MattJimF Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 They do. I have watched football at Archies loads.Must have changed policy since I was last in, thought all Wetherspoons had the same policy, and it was only the Lloyds No 1 that had music/entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Archibald Simpsons has a big screen projection, and a few other tellys dotted around that always show football. I don't think I've ever been in an Weatherspoons that wasn't showing football, or at least Sky Sports News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 I've swagged free grub from the Illicit Still too. Half way through eating our food, folk just poured in through the doors. It was the day Scotland played a game of eggchase down at Pittodrie. It had just finished, so they'd all come in to the Illicit Still to watch more RUGGA and go "weeeeeeey!" everytime England dropped the ball. We finished up, and I went up to try and pay the bill. I couldn't get anywhere near the bar. The place was just heaving, and that pub really isn't laid out for large groups of people watching sports, so no idea why the picked the most impractical pub for doing so, when there's Weatherspoons just round the corner. There was nobody behind the bar that I could see, and I was behind about 3 rows of rugby fans who were all chanting about how they totally hate England, or something. After a few minutes of trying to give someone some money for the food I just ate, I got fed up of not being able to find an actual member of staff and walked out. I don't feel that bad, because the starters never actually turned up, and one of the mains was wrong, and the other was cold. I've not eaten there since. Not out of guilt, but because it was shit the first time.My story was in the Illicit Still too. That's me you and Dubya. Somehow after this I don't think we'll be having the aberdeen-music Christmas Party in there this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Archies shows football! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 My story was in the Illicit Still too. That's me you and Dubya. Somehow after this I don't think we'll be having the aberdeen-music Christmas Party in there this year.Irrelevant on your part you fucking spud muncher. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Irrelevant on your part you fucking spud muncher.Harsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 On the topic of running without paying....There was once occasion where I was with a friend and we'd been drinking in a group but most all the others had left so we were just having a final beer before calling it an early night. We bought a can each and sat out in a square. A short while later a drunk aussie girl came up to us and was snapping photos after some chat we went to join her and her friend.They were classy enough to actually be sat at a table buying drinks from a bar not just sitting on a step as we had been. They had a bottle of wine so we ordered another to share but before too long one of the girls was so pished that her more sober friend decided they had to leave straight away. So the girls left us 50 euros to make sure their bill was covered. We didn't know what they had had before we got there but we were sure that 50 would be more than enough and were quite smug about probably making a cheeky wee profit out of it. I then went into the bar to use the toilet and as I was returning to the terrace I was able to have a brief conversation with my friend (without breaking stride) to discover that the bill was 64 euros and we didn't fancy paying it so I just kept on walking. My mate got up, mocked a phone call then walked over to me. Then we sprinted round the corner and away. In my head we were running like Bertie Wooster waving the 50 note above our heads shouting weeeeyheeeey. We then proceeded to a 1 euro a beer bar and got more smashed before heading a short distance to a flat party, by taxi of course why not be luxurious. I partly felt guilty the next day but part of me really appreciated my good financial state after a big night. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Is the Illicit Still not pretty steep for the generic pub grub they sell? I remember once being outraged at paying 9 quid odd for a breakfast. I may be mistaken but I'm pretty sure it was in the Still.Confession - I paid for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 It's what I've come to expect of you Dubya. You play the nice guy on here but in reality you're out there pinching reheated pub dinners and skipping on paying for band practices. If only they knew the real you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lemonade Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 I remember going in the Illicit Still once with mates and they were doing a Guinness promotion, everyone got a card which they could exchange for two free pints of Guinness. There was about 10 of us and I was the only Guinness drinker so everyone gave me their cards. Man alive did I ever get drunk that night, and didn't spend a penny. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Nothing. They were literally just handing them out to you when you walked in. You just presented it at the bar when you ordered and they stamped it. It was like 10 years ago mind. Have a feeling it may have been during a world cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Man alive did I ever get drunk that night, and didn't spend a penny.Best nights. I remember ending up in a terrible state in exo and having an incredible night once. Problem was I left my wallet at home. Quite possibly the drunkest I've ever been! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 2 free pints? What did you have to buy/do to get the card in the first place? That's a mental promotion.I've seen a lot of places do a free pint or two during international games. However, it's usually with the condition "if Scotland win." So I've never gotten my free pint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 I had one of those for the France - McFadden match. Never enjoyed a free pint so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Scotland weren't even at that World Cup. Don't think there was any stipulation to it. They were just giving away free pints of Guinness. They were official-looking Guinness cards, so I presume it was Guinness who were doing the promotion rather than the Illicit Still themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Scotland weren't even at that World Cup. Don't think there was any stipulation to it. They were just giving away free pints of Guinness. They were official-looking Guinness cards, so I presume it was Guinness who were doing the promotion rather than the Illicit Still themselves.If it was that long ago, it'd've been part of the huge drive from Guinness to get people trying it. For a long time it had a reputation as being a drink for alcoholics and old fucks (outside of Ireland, anyway), rather than the trendy, man-about-town image it has nowadays. The PR folks at Guinness did a fucking cracker of a job making the stuff popular!xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 If it was that long ago, it'd've been part of the huge drive from Guinness to get people trying it. For a long time it had a reputation as being a drink for alcoholics and old fucks (outside of Ireland, anyway), rather than the trendy, man-about-town image it has nowadays. The PR folks at Guinness did a fucking cracker of a job making the stuff popular!xxAye. At the time I was registered in the Guinness Drinkers Club or whatever they called it. They were always sending me tons of free shit. Hats, t-shirts, inflatable pints etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Free nights are the greatest. I got leathered on one of the missis' works nights out thanks to the bigshot directors strutting in and asking everyone what they're drinking."You! You don't work for us, but what are you drinking? A bottle of wine?"Swag! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 "You! You don't work for us, but what are you drinking? A pint of wine?"Fixed.xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 But a bottle is more. I can pour it into whatever measure I want then. Have it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 sounds gay though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Bottles aren't gay. You can smash them and use them as a lethal weapon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Bottles aren't gay. You can smash them and use them as a lethal weapon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 sounds gay though....you serious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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