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To sneak alcohol into a concert ?

273 replies

willwetalkinthemorning · 10/06/2023 12:38

Going to a concert tonight in a large stadium
Prices are extortionate
Your looking at £10 for a gin
I have a foldable wine bottle holder which I plan on putting gin in and putting it in back of jeans
Buying lemonade from inside with a glass than adding my own gin
Would you do it ?

OP posts:
RaininSummer · 10/06/2023 14:16

I don't blame you for trying. Alcohol or not, the prices and the queues are usually terrible. Was at a gig last week for 6 hours and even to get water the queue was a hour. I had a cereal bar down my jeans too as wasn't queuing up for bloody pasties and chips and wouldn't last that long without food as get shaky.

Cheeseandlobster · 10/06/2023 14:17

LauraNorda · 10/06/2023 12:46

Are you an alcoholic? Can you really not take a drink for a few hours?

Oh do stop with the sanctimonious pearl clutching. It's not unusual to want a drink at a big event and to not want to pay extortionate prices

Maireas · 10/06/2023 14:18

This reminds me of all the school leavers' proms I've helped at! Teenagers have ingenious ways of concealing alcohol 😉

changeyerheadworzel · 10/06/2023 14:19

Best place in my experience is where some trousers with wide bottoms, then tape it around your leg just below the knee, they never pat that far down

Honestly, you would want to be DESPERATE for a drink to tape it to your legs and stuff refilled Capri Suns into your bra.

LOLsloth · 10/06/2023 14:19

This is only acceptable behaviour if you are about 17. For an adult, it is tacky and cheap. Not a good look.

OneSugar1 · 10/06/2023 14:20

Maireas · 10/06/2023 13:50

Big platform shoes, hollowed out. Stash a few minatures in there.

Better still, clown shoes. Could fit more miniatures in.

Bunnyannesummers · 10/06/2023 14:20

Empty refillable capri suns from Amazon popped in your boots with a flare legging or trouser over, go to a male security guard so they can’t search you.

also helps to have as big a bag as allowed so they focus on rooting through that

Maireas · 10/06/2023 14:21

OneSugar1 · 10/06/2023 14:20

Better still, clown shoes. Could fit more miniatures in.

Genius.
Perhaps an entire clown costume? Think of the baggy arms and legs and the wig?

Maireas · 10/06/2023 14:21

A huge Marie Antoinette style wig.
A crinoline skirt.

sandragreen · 10/06/2023 14:22

Maireas · 10/06/2023 14:21

Genius.
Perhaps an entire clown costume? Think of the baggy arms and legs and the wig?

How about stilts OP? You could get loads of alcohol in there!! And you would see better!

Maireas · 10/06/2023 14:24

sandragreen · 10/06/2023 14:22

How about stilts OP? You could get loads of alcohol in there!! And you would see better!

Oh. Now that is quite brilliant.

strawberrywhisk · 10/06/2023 14:24

Just reading how a security guard made some poor woman prove she wasn't smuggling alcohol in by showing him her colostomy bag

Maireas · 10/06/2023 14:24

strawberrywhisk · 10/06/2023 14:24

Just reading how a security guard made some poor woman prove she wasn't smuggling alcohol in by showing him her colostomy bag

Oh my god, poor woman

Megifer · 10/06/2023 14:26

LOLsloth · 10/06/2023 14:19

This is only acceptable behaviour if you are about 17. For an adult, it is tacky and cheap. Not a good look.

Luckily my friends all do the same so we're scruffy, tacky and classless together. But scruffy, tacky and classless with about £40 spare at the end of the night 😬

Worst person I know for this was a Director, she was a millionaire and used to take a bottle of wine in a gift bag to restaurants. I once had to pretend it was my birthday and got a free dessert from the waiter aswell as a couple of glasses of her wine under the table 🤣 i miss working with her 😔

Preps · 10/06/2023 14:27

I have friends who see this as a challenge when going to festivals etc. They can afford to buy the drinks and would if they weren't so extortionate, but after trying it once, they now enjoy the fun of finding creative ways to get in.

In the bra is a regular one but they've also made false pockets in bags and use blood bags in the lining of clothes/fancy dress costumes.

OneSugar1 · 10/06/2023 14:31

Maireas · 10/06/2023 14:21

Genius.
Perhaps an entire clown costume? Think of the baggy arms and legs and the wig?

I think we’re really onto something here! 🤡

Mariposista · 10/06/2023 14:31

Very entitled. No means no.

StonwEd · 10/06/2023 14:32

Got pulp in July, will be stealing tips from here!
totally not disappointed in the ridiculous replies 😅

Revoltingrhyme · 10/06/2023 14:33

I’ll be sneaking alcohol with me to the event I’m going tonight.

do it OP.

OneSugar1 · 10/06/2023 14:34

Amy Winehouse style beehive. Could fit loads in there too.

Psuedoshoes · 10/06/2023 14:35

You can gey some very cleverly disguised hipflasks 😉 good luck op!

hungryh1ppo · 10/06/2023 14:36

The Original WineRack Booze Bra Flask - Adjustable Design - Holds 25oz of Booze (Turquoise, Medium) amzn.eu/d/52gWtdJ

JusthereforXmas · 10/06/2023 14:38

last gig I went to they had a 2 second peak in my handbag and let me through in reality I could have snuck in anything that fit in my glasses case as they didnt check (that and my ID/cards was all that was in my bag).

My poor DH had an almost romantic encounter with the guy that patted him down extremely thoroughly though. I had to wait like 5 minutes for him to come through (tbf it wasn't just him the guy was checking every nuck and cranny of every man passing through).

Last time I went out with my mam who was very clearly visably disabled they waved her straight through. She had a massive bag (has to carry lots of medications etc...) and was visably carrying a big water bottle. They simply just point sheepishly at the water bottle and said 'is that for your condition?' and she said 'I use it to take my pills' and then sent us straight on through water bottle and all without searching anything. I don't think they dared do anything else.

Maireas · 10/06/2023 14:39

That bra holds a full bottle! Wear it under a clown costume and on a pair of stilts and you'll have half a bar!