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Can't BELIEEEEVVVVVVEEE I can't buy a pint on Good Friday!!

  • 27-03-2013 01:56PM
    #1
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭


    OMG

    Agreed?


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  • #2
    Death and Taxes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭Death and Taxes


    You have only discovered this now?:confused:


  • #3
    HondaSami
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,713 ✭✭✭HondaSami


    Is this a new thing in Ireland? no pubs open on Good Friday?


  • #4
    PinkFly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭PinkFly


    Ah stop would ya


  • #5
    BBDBB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,899 ✭✭✭✭BBDBB


    WileyCoyote wrote: »
    You have only discovered this now?:confused:

    as the mod of the nondrinkers group its probably not first thing on his mind to be fair


  • #6
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    That you are a Mod in Non Drinkers makes this thread awesome.

    EDIT: OK, so question, I can't go to the pub, but can I buy some cans at Tesco or where ever?


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  • #7
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Dave! wrote: »
    OMG

    Agreed?

    You don't drink.

    We get it.


  • #8
    G Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭G Power


    try not being able to buy some unadulterated cannabis for either pain relief or recreational!!


  • #9
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Some feckers with short arms and deep pockets get away with not buying a pint for the rest of the year as well.:(


  • #10
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    Hmm, might get a couple of Hobgoblins in Aldi tomorrow and make some burgers too. mmmmmm, sacrelicious ;)


  • #11
    Poxyshamrock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,017 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Buy a train or plane ticket and you can enjoy a pint in the station or airport!

    Book into a hotel and use the residents bar or you can go to a greyhound stadium.


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  • #12
    HondaSami
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,713 ✭✭✭HondaSami


    Bipolar Joe wrote: »

    EDIT: OK, so question, I can't go to the pub, but can I buy some cans at Tesco or where ever?

    No drink sold tomorrow anywhere.


  • #13
    invincibl3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭invincibl3


    Let's get our own back on the Catholic's by declaring Thursday to be 'Great Thursday' and forbid people from engaging in sodomising children.

    That'll show 'em


  • #14
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    HondaSami wrote: »
    Is this a new thing in Ireland? no pubs open on Good Friday?
    The newer thing is pubs opening on good friday, and just not serving drink.


  • #15
    Das Kitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,231 ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Links234 wrote: »
    Hmm, might get a couple of Hobgoblins in Aldi tomorrow and make some burgers too. mmmmmm, sacrelicious ;)

    My mouth is watering.

    Last easter we had a barbecue, I'm just remembering now. You'd freeze your chipolatas off this year.


  • #16
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    I'm having fish on good friday, no meat :mad:


  • #17
    AtomicHorror
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,888 ✭✭✭AtomicHorror


    invincibl3 wrote: »
    Let's get our own back on the Catholic's by declaring Thursday to be 'Great Thursday' and forbid people from engaging in sodomising children.

    That'll show 'em

    Wild idea: make every day Great Thursday?


  • #18
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,722 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    What I can never understand are the queues in the off licences on Thursday. Good Friday happens every year! Go in prepared a few weeks beforehand even!


  • #19
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    Meh, I have presses full of drink here from christmas, might sell it for the right price on good friday


  • #20
    Vex Willems
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 507 ✭✭✭Vex Willems


    HondaSami wrote: »
    No drink sold tomorrow anywhere.


    NOOOOO! Not tomorrow as well???? :eek::eek:


  • #21
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Dave! wrote: »
    OMG

    Agreed?

    A pint of what? You don't drink.


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  • #22
    DarkJager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    This debate comes up every year and it really is time the people had their say on if they want this to continue. It's frankly ****ing embarasing that Good Friday even exists in 2013.


  • #23
    Boskowski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,360 ✭✭✭Boskowski


    I can't believe its that big a deal you can't buy a pint on Good Friday. Are you going to spontaneously combust or something?


  • #24
    Mr Whirly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Mr Whirly


    DarkJager wrote: »
    This debate comes up every year and it really is time the people had their say on if they want this to continue. It's frankly ****ing embarasing that Good Friday even exists in 2013.

    That's true but it makes for great house parties.


  • #25
    DoesNotCompute
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭DoesNotCompute


    Dave! wrote: »
    OMG

    Agreed?

    First world problem. Buy your booze on Thursday, drink it on Friday. Problem solved.


  • #26
    wijam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭wijam


    great heading home to Derry on Good Friday - pubs open at 5pm

    then on to the Brandywell to watch Derry beat Shels, then back to the pub


  • #27
    Pierce_1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,429 ✭✭✭Pierce_1991


    Is it in the law that drink can't be sold or is it just something everyone has always done? If it's the former it would seem unfair that the state would force publicans to take a loss because of religious views that they may not share themselves.


  • #28
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Boskowski wrote: »
    I can't believe its that big a deal you can't buy a pint on Good Friday. Are you going to spontaneously combust or something?
    Its the principal more than anything. And the reason they are closed is due to a bizarre myth, which is a hell of a lot more outlandish than proposing people will spontaneously combust.


  • #29
    sfwcork
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭sfwcork


    dog track in cork has bar open with booze


  • #30
    CarrickMcJoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭CarrickMcJoe


    Here we go again, pubs are closing all over the country cause no one goes in and now, the one day they are closed, everyone wants to drink.
    Go on Saturday.

    Or cross the border.


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  • #31
    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    I'm sure this certain "law of the land" will disappear within a few years.


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