AIBU to think that Irish alcohol laws are archaic, outdated and bordering on cruel

[MaRyzerection]

as I've just realised we have no wine and it's Good Friday.

[sob]

Thank you for the thought Nugget, but I suppose I will survive [mutter]

Isn't it funny how as soon as you can't have something you desperately want it?

Train stations can serve - if you have a valid ticket.

Knock on a neighbours door - every house is brimming with liquor today.

No problem MaRyz. It is very annoying alright on a lovely sunny evening.

It would be embarrassing and slightly desperate to knock and beg. Or drive 20 miles to my mum. Or drink Guinness (it's fine in a pub, but the bottles are bleurgh and probably out of date).

It's not like I drink every night, or even every weekend. It's just the fact that I can't ...

No. I wouldn't find it funny at all. I'd be seething.

Well yes, BBB, I'm that too

It's ridiculous law and makes no sense. I'm not bothered about going to the pub or drinking today but that's not the point.

Surely you've a bottle of creme de menthe at the back of the drinks cupboard? Desperate times and all that?

I'm having a hair of the dog right now. And I last drank on Weds night. It was a mighty night .

And the really ridiculous thing is that it simply ups the alcohol consumption.

ds1 has headed to a friend's house with a crate of beer to watch the match.

ds2 has headed to the local park, which will be full of teenagers with cans.

dd is off to a party - there are zillions of parties on tonight, all of which are being attended by people with brains unlike me who have stocked up.

Phew, I assumed you meant Ireland not NI, was panicking for a moment that Tesco wouldn't put my bottle of Malbec into my grocery order! Mind you, I can only have a few sips + delicious red wine sauce cause I'm 8 months pregnant, but it would've ruined Sunday's dinner for me!

I believe the 'alcohol is allowed for travellers' rule still exists, how about you buy a cheap train ticket and have a few glasses at the station!

I sort of understand, I'm from Bavaria, it's fish on Fridays in most restaurants (though they do serve meat) and no shops open on a Sunday year round.

I bet you ate meat today as well you HEATHEN. Twill be hell for you missy.

Come up to Aberdeen, it's not a holiday here, we don't bother much about Easter in Scotland,

I don't drink alcohol anyway, but you can buy booze as normal here.

Guinness and cider together is lovely.

I haven't had meat yet. But I'm going to

YouTheCat, I am not a student, therefore my tastebuds won't like that though I am staring into the depths of the cupboard in the garage and considering my options

It is the poor man's black velvet, with cider instead of champagne.

Are you sure you don't want to come round mine for the bottle of sauv blanc?? Ireland's small you can't be that far away!

Thanks Nugget, I really appreciate the invitation, but I've decided to solve the problem.

I am volunteering to do teenager taxi pick up tonight. I will earn brownie points with dh and with said teenagers' friends' parents.

I am currently compiling a list of times in the future when I will make dh and various other adults drive [snigger]

dh can drink poor man's black velvet, which I'm pretty sure (I have a very vague memory) is even worse than proper black velvet [bleurgh]

Sitting in resident's bar in Dublin hotel. With a glass of Bulmers/Magners

I know, it's torture

Luckily I have a naggin of vodka stashed in the cupboard for just such an emergancy

Though I still think the law is fucking stupid

But then so is the law saying off-licences and supermarkets can't sell alcohol after 10 pm. Or the stupid Sunday laws ffs.

[grumpy]

I'll have one for you.

I didn't have the heart to tell the three hen parties on the flight over from Leeds that alcohol isn't sold on NotGood Friday.

Ah come on now - you just don't know the right people, nor have you made preparations - we all know it's the one day of the year where you can't get booze - hence the house parties, and either you stock up in advance or you go make winky winky with your local shopowner and meet them out the back for a not-so-subtle handover and an invitation to drop in later if they feel like it :)

Oh no! They're in for a quiet night.

Well, I would have sympathy, but you really should have stocked up. This law is nothing new

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