The Drinking Song
27 07 2007My occasionally nefarious friend and myself hit the town last night as we both had Friday off work. We went out to swing our bits to the hits only to find that Rihanna is still bandying her umbrella about - I think it’s safe to say she’s gone beyond persistent at this stage. Nevertheless we were having lots of fun letting the beer buzz slow us down to the pace of the weekend so much so that we joined in with everyone and sang along with Rihanna. People watching while sipping a cool beer - sure isn’t that what weekends are all about? We always get a bit silly when there’s beer had and last night was no exception until the point when my ONF pointed out that the beer (almost all drunk at this stage) was a bit sweeter than normal. We carefully investigated the label to see if it was out of date or made by sadistic monks or the like. What we discovered was worse. Far worse. It was a non-alcoholic beer! There it was in big bold letters 0.0% alcohol. Holy crap I thought, I’m sober. Does this mean I like Rihanna? I raced to the bar at lightening speed and ordered two large vodkas before I had a chance to ponder this any further.
All I can do is smile and laugh at this story.
Excellent.
That’ll teach you, young man.
Was your head sore the next morning or was it an illusion?
funny.
i once had a drinking buddy who used to get drunk on fumes. he’d order a pitcher, and before he’d even poured the first glass he’d start yelling and waving his arms around and once dumped the whole pitcher on the floor.
i guess we all get loose in different ways…
Interesting example of the placebo effect. If you think it has alcohol in it, bingo, you get pissed as a parrot. That could make for some cheap evenings in future, you could just buy water as long as the label says 15% alcohol. Great project for some sociologist to try on a bigger sample.
EVERY beer you had was non-alcoholic??? maybe just the last one was, sugar and that’s why ya’ll noticed the taste…or not
hope the rest of the weekend is all about SERIOUS drinking
alan - we had quite a giggle ourselves - after the vodka though
hidh - I blame my ONF and his eyesight - old age you see
grannymar - hehehe oh that was real enough let me tell you
laurie - wow, he could just take the top off a bottle of vodka and its instant party
Nick - absolutely although I’m pretty sure it’s once bitten twice shy with me now
savananah - it was just the one bottle each and we quickly made up for it. (We’d had a beer at home before we left too)
So funny! Wow, I would be scared if I were you. You may actually be a closet Rihanna. Now that’s a sobering thought!
haha! So this means people only drink alcohol to justify acting silly
Oh, that’s funny. You poor thing. You sang to crappy pop, stone-cold sober.
Non-alcoholic beer is like de-caffeinated coffee: There’s no point to it. I hope they gave you your money back.
Hahahahahaha that’s brilliant
Then you woke up and realised that it was all just a horrible dream right?……….thats what happened right? wasn’t it?
Don’t feel bad about it, Conor. It’s not the song, it was the crowd bonding that you took pleasure in and the shared torture of hearing that song all summer.
Very funny.
It’s like those people at uni who we tricked into thinking we’d put hash in their roll ups.
I like your blog.
emma - oh my god, say it ain’t so!
lenfercest - a sorry state of affairs really
sassy - I’m going to erase it from my memory now. Good to have you back by the way.
sparrow - I totally agree. I could have sworn the bar man was stifling a laugh while watching us drink them
manuel - do ye even have non alcoholic beer at the restaurant? Don’t let anyone accidentally order it hehe
rua - actually, now that I come to think of it …. may it was indeed a nightmare
medbh - so long as I can blame someone else I’m happy
ms robinson - thank you and welcome. sounds like your uni days were more productive than mine
You know what? I was told that if you drink 5 bottles of non-alcoholic beer you’re over the legal limit?! There is a bit of kick to unleaded beer so don’t fret. It just means you’re a cheap date
I’m sick and tired of telling people I didn’t name my kid after this wench.
I think Colm and JimJim’s version ‘Salmonella’ is waaaaay better!
http://pc.rte.ie/2007/pc/pod-v-150607-03m04s-colmandjimjim.mp3
I think you’re just trying to make excuses here.
If you really like Rihanna, would you just come out of the closet and say so, and stop blaming your occasional friends for these lapses!
K8 - Why oh why would anyone drink 5 bottles of non-alcoholic beer though. The mind boggles
Jovica - was is your ring tone again?