Booze Thread

[mikebrownsauce1512]

You're obviously just more manly than the rest of us.

Cry about it bud

 

[AlRums]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

My sister doesn't drink and when I order her a lime cordial and fizzy water some of the pubs charge her a few quid for it. Crazy it's just cordial and water.

 

[AlRums]

My sister doesn't drink and when I order her a lime cordial and fizzy water some of the pubs charge her a few quid for it. Crazy it's just cordial and water.

It's the same in most pubs with coke/pepsi etc these days they're mixed at the pump (cordial and soda water) then you choose which arm and leg to donate.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Im out for a full weekend of drinking this week cani wait to get out of the office on friday

Man, I wish I still loved drinking. It's great.

 

[AlRums]

Man, I wish I still loved drinking. It's great.

Only if you can remember it

 

[Reiser99]

It's the same in most pubs with coke/pepsi etc these days they're mixed at the pump (cordial and soda water) then you choose which arm and leg to donate.

Yeah, soft drinks from guns are literally just mixing soda water and a flavoured syrup. I remember being told one drink costs like less than a penny to make.

 

[AlRums]

Yeah, soft drinks from guns are literally just mixing soda water and a flavoured syrup. I remember being told one drink costs like less than a penny to make.

And quite often it cost more than a pint!!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I tend to only really drink when I go to gigs these days, and the odd "reunion" type night out, so I'm used to venue prices/inner city Birmingham prices
Went to my local spoons on Sunday, when waiting for the train, almost passed out when I saw the prices - paid £3 for a pint, and they had real ales on at £2 or less

At the NEC they were charging £7.60 for a can of lager poured into a plastic cup!

 

[TommiG88]

I tend to only really drink when I go to gigs these days, and the odd "reunion" type night out, so I'm used to venue prices/inner city Birmingham prices
Went to my local spoons on Sunday, when waiting for the train, almost passed out when I saw the prices - paid £3 for a pint, and they had real ales on at £2 or less

At the NEC they were charging £7.60 for a can of lager poured into a plastic cup!

These arenas are jokes.
Can into cup at that price, and after an hour they're just pulling the can out of a pack on the side and it's warm.

 

[mikebrownsauce1512]

Man, I wish I still loved drinking. It's great.

I'm a young buck so plenty more gas to burn the candle at both ends. I'm not looking forward to these "two day hangovers" though.

 

[mikebrownsauce1512]

These arenas are jokes.
Can into cup at that price, and after an hour they're just pulling the can out of a pack on the side and it's warm.

Yeah they take the ****

Got to re mortgage to buy a round at some places.

 

[Saintjay]

£7.50 is your standard arena price Wembley Stadium, O2 etc. Weirdly the Albert Hall was one of the cheaper venues, Wembley Arena more expensive.

The 02 has a massive spoons now before you go into the arena. Always hit spoons first then suck up a few over priced beers later.

 

[General Melchett]

Another way of looking at it is that you're not just paying for a drink but rather drink + venue tax. Arenas will have far more staff costs and overheads and will bank on selling x number of drinks to help cover those in addition to ticket sales etc.

Spoons is more volume sale based and offers great bang for buck with it's 'unpretentious interiors' and modest staffing.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Another way of looking at it is that you're not just paying for a drink but rather drink + venue tax. Arenas will have far more staff costs and overheads and will bank on selling x number of drinks to help cover those in addition to ticket sales etc.

Spoons is more volume sale based and offers great bang for buck with it's 'unpretentious interiors' and modest staffing.

Drink + tax + venue tax here anyway.

Alcohol is taxed so heavy here, explained dubiously as a way to fight alcoholism. Case studies have shown that this tends to push more alcoholics into poverty than recovery.

 

[Yulia]

Case studies have shown that this tends to push more alcoholics into poverty than recovery.

Or to drink liquids of a very bad quality (even dangerous ones). Also,it will impact not only addicted people...
Anyway reminds me of an old "sad" anecdote:
- Dad,prices are rising,does it mean that you will drink less?
- No,son, it means that you will eat less.