What annoys you?

[paul_oshea]

When one of those big buzzing blue-bottle flies comes in the window of your room and it is impossible to get the fecker out and it constantly buzzes round your head

LOL, contender for post of the month also. that is hilarious. especially if you are trying to concentrate. studying is terrible when they are around. :D :D :D

their wing rotation is almost as fast as the bee hence the sound and speed. they can also predict by something like 9/10's of a sec where for example your hand will land and how they always seem to move just as you hit the spot. thats the reason!

[paul_oshea]

colourful words!

i hope thats not one of your racist slurs again pat!! :p

only messin, hmmm i can only imagine what those colourful words would be :D

[Green Tribe]

LOL, contender for post of the month also. that is hilarious. especially if you are trying to concentrate. studying is terrible when they are around. :D :D :D

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cheers paul for the nomination!, i'll send that fiver in the post now! ;) :D

[Peadar]

People who can't pour a pint of stout properly.
They fill it too much, then get a knife and scrape the head off before putting more head back on it.
It's not brain surgery!
There is absolutely no excuse for spilling a drop of stout when you're filling a pint and a glass with head pouring all down the side of it is totally unacceptable.

[paul_oshea]

There is absolutely no excuse for spilling a drop of stout when you're filling a pint

why are you paying for it?

[Babysis]

People who can't pour a pint of stout properly.
They fill it too much, then get a knife and scrape the head off before putting more head back on it.
It's not brain surgery!
There is absolutely no excuse for spilling a drop of stout when you're filling a pint and a glass with head pouring all down the side of it is totally unacceptable.

To be fair its not always the Barpersons fault. Bad pumps can make it impossible. Also depends on how often that pump gets used. Speaking from experience. But its annoying have your drink spilt all over the place.

[Peadar]

Bad pumps can make it impossible.

What a cop out!
It's down to bad practise.
Besides, we don't use pumps in Ireland.

[Babysis]

What a cop out!
It's down to bad practise.
Besides, we don't use pumps in Ireland.

Sorry, Bad "Taps". Its not a cop out. Lets say you have 2 "Taps" one at either end of the bar, one cold one regular. The cold "Tap" gets used 90% of the time. Pulls a good pint. The Regular Tap, no matter what you do (open the tap and let it run first, reduce the flow so it pours slower, leave it settle for extra long, whatever) it pours a bad pint. Huge head, leaving no option but to use the knife. But maybe we were the exception :)

[paul_oshea]

Bad pumps can make it impossible. Also depends on how often that pump gets used.

in fairness, thats a load of wolly. whoever told ye that is pulling yer leg. :rolleyes:

btw, there is no difference, in most pubs over here between "cold" and "regular" guinness ;)

actually thats what i hate, even though i dont driink guinness, but when you say guinness and the bar person/people with you say cold or regular. its fooken guinness ye muppet.

[paul_oshea]

The Regular Tap, no matter what you do (open the tap and let it run first, reduce the flow so it pours slower, leave it settle for extra long, whatever) it pours a bad pint. Huge head, leaving no option but to use the knife. But maybe we were the exceptio

no matter how often its used or not used, the lines should be cleaned manually at least once every two weeks, by rights in bigger pubs more so. Those automatic machines dont clean as well as someone manually getting a bucket of ice cold water and fooken it down the line, after obviouslly using the proper cleaning fluid.

[Babysis]

in fairness, thats a load of wolly. whoever told ye that is pulling yer leg. :rolleyes:

btw, there is no difference, in most pubs over here between "cold" and "regular" guinness ;)

actually thats what i hate, even though i dont driink guinness, but when you say guinness and the bar person/people with you say cold or regular. its fooken guinness ye muppet.

Yes, Its the same guiness, but you would be surprised how many people get arsey about not wanting their pint to be so cold, its easier just to ask the customer

[Babysis]

no matter how often its used or not used, the lines should be cleaned manually at least once every two weeks, by rights in bigger pubs more so. Those automatic machines dont clean as well as someone manually getting a bucket of ice cold water and fooken it down the line, after obviouslly using the proper cleaning fluid.

I know all this. The lines were cleaned regluarly. It still made no diference. Im just saying sometimes its easier to blame the barman, but its not always their fault. In sayng that ive met my fair share of rubbish ones too, who cant pull a pint to save their life :D

[paul_oshea]

In sayng that ive met my fair share of rubbish ones too, who cant pull a pint to save their life

yes most notably one named martin who works in a pub called oraffertys and another one called martin (also) who works in bruxelles. :rolleyes:

ye sorry lou, i wasnt trying to question ye! ;)

[Peadar]

it pours a bad pint. Huge head, leaving no option but to use the knife.

You push back on the tap to finish the pint and you wont get the bishop's collar affect.
Getting a knife to a pint is a sin!
I was in a bar in Clare where the girl did it and I told her whatever chance she had of getting a tip went out the window when she murdered my pint with that knife.
She went mad and said that's the way it's supposed to be filled and her boss had trained her to do it that way.
Lángers!

[Babysis]

ye sorry lou, i wasnt trying to question ye! ;)

I will let you off this once, but dont do it again :D

[Babysis]

You push back on the tap to finish the pint and you wont get the bishop's collar affect.
Getting a knife to a pint is a sin!
I was in a bar in Clare where the girl did it and I told her whatever chance she had of getting a tip went out the window when she murdered my pint with that knife.
She went mad and said that's the way it's supposed to be filled and her boss had trained her to do it that way.
Lángers!

Ok, i do know how to pull a pint of guiness, and more importantly i know how to pour a good one. Maybe its the worst tap in the world. Think we are just gonna have to agree to disagree.

I will agree with you on pour bar staff though- really annoys me . Its not a hard job really - be polite, concentrate, customer is always right and pull a good pint (taps permitting :D )

[paul_oshea]

I was in a bar in Clare where the girl did it and I told her whatever chance she had of getting a tip went out the window when she murdered my pint with that knife.

somehow i reckon peadar this girl wasnt the most visually appealing and if she were she could have thrown the pint over you and you wouldnt have minded or it was your third - or more - pint ( which she had done the same for them all ) you tried it on and she was having none of it, so you pointed out her bad pulling approach and used it as an excuse! :p

[Eire06]

I was in a bar in Clare where the girl did it and I told her whatever chance she had of getting a tip went out the window when she murdered my pint with that knife.
She went mad and said that's the way it's supposed to be filled and her boss had trained her to do it that way.
Lángers!
You are so rude!! its your way or no way is it!!
Rude people annoy me, People who think they can treat service people like crap because they are the customers.. Have some manners please They are human too

[Green Tribe]

You push back on the tap to finish the pint and you wont get the bishop's collar affect.
Getting a knife to a pint is a sin!
I was in a bar in Clare where the girl did it and I told her whatever chance she had of getting a tip went out the window when she murdered my pint with that knife.
She went mad and said that's the way it's supposed to be filled and her boss had trained her to do it that way.
Lángers!

You're a bit of a grouch lately Peadar! :D :D

[paul_oshea]

4 responses all at 12:02.

[fosterdollar]

You are so rude!! its your way or no way is it!!


What's rude about letting them know why you won't be tipping them?

[Green Tribe]

somehow i reckon peadar this girl wasnt the most visually appealing and if she were she could have thrown the pint over you and you wouldnt have minded or it was your third - or more - pint ( which she had done the same for them all ) you tried it on and she was having none of it, so you pointed out her bad pulling approach and used it as an excuse! :p

:D I'd say that might have been the story indeed... :D

[Green Tribe]

4 responses all at 12:02.

Great minds think alike! ;) :D

[Eire06]

What's rude about letting them know why you won't be tipping them?
He could have said it nicer like..
Sorry could you pour me another pint please, I'm a bit anal and don't like people pouring some of the pint out of the glass... :rolleyes:

[Babysis]

He could have said it nicer like..
Sorry could you pour me another pint please, I'm a bit of anal all and don't like people pouring some of the pint out of the glass... :rolleyes:


Exactly :D , there are ways of saying things that dont cause offence.

[paul_oshea]

I'm a bit of anal all and don't like people pouring some of the pint out of the glass..

....because I am aware of the cost to the owner and I would feel terrible. LOL :D

eire06 that is deadly.LOL

[paul_oshea]

Great minds think alike! ;) :D

no KT technically that would mean i would think like a woman, which is not good, and even more so think like you :eek: :o :p

[fosterdollar]

He could have said it nicer like..
Sorry could you pour me another pint please, I'm a bit anal and don't like people pouring some of the pint out of the glass... :rolleyes:
such humility can never be expected from of a Corkman...

[Green Tribe]

Sometimes it is important to be nice to bar persons cos if you're not, you don't know what they'll do to your pint when you're not looking :eek: :D

[Green Tribe]

no KT technically that would mean i would think like a woman, which is not good, and even more so think like you :eek: :o :p

You bitch!

:D

[Green Tribe]

such humility can never be expected from of a Corkman...

:D Outbreak of war has just occurred............ :eek: :D

[Peadar]

Ok, i do know how to pull a pint of guiness

Just not sure how to spell it though. ;)


You are so rude!! its your way or no way is it!!

I didn't say it in a rude way.
She just got odd because she said it was the right way to fill a pint.
Nothing on the Guinness website about using a knife and spilling the stout though.


Six Degrees of Preparation
GUINNESS® Draught is best served at 6°C (that’s 42.8°F), with the legendary two-part pour. First, tilt the glass to 45 degrees and carefully pour until three quarters full. Then place the glass on the bar counter and leave to settle. Once the surge has settled, fill the glass to the brim. It takes about 119.5 seconds to pour the perfect pint. But don’t fret. It’s worth the wait.


You're a bit of a grouch lately Peadar! :D :D

Old age, KT, it will happen to you too. ;)

[Green Tribe]

Old age, KT, it will happen to you too. ;)

Ahhh! Poor old Peadar! :( :D

[paul_oshea]

Sometimes it is important to be nice to bar persons cos if you're not, you don't know what they'll do to your pint when you're not looking :eek: :D

...hmmm yes, throw in a dirty used snot rag so it sinks to the bottom.

[Babysis]

Just not sure how to spell it though. ;)

What really annoys me are people who constantly have to correct people's spelling on this site :p :D

[Green Tribe]

...hmmm yes, throw in a dirty used snot rag so it sinks to the bottom.

:rolleyes: of course, wouldn't notice that at all.

[paul_oshea]

of course, wouldn't notice that at all.

you would be surprised, how it sinks to the bottom of a guinness pint without uping the volume of a pint.

[Green Tribe]

you would be surprised, how it sinks to the bottom of a guinness pint without uping the volume of a pint.

speaking from experience?

[paul_oshea]

the amount of deaths on the road.

[paul_oshea]

those blastid switches beside doors that look like light switches and the light switches that dont look like light switches, to open them in "fancy" buildings to trick me iinto pressing the light switch and peoplle laughing at me switching the lights on and off and woondering why the door isnt opening :o :mad: :mad:

[Green Tribe]

surely nobody laughs at you Paul!

:p ;) :D

[paul_oshea]

i know thats what i thought!!!!!!

[hamish]

I'm very annoyed 'cos Ballinasloe, Athlone and my mum's town Navan have been listed as litter black spots today. :eek:

I don't know how B'sloe got in that league. Even Supermacs clean up their part of the street at night and we have all the blue bins, browns etc. It's a fcuking frame up, I tells ya. :( :mad: :o

GO ON - start slaggin'

[Green Tribe]

I'm very annoyed 'cos Ballinasloe, Athlone and my mum's town Navan have been listed as litter black spots today.

I don't know how B'sloe got in that league. Even Supermacs clean up their part of the street at night and we have all the blue bins, browns etc. It's a fcuking frame up, I tells ya.:mad: :o

GO ON - start slaggin'

Is it not because the surrounding towns come and dump their cack there......... :confused: :D :p hee-hee

[hamish]

Cheeky minx :eek: :p :D

My town is like my mind, spotless!! (and empty :eek: )

[Green Tribe]

Cheeky minx :eek: :p :D

My town is like my mind, spotless!! (and empty :eek: )

:D good one!

[FarBeag]

it must be the old country fair or the farmers from killimor. :D

[paul_oshea]

LOL far beag!! have we got ye hooked on this thread yet!!!

those muckers from kllimor( whats the other place in between sorta loughrea and ballina-sloe, it is also called kil )and seamus burke from jimmy burkes pub dumping their rubbish in blsoe.

[hamish]

Kiltormer I think. Many B'sloe people take their holidays during October Fair Week - town ankle deep in hor$hite and auld country fcukers wandering around in green wellingtons with mingy auld nags for sale. I fcuking hate that week. :mad:

[paul_oshea]

is it kiltormer that doesnt sound right i think. is osheas pub in killimor? there is a few traceys down that way *kiltormer if that is it*. one quick other one, both are on the galway road, then to go to one you turn off left towards sorta loughrea and then the other is a turn off to the right towards mountbelliew/athenry. going from bslose to galway.

or a thenry as the yanks calll it.

Edit: got it killilmor was the first place, the other place is kilconnell i think, osheas have a pub there:

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