OT Pubs
Am I the only one who finds Pubs generally quite boring? I've always thought that long term sitting around drinking, and talking bollocks is a complete waste of time. I could be LEARNING stuff for real. Not having the same, endless, repetitive and pointless conversations that slightly uneducated people seem to have whilst imbibing large quantities of liquid that just makes me want to fall down and/or piss a lot.

Dont get me wrong, i like a night out and a few beers, but when people get pissed and LOUD its just fucking irritating. I actually find groups of pissed people rather frightening sometimes, they're unpredictable.

And yes I know I'm quite boring. But whenever someone says do you want to come to the pub tonight, unless I can combine it with a specific purpose like watching a decent match, (and therefore have an 'out' after a couple of hours) or a meal, or a nice read of the paper then I couldnt think of anything more boring.

Also, I find that everyone turning into alcy's is quite a bad thing in general and the state of drinking in this country is quite shocking. Despite what "the man in the pub says", the British cannot hold their drink. We're the worst in the world at it.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:02, 9 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Not boring, as such
Just not really my thing. I've never been much of a pub person. It's a handy place to start a night out, or to meet up with friends, but I don't in general spend all night in one.

However, some nights in pubs have been a great laugh, so I shouldn't generalise.

One thing that gets on my tits though is loud music in pubs. If I want to listen to loud music on a night out I'll go to hear a band. If I'm out for a social jolly with friends, the last thing I want is to have to yell at the top of my voice into my friend's earhole just to make myself understood. It makes proper conversation impossible.

Finally, the British can hold their drink much better than many oriental people. They are missing some gene or other which allows alcohol to be processed.

Edit - although I'm not much of a drinker, so get pissed quickly. And I seem to have a built in safety valve, in that I don't really have any inclination to drink more after this point, so only maybe 2 or 3 times in my life have I been truly minging drunk.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:31, Reply)

Agree on many points
However... Going out with old mates on the lash in a big group purely to get wankered is some of the most fun I've ever had. Because like most groups of mates we think our banter is special, and funnier than everyone elses, add in huge amounts of booze and you get a riotous night of hilarity.

At 24 I know I am on the arse-end of such nights out though. Now they will be condemned to stag nights and Xmas one-offs.

Sigh.. My Saturday nights from now will primarily involve slippers, mugs of tea and ITV D:
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:34, Reply)

Having spent far too much time in pubs these last ten years..
..I can't disagree with your points above. Sometimes you get those magical evenings where the venue's right, the music and other people are not offensive and everyone's on sparkling form, but they are rare. Mostly it's petty one-upmanship in the pub-anecdote/spurious factoid stakes, oggling "fitties", shouting at a TV screen and/or exchanging heartfelt advice on life improvement that sounds like total bollocks the next today.

I'm probably old and jaded. It used to be better. I had a group of about 10/15 friends round here that used to meet up in pubs from our late-teens. To start with we always had a great time. Then it got stale and over the years an astonishing level of petty bickering means that many of us don't talk anymore. I know well that complicit look in the eye that says, "neither of us wants to be here really but let's make the most of it" followed by awkward silences and desperate small-talk.

The only reason I go to the pub these days is to get out of the house when I haven't spoken to anyone all day. If I'm drinking wioth friends we have a better time at home.
(raymond "three griddle pans" luxury yacht lovin' the christmas action, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 11:47, Reply)

You've got a bunch of shit friends
/shorter reply than the others.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 12:45, Reply)

you know i love you, stockport cokey
but this does fit well with the grey pubes!!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 14:13, Reply)

I go to pubs...
...because I like beer, and a great many ales suffer when not on draught.

I also tend to talk about the same things I'd talk about anywhere else, but in a setting where someone else can handle the supply of drinks and nibbles and do the clearing up afterwards.

Yes, the large groups are annoying. They tend to stick to the town centre pubs around here, though, so the nice places are relatively quiet. My ideal pub is essentially my living room with a bar and a pool table.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 14:30, Reply)

here here
I'm with you all the way on this one, enough to lure me out of my almost lurker status.

There was a time when I drank ridiculous amounts of alcohol to enjoy the pub scene before realising it just wasn't for me.

I haven't dank for a few years now, go to the rub about 4 times a year, and have never been happier. It's so much more enjoyable meeting one or two friends for coffee or dinner than going out with a gang, acting stupid and remembering nothing.

People think I'm anti-social because of this, but I'm not... Just differently social.

/relurks
(Duckeee Is nothing special, in fact, she's a bit of a bore, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 15:15, Reply)

Depends
Upon where you are.

I eschewed pubs for a few years because the pubs within walking distance were populated by twats, twattesses, and sullen slobs.

When I moved up here a friend told me about a bar ten minutes walk away and it's great - no music, no yobbos, a smart, educated, clientelle who are happy to meet people of their own ilk.

I've got a decent local, not inflicted by any of the horrors depicted in QOTW, and I've made some good mates there.

It's Orwell's "Moon Under Water" in reality - almost.

And I've been there all afternoon.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 6 Feb 2009, 20:30, Reply)

I'm with you Coke
I'm sure the only reason that a lot of people go to pub is that it is often the only convenient place.
I've done getting drunk, but I do like to meet up with friends and have a chat.
I do worry about the amount that people in this country drink, towns on a Friday and Saturday night are a scary place now.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 7 Feb 2009, 16:08, Reply)