Rules for Drinking at a Bar (male edition)

[davemonsterband]

Haha, I hear ya. I will agree with that for sure, spilling beer ON the table, not good, very true, well said.

[guava_wrench]

I fully disagree with the notion that spilling beer is blasphemy, that's a rule that should be held for school kids with no money, let's face it, beer is for sports and the outdoors, pre drinking at the very most. If you're drinking beer to get drunk you aren't really drinking so who cares if you spill it? If you're into that gourmet beer scene obviously the rules change but I'm tired of being told not to spill my beer while I'm dancing with a hot b-rod or telling a story waving my hands, primer's primer, it shouldn't be coddled. How you Yanks get plastered on that 4% nonsense I'll never be able to figure out as it is.

These are our rules of drinking:

1. No one is allowed to come to the bar with a t-shirt tucked into a pair of jeans, wearing deck shoes, having a cell phone hanging off a belt clip, wearing a fanny pack, a blue tooth ear phone, etc.

2. No one is allowed to foil the plan of anyone looking to scoop b-rods regardless of circumstance and all fictional stories must be strictly adhered to as well as evolved.

3. If someone is brought into the circle and they are easily offended remove them from the circle because they are useless and nothing but a deterrent for great times.

4. If someone is insecure and they are mocked they are not to be defended unless the mocker is a culprit of breaking rule no 1.

5. All persons at the table must have respectable table manners, nothing foils a great night like some neanderthal chewing with his mouth open babbling about the new deck he's putting on his house.

Those are rules worth adhering to, the rules of drinking are petty and useless imo, surround yourself with a good atmosphere and good people, and especially no pansies or frail whiners, and you're set up for success. It's all about the people, nothing else.

The problem isn't so much the spilling of beer, but spilling it on someone else.  Especially at Celtics games, but even at a bar.

[Thruthelookingglass]

For those turning 21 or those who do not normally go to bars there are certain rules the I follow. Firstly lets get with some context.

My God, this is CelticsBlog.  What, about 2/3 of us are or have been bar professionals?  And, I think, that makes this a perfect forum.  What a brilliant "summer doldrums" topic!

[ThreadCrasher]

There are only 3 rules to drinking, period.

1.  You can drink too much, but you can never drink enough.
2.  Drinking doesn't make you more interesting, it makes everyone else more interesting.

Last one is one of Coglin's Laws:
3.  I don't care how liberated this world becomes a man will always be judged on how much alcohol he can consume and a women will be impressed whether she likes it or not. (Note:  This doesn't mean how drunk you get, rather how much you can consume without being sloppy.  And it is a truism)

As far as bar rules, keep in mind people go to bars for 1 of 3 reasons:  to get drunk, to get laid, or to fight.  All three are perfectly acceptable.  So in my day, if you dumped your beer on me and it was one of those nights...I'd knock you out.  Not to mean, just for fun.  I also got knocked out a few times, but it was always just a good reason to get more drunk!

Have fun out there newbies!

[Big Ticket]

I have one rule and one rule only:

1. "I'll have a vodka collins."

[AHHH GiVE mE a bReaK]

being 19 and all. I will stick to my house parties for now. I mean come on, $10 for an endless stream of alcohol. cant be beat.

There is no party like a house party. game over. end of story. You got all the people you like there. if someone you dont like shows up. you kick them out. try that in a bar.

Frats are good, but you get a lot of stupid drunks there and people that are straight up weird. Although the girls there are almost always hot.

Never been to a bar. sounds like a good time. but with no ruit, kings or quarters wheres all the fun at? Sure you can catch the game. but you can do that at home and get all the guys over.

Im looking forward for the rules to a house party haha

[CelticFanInLA]

I learned from tonight's experience that if you order a drink and the bartender asks "what's in that?" you should just order a different drink

[jaketwice]

Bar is also a good place to escape from your house, when it is annoying you.

[blackbird]

The most fundamental rule for going to bars (and possibly the key to a happy life): DON'T GET MARRIED! I haven't been to a bar in ages. Seriously, probably since 2000, which coincidentally is when I got hitched. It's called ball-and-chain for a reason.

Here's my rule: stick to beer. Liquor exponetially increases the liklihood of me doing something really stupid, and/or wishing for death in the morning.

And my opinion- drunk drivers should be tried for attempted murder. There's really no excuse for it.

[Schupac]

being 19 and all. I will stick to my house parties for now. I mean come on, $10 for an endless stream of alcohol. cant be beat.

There is no party like a house party. game over. end of story. You got all the people you like there. if someone you dont like shows up. you kick them out. try that in a bar.

Frats are good, but you get a lot of stupid drunks there and people that are straight up weird. Although the girls there are almost always hot.

Never been to a bar. sounds like a good time. but with no ruit, kings or quarters wheres all the fun at? Sure you can catch the game. but you can do that at home and get all the guys over.

Im looking forward for the rules to a house party haha

I host a pretty fair amount of house parties.  I can say, cost wise... house wins, every time.

But socially they each have their own place.  House parties can be great fun but going to the bar is a much more reliable, easy way to drink socially.  I can only have at most one house party a month and expect lots of people to show up.  But I like to drink more than once a month.  Hence I go to the bar, where they are always having a party!


Also, unless you are quite wealthy, it is hard to compare to the variety of drinks you can get at a bar.

[MBz]

I've just turned 21 about 3 months ago, so my bar runs have only been within those 3 months, so maybe I'm still in the it's really cool to be able to go to the bar mode.  They're really are no rules for a house party though, which is why I'd rather go to a bar, especially if you've got a good DJ who can really spin.  There's always more girls at the bar and more dancing at the bar then a house party.  Also, bars are so big, where you don't need to deal with people you don't like there.  Maybe you spend more money, but it tends to be a better drinking night for me.

[cdif911]

The most fundamental rule for going to bars (and possibly the key to a happy life): DON'T GET MARRIED! I haven't been to a bar in ages. Seriously, probably since 2000, which coincidentally is when I got hitched. It's called ball-and-chain for a reason.

sagely advice

[incoherent]

An important rule to follow is never dance near a group of females who are clearing dancing together.  They will go out of their way to make you look like an idiot so they can impress their friends.

I swear this never happened to me just take my advice.

[Edgar]

Sometimes u want to go......


....where everybody knows your name........

[youcanthandlethetruth113]

Obviously the most important rule is never drink & drive.

If you know somebody who drinks and drives, make fun of them to the point that they won't and/or steal their keys.

A rule which nobody has mentioned which almost everybody lives by is NEVER LEAVE A FLOATER!

What's a floater you may ask?

A floater is any beverage which is not fully consumed.