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Good Friday

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  • #32
    Bench Press
    Closed Accounts Posts: 262 ✭✭Bench Press


    none of that nonsense here in England thank God


  • #33
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    I'm always abroad on Good Friday. I'll be chilling in a pub somewhere. Sucks to be the rest ye drowning in your hordes of alcomohols purchased from the night before.

    Do you leave the country on purpose just cos its good Friday?


  • #34
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    That's one hardware store....

    All pubs close on the same day.I'm not enraged, I just think it's backwards and stupid in this day and age.
    If there's only one of something, how many are there when you take one away?:pac:

    But that's not the point. Yeah, it's a stupid law that should be overturned.

    Worth getting annoyed about? No.


  • #35
    galljga1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭galljga1


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Thats a large part of the issue though. They wont have to be "mad to close". They would be free to open or close if they chose. Just like all the other days in the year, the way it should be. Owner should be able to choose when to open (or stay closed)

    What if the rule was no electricity on Good friday, would people be so dismissive then? Sure you have it the other 364 days.....

    Bad analogy. Alcohol is a necessity, electricity is a luxury.


  • #36
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Bench Press wrote: »
    none of that nonsense here in England thank God

    http://www.inismagazine.ie/files/cache/36cb6fd3e891b6a78e979d7731d7307314d8cdb7.jpg


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  • #37
    galljga1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭galljga1


    Bench Press wrote: »
    none of that nonsense here in England thank God

    Thank who?


  • #38
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    Chucken wrote: »
    Do you leave the country on purpose just cos its good Friday?

    Yes, I am so outraged that I go abroad every year. That'll learn them. Fcuk the goberment.
    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    If there's only one of something, how many are there when you take one away?:pac:

    But that's not the point. Yeah, it's a stupid law that should be overturned.

    Worth getting annoyed about? No.

    That's what you get for living in the bog! Fair enough.


  • #39
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    Bench Press wrote: »
    none of that nonsense here in England thank God

    Ye must have a great friday?


  • #40
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Good Friday should also be National alcoholics remembrance day, a day to remember people who drink too much, who obsess about alcohol too much and who died due to their addiction.

    Not sponsored by Diageo or any other alcohol company.


  • #41
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    Yes, I am so outraged that I go abroad every year. That'll learn them. Fcuk the goberment.



    That's what you get for living in the bog! Fair enough.
    If some of ye spent as much time in the bog as me it ye might see the world a wee bit differently. :)


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  • #42
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    If some of ye spent as much time in the bog as me it ye might see the world a wee bit differently. :)

    Was on it for a half hour this morn, rusty water job :(

    :P


  • #43
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    If some of ye spent as much time in the bog as me it ye might see the world a wee bit differently. :)

    Are you enraged over the turf cutting laws and them green b@stards in Europe imposing there mumbo jumbo 'save the environment' crap on us?

    Well, are ya?


  • #44
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Its only one day.If some people want to moan about drink on good Friday and don't have the wherewithal to purchase it in advance then those people probably shouldn't be drinking at all.That said,if you really want a drink on good Friday you'll get one.Train stations are an old favourite of the really thirsty but you must buy a ticket,and these are expensive.Greyhound tracks also serve on good Friday and you'll get into the dogs for a fraction of the price of a train ticket and I imagine its much more fun than sitting in Heuston.But the best,tried and tested way to ensure free flowing drink for the entire day at minimal cost is to befriend a barman.


  • #45
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    Are you enraged over the turf cutting laws and them green b@stards in Europe imposing there mumbo jumbo 'save the environment' crap on us?

    Well, are ya?
    Na.

    The type of bog we have is different to the type they want conserved, cutting turf has very little environmental impact on blanket bog. Illegal dumping and sheep farming are the biggest dangers. I'll just keep cutting until I'm told to stop. Maybe.:)


  • #46
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    sheep farming are the biggest dangers.

    Have ye any grass up there at all to say the sheep are eating turf?


  • #47
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Kevin McCloud wrote: »
    Have ye any grass up there at all to say the sheep are eating turf?
    The sheep are eating grass, growing where the heather has been burned off, making the wee grouse and larks homeless. :(


  • #48
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    yeah this thread has taken an unexpected turn.....


  • #49
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    kfallon wrote: »
    yeah this thread has taken an unexpected turn.....

    Not really :D


  • #50
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    kfallon wrote: »
    yeah this thread has taken an unexpected turn.....

    Its all relevant to good friday.


  • #51
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Na.

    The type of bog we have is different to the type they want conserved, cutting turf has very little environmental impact on blanket bog. Illegal dumping and sheep farming are the biggest dangers. I'll just keep cutting until I'm told to stop. Maybe.:)

    Some blanket bogs are protected, it's not just raised bogs. Tbh, it's Bord Na Mona that is causing the most damage to bogs rather than Joe soap going and cutting his turf for the winter. Their argument is that the bogs they cut from cannot be salvaged and therefore there's no point in ceasing cutting.

    Annnnnnyyyyway, back on topic. More drink!


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  • #52
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Kevin McCloud wrote: »
    Its all relevant to good farmers.

    ;)


  • #53
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,773 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The golf course is open and that's where I will be.

    Won't touch drink that day either as its a day of abstinence. Plenty of time over the rest of the weeknd to make up for it.


  • #54
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    What about restaurants that allow you to bring your own bottle?
    Is that against the law?


  • #55
    jwcurtin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭jwcurtin


    For those who are in bad need there's always the local Dog Track......


  • #56
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    Chucken wrote: »
    What about restaurants that allow you to bring your own bottle?
    Is that against the law?

    It is, your best bet is get some lucozade bottles. Empty them and fill them with whiskey.


  • #57
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,424 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    That's what you get for living in the bog! Fair enough.

    Look who's talking :pac:


  • #58
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    Nim wrote: »
    Look who's talking :pac:

    <___<..............



    ...............>____>


    Don't know what you're talking about...


  • #59
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Kevin McCloud wrote: »
    It is, your best bet is get some lucozade bottles. Empty them and fill them with whiskey.

    How is it? I thought the law was that alcohol couldn't be sold.


  • #60
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    Chucken wrote: »
    How is it? I thought the law was that alcohol couldn't be sold.

    Em, you can't drink alcohol. It's a day of abstinence. The bible said so.


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  • #61
    Mesrine65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,949 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    Fat Christy wrote: »
    Em, you can't drink alcohol. It's a day of abstinence. The bible said so.
    I read that as, 'it's a day of absinthe' :o


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