I have a mate called Tom who is, by every definition, a rugby lad. He plays rugby every week, he watches rugby every week, and he drinks copious amounts of beer before, during and after. But, that being said, he's absolutely top. Oh and he's one of the cleverest people you could ever meet. He's getting married in May (same days as Busted's reunion tour, whyyyyyyyy!!) so is having a stag do.
I've drank with Tom plenty of times, and even been away with him twice, and he's always sound. However as soon as he gets a whiff of Rugby Lad Bantz, it goes pear shaped.
There are at least two drinking related songs that I know of (there are inherently more that I'm yet to witness, no doubt) that result in people "downing" their drinks. One of them revolves around the phrase Zulu Warrior, and another one has something to do with the Mobot, that weird M celebration Mo Farrah does. They're ridiculous. Anyone familiar with them? No doubt I'll hear these in every pub we go.
Oh that was the whole reason for this thread - the plan for the day. It is as follows:
Meet at a pub near Tom's house at midday for the first pint of the day.
Go to the train station and get the train to Huddersfield.
Then we're doing the Real Ale Trail.
If my train geography is correct (help me out, @Lofty) this means we'll be getting off at Huddersfield for drinks, then getting back on the train to Slaithewaite where we'll get more drinks, then Marsden, Greenfield, possibly Mossley but that's not listed on that website, then Stalybridge, Ashton-Under-Lyme (if there's anything there) and finishing up in Manchester.
Apparently the trains are every hour so depending how close the pubs at each stop are to the station, and how busy it is, that's potentially two drinks at every station. Oh boy. With five definites (ten pints) and two possibilities (four pints), the pub at the start (one pint) that's potentially fifteen pints before the "night out" even starts. Oh boy. I can't see the two pints per stop lasting though, but even one per stop will result in plenty. And with rugby lads barking Zulu Warrior at me, encouraging me to drink faster, I can't see it being a very enjoyable Sunday morning.
The good news is @Mike is coming, and he's already got his first strawberry & lime cider lined up for the first pub, so any ridicule of not keeping up will be admonished while the rugby lads turn their attention to the bloke in glasses drinking fruity girl drinks.
Anyone done the Real Ale Trail, or anything similar? I'm as big a fan of proper beer as the next man so it should be good fun, even despite the Rugby banter.
I'm actually a bit disappointed that Warrington (excuse me, I mean THE MIGHTY WIRE (pronounced like the capital Y and lower case o. A pronunciation which infact can't be written, just said.)) aren't playing on Saturday because that would be something to slow down the day a bit.
Looking forward to it, though. I just hope this cold shifts.
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Originally Posted by Magic
So many amusing things in such a short statement.
