Yesterday evening.
Toners, Lower Baggott Street, Dublin 2.
Hic.
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Yesterday evening.
Toners, Lower Baggott Street, Dublin 2.
Hic.
Impressive the way floral dress lady is balancing that tray on her head….
Great bar.
Always very welcoming to the English lads when we come to town for the rugger.
That and Doheny & Nesbitt’s which has got a nice enough smoking area to enjoy a decent cigar.
McDaid’s generally rounds off our tour before the last train home with the bonus point in the bag.
yawn
Just don’t engage with him.
you’re right of course
But you all do.
I’m your own personal catnip.
Heh,heh,heh.
Christ it’s depressing seeing a child sat in a pub. And then they wonder why he’s got learning difficulties or is out drinking as a teenager. Hikes, reading, music, classes, games, toys, art, playdates. They learn nothing watching you swallow a pint of plain while they’re sat there bored out of their heads.
At the early stage of the pandemic they showed drone footage of the deserted Grafton St. area.
My 8 year old, who loves the City Centre, said sadly…
Awww, look at Bruxelles Dad…
Feel free to be disgusted by my parenting skills, I thought it was hilarious.
there’s a balance to be struck I think. Hide drink away completely and it becomes mysterious and alluring to children and they’ll be dying for it, wave it in their faces every day and they’ll want to copy Mummy and Daddy and follow them into a stupor. I’ve a one year old at home and hope to find that balance, though I’ve barely had more than a sip since my wife got pregnant so maybe I’m not the best judge right now.
while no child should have to sit through a session or be allowed run riot either, a child should be taught how to act appropriately in social settings, speaking at correct volume, asking staff nicely for their order, good table manners, it’s a pleasure to have a nice lunch with your children that you didn’t cook if they have the manners to make it enjoyable, unfortunately or culturally in Ireland whichever way you see it especially outside of Dublin they’re going to be in a pub.
what gets me is the kids on tablets so that the parents don’t have to engage with them or include them in conversation, teaching them there is some special world for kids and ironically ruining their concentration skills and pumping them with adrenaline hits they get addicted too, while you feed them carbs and sugar just to make sure they can’t listen to you anyway, sugar is crack for kids, rant over :)
*to
I agree that kids should be taught to behave at a table – but that is more relevant to a restaurant than a pub.
sure but in lots of places the pub is the restaurant or the restaurant is open in the evening or is financially not a viable option,
I trawled the length of Tipp once looking for somewhere to eat that wasn’t an auld man’s pub ( bout ten years ago now mind, probably changed ) but I’m sure in lots of rural places is still the case, hell even Cellbridge it’s mostly pubs offering food
Who brings a child to the pub during a pandemic.
“Yay! It’s a baby in a pub!’ said no-one, ever.
I understand that when you have a baby you think it’s the most incredible, miraculous creation of all time, but nobody else does, they’re everywhere, keep them out of the pubs at least, it’s only selfish gobpoos that inflict them on everyone!
God forbid those silly parents wanted to take a break and get something to eat and drink!
Notions!
not me – i leave them outside playing in the car park.
old school ;)
I blame my Dad for my love of a suite corner and the solo pint, my Mum is a teetotaler, drink being the divils work we were never in pubs except on the crossing on the ferry. As my mum and sister froze seasick on deck, my Dad and I would be toasty on “the most stable part of the ship ” tucked in with giant sausages a pint for himself and a milk for me, just sitting quite, away from everyone I loved it and still do.
*quiet corner ( sorry butter fingers this morning )
While you’re at it, what does “tucked in with giant sausages mean”?
I can see where complete sentences would help,
they used to do these huge sausages on the stena line, gorgeous they were,
Not many meals to be seen there. They really are taking the mick. If there is an increase in cases they’ll be shut down first and it’ll be their own fault.
How would a meal prevent the Covid George? What would you suggest would help them fight it off? or do you think its actually more to do with pub profits? Just asking.
It’s nothing to do with the meal. Restaurants were allowed open, so why not pubs serving food? But we don’t want people just going to the pub for a heap of pints when we’re still coming out of the pandemic so only pubs serving food can open and only if they serve a “substantial meal”. The idea being that people are in the pub for the food, not the heap of pints. It’s a nonsense solution, instead of standing up to the lobby groups and making the pubs wait until July 20th, and it’s being ignored as people head to the pub for a heap of pints and ignore all social distancing guidelines.
+42 pints (and a soup)
note every single man wearing runners…
lads why ?
You’ve only got 90 minutes…..
all I hear are excuses ;)
Shoes and shirts have been abandoned during the pandemic.
I’m surprised all are wearing jeans or trousers.
I’ve been wearing shorts since lockdown.
I suppose I should be happy they aren’t sitting there in well worn jocks
I’ll have to learn to stop objectifying men covid AD , it’s a brave new world
All the girls in those photos are also wearing runners.
The baby’s choice of footwear is unclear.
do you know I didn’t even look at the girls feet !
Too busy objectifying the lads no doubt.
busted
If that’s Busted they’ve really let themselves go
The 105 minutes, €9 meal and other rules are a total joke. I doubt there’s a pub in the country following them.
Local pub has come up with a cunning wheeze.
Order and pay for €9 of grub.
Flop away on your pints until you’re ready to go home when your gub will be given to you as a takeaway.
Anyone calls in to check you show them the till receipt and say you’re waiting for the grub.
Anyone not known to the landlord has to eat on the premises.
Apparently the local homeless have never dined out so well on food donated by fellers on their way home for the spuds.
not a single mask in sight
ye can’t drink pints through a mask
Masks are only required if you can’t maintain the 2m social distancing with people from outside your household.
I guess
“Masks are only required if you can’t maintain the 2m social distancing with people from outside your household.”
on second thoughts, in general we go to the pub to meet up with people from outside your household. What I’m getting it is its fine in pub but not on a bus or a shop?
dunno about the rest of ye but I’ve completely lost interest in going to the pub
would have been regular enough at weekends but just couldn’t be arsed really anymore
has the pull worn off for anyone else?
I’d be happy enough if I was the only person in it, beside a nice fire, change of scenery
myself and the lads haven’t played a proper gig in months – i’m mad to get out to do a few tunes.
it’s what my Dad misses the most, his gigging and the hugs from his fans
What do you play, instrument/genre?