Friday, 29 March 2013

Good Friday

Apparently you can't buy beer on Good Friday.  Some kind of law in Ireland bans alcohol sales today.

Lots of people think it's a needless ban.  I mean, come on... you can still buy a pack of smokes at the corner shop, but you can't buy a beer?  I see.  So the Irish lawmakers think it's fine to destroy your lungs, but not your liver on certain days of the year. I'm just bummed because I had a crappy day and I wanted to get a beer after work.  Then I come to the shop and find this; the beer aisle has curtains over it.

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  1. Can't buy beer, but you still have to work? That's a bummer of an inconsistency!

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    1. Well let me tell you... Dublin was running at about 1/10 capacity. I walked into work and asked the security girl, "Where is everyone else in the world?" Seriously, it was odd. Less than 1/4 of the parking spaces were used at my office. Normally people are fighting over spaces. I think the kids are all on Easter break from school, and many parents take the day off to make it a 4-day weekend. We get Monday off and call it a "bank holiday." So it's a big bank holiday weekend and lots of people travel around the country to see family, etc.

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  2. That must have been so disappointing! Hope to talk to you tomorrow. We will be home all day.

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    1. Hi Mamma! :) Yeah, well I made up for it by buying a bottle of Bushmills today. Ha! Take *that* organized religion!

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