mjmooney Posted April 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2022 8 hours ago, rjw63 said: Don't get it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2022 8 hours ago, rjw63 said: Don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted April 26, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2022 Still don't get it, btw. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted April 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2022 Come on man, you can't even use your age as an excuse for that one! The chocolate is older than the queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, sidcow said: Ermm. Aren't U2 one of the biggest selling bands in the world so seems a good analogy. You seem to be a bit angry about this. The point is that (probably due to some of the best advertising ever made) Guinness is a highly aspirational brand that people like to associate with even if they don't like actually drinking it. I did however hear this fact many years ago so it's might have changed with time and now very much like U2 it's more fashionable to bash it instead. For the record I've never liked it but then I don't really like any dark beers. Guinness was cool for that period where their advertising was top notch. It's not the best beer, it's not the best stout, it's not even Irish. I still drink it and it is consumed in vast quantities around the world. Never heard it described as aspirational. Edited April 26, 2022 by Mr_Dogg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Don't get it. You are unfamiliar with toblerone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2022 44 minutes ago, villarule123 said: Come on man, you can't even use your age as an excuse for that one! The chocolate is older than the queen Erm... it's a big Toblerone. One of the interstices appears to have been filled in with gravel. What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Guinness gave me one of the best memories of my little life. Three strangers (an Irishman, a Scotsman, and me) sat on a hill in Kenya, each with a bottle of Guinness, watching some elephants walk by below. Whenever I have a Guinness, I’m back there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2022 Just now, chrisp65 said: Three strangers (an Irishman, a Scotsman, and a Welshman) Construct your own joke from here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 26, 2022 Like Mike said, in a Nitrous only pub, Guiness is my go to but as Nitrous only pubs are getting much rarer I hardly ever drink it any more The first two U2 albums aren't actually that bad, I own them both but just like Guiness I rarely if ever play them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 17 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Erm... it's a big Toblerone. One of the interstices appears to have been filled in with gravel. What am I missing? They are concrete parking bollards that have been done up by a street artist to look like the famous chocolate bar. I guess not exactly “funny” but a bit cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 13 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Construct your own joke from here. It was every joke stereotype you could ever wish for, which wasn’t lost on any of us. Including the English guy who chose lager, and stayed inside to drink it because they had a room fan in the bar. Four random couples thrown together for a long weekend in a topless Bedford Rascal, trying not to be killed by the wildlife. I mean, stereotypes? The Irish couple turned up reeking of booze (not their fault, broken bottle spilled on them). Scots bloke kept bitching about the price of everything. English couple had been on Concorde like a thousand times and just couldn’t believe nobody else had. And us two, first ever big holiday, just following along two steps behind all the others. If it had been on the tv, I’d have written a complaint letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2022 29 minutes ago, Mr_Dogg said: Guinness was cool for that period where their advertising was top notch. Those were the days…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2022 25 minutes ago, LondonLax said: They are concrete parking bollards that have been done up by a street artist to look like the famous chocolate bar. I guess not exactly “funny” but a bit cool. Ohhhh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 26, 2022 I must say I really didn't expect the Guinness comment to run so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted April 26, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, leemond2008 said: Sorry don't get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 52 minutes ago, bickster said: Sorry don't get it? Ironic because its exactly the same with Guinness. Apparently if people found funny pictures as enjoyable as Guinness then people would spend just as long posting funny pictures as they do discussing Guinness in a funny pictures thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted April 26, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2022 I love Guinness and it is the drink that I drink most. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 27, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 27, 2022 13 hours ago, mjmooney said: Construct your own joke from here. Having watched the wildlife walk past for twenty minutes, the suspiciously-aroused Welshman stands up with a fake stretch and walks towards the bushes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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