Rabies · 17-02-2003 09:09PM

not enough

Mossy Monk · 17-02-2003 09:53PM

enough before i go out. maybe 6 cans or so. the pub is going further out of my price range every month

strat · 17-02-2003 11:08PM

Originally posted by Gordon
What's a shoulder of Vodka?

rofl

i remember asking for a shoulder of vodka in some dodgy off licence in limerick once, yer man looked at me like i had two heads and wanted to know if i wanted some bacon or half a pig etc

eventually i pointed to the 'big naggin' as he put it

davelerave · 18-02-2003 03:38AM

speaking from experience drtinking before you go out may indicate a problem

Bard · 18-02-2003 10:04AM

It's likely to cause you problems as well as you're less likely to get into most places if you're already skuttered drunk.

Big Chief · 18-02-2003 10:21AM

Originally posted by Bard
It's likely to cause you problems as well as you're less likely to get into most places if you're already skuttered drunk.

thats why you dont get completely legless before you go out.. Its good just to have a few beers in you imo, and if you add the prices up it saves you alot of money to do it this way. Maybe if i was on like €30k a year i would be more reluctant to do this but im not and so i'll continue to have a few beers before i head out for the evening.

Besides it depends aswell, if im going out for a few beers after work then yes i will just head straight to the pub, but im more basing this on friday/saturday nights etc

Bard · 18-02-2003 10:36AM

Well in work, we used to have a few cans on a Friday evening in the office (if we'd had an especially good week) - in the web dev company I worked in, and then we'd all wander to a pub together (usually was Cusacks of North Strand Road, the Life bar or the White Horse).

It's disappointing that drink - and more so - GETTING DRUNK - is such an integral part of so many people's nights out. Not everyone needs drink to have fun, you know...

PHB · 18-02-2003 04:30PM

Thats very true bard.
But perhaps you could consider that some people have an awful lot of pressure that they can't take and sometimes people resort to alcohol to lossen up everyonce in a while.

Tazz T · 18-02-2003 04:40PM

I'd usually have a bottle of wine with dinner before I go out on a Saturday night. But then I have a half bottle of wine with my dinner most nights.

BTW, who on earth polled 'a bottle of spirits or more'.:eek:

sceptre · 18-02-2003 09:51PM

I tend to go the the pub (when I do) to socialise more than anything else. If I went out deliberately to get legless I'd get a bit concerned about myself. I think I had a bottle of beer before going to the pub some night before Christmas.

Few drinks @ home = grand, few drinks to get tanked up faster when going to the pub later != good, imho.

Typedef · 18-02-2003 10:19PM

Originally posted by Bard
I know I don't...

which is why I go to my local and hand over €3 for a pint.

- oh and I don't drink -before- I go out either. Sometimes I don't even drink -when- I go out (depends on whether I have to drive or not).

Yeah, I pretty much agree with Bard.

When I go out, I go out, to socalise, the drink is an ammendum, which is why I wouldn't contemplate getting pissed before going out.

Basically I don't go out to get pissed, but to have a good time, mostly I have a few beers, sometimes I don't.

Never during the weekdays (unless I'm meeting a girl), which means no beers with the lads, unless it's a Friday or a Saturday night.

The girlfriend, well that's a totally different story.
she has root*.

*nerd reference alert!

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