12.50 Euro for the hotdog "deal" in croke park

[Puckoon]

Gnevin, to quote the great pundit that is Davud Brady, I think Stevie wonder could see that those are not the two options.

If you have a child who does not understand that no means no in this day and age, you're going to have bigger headaches than a 12$ hot dog at croke park. Really.

Yes, I have a kid, and no I don't watch Dr P(hil)og. (thiught that was relatively clever btw).

[Gnevin]

Gnevin, to quote the great pundit that is Davud Brady, I think Stevie wonder could see that those are not the two options.

If you have a child who does not understand that no means no in this day and age, you're going to have bigger headaches than a 12$ hot dog at croke park. Really.

Yes, I have a kid, and no I don't watch Dr P(hil)og. (thiught that was relatively clever btw).

I knew Croker would accept the dollar before they accepted the queens shilling 

[saffron sam2]

This has turned interesting and into another debate, it seems. When I was a kid, my da took me to loads of matches, all over the country. Club games, county games. Some not even involving my own club or county. Thinking back, I would have passed a fair few ice cream vans, shops etc but never asked for anything as I knew the answer would be no. Some kids my age used to bring their hurls for a puck about on the sideline. I remember asking my da could I bring my hurl and he said "No, you're there to watch the match". I said to my sister that I would bring my nephews to the Ulster final and she said "No, after 10 minutes they'd have you tortured looking for the shop etc" (which is probably true). I don't understand this?

Was my da just a cnut?

I could have some fun with that, but the short answer would be no.


Surprised no-one picked up on this.

I am there to enjoy the matches, I will drink no more than two pints before a game after watching people in the seats and stands barely able to stand up after paying to get in to games, that makes no sense to me. I would never eat a hot dog much less pay over 12 euro for one, that is madness.

I agree with Jim, even on AIF day in 02 we packed for the day, we had sandwiches, beer, wine and all sorts of cheeses and fruits etc, it saved us a fortune and I was weaned on sandwiches going to games since 1974 and see no point in changing now even if it is considered culchire or gauche or whatever. Oh, I forgot the tae we took as well, a gallon of the stuff to wash down the food. 

Away and f**k. You were at Landsdowne, not Croke Park. All sorts of cheeses - have you no self-respect?

[Tony Baloney]

This has turned interesting and into another debate, it seems. When I was a kid, my da took me to loads of matches, all over the country. Club games, county games. Some not even involving my own club or county. Thinking back, I would have passed a fair few ice cream vans, shops etc but never asked for anything as I knew the answer would be no. Some kids my age used to bring their hurls for a puck about on the sideline. I remember asking my da could I bring my hurl and he said "No, you're there to watch the match". I said to my sister that I would bring my nephews to the Ulster final and she said "No, after 10 minutes they'd have you tortured looking for the shop etc" (which is probably true). I don't understand this?

Was my da just a cnut?

I could have some fun with that, but the short answer would be no.


Surprised no-one picked up on this.

I am there to enjoy the matches, I will drink no more than two pints before a game after watching people in the seats and stands barely able to stand up after paying to get in to games, that makes no sense to me. I would never eat a hot dog much less pay over 12 euro for one, that is madness.

I agree with Jim, even on AIF day in 02 we packed for the day, we had sandwiches, beer, wine and all sorts of cheeses and fruits etc, it saved us a fortune and I was weaned on sandwiches going to games since 1974 and see no point in changing now even if it is considered culchire or gauche or whatever. Oh, I forgot the tae we took as well, a gallon of the stuff to wash down the food. 

Away and f**k. You were at Landsdowne, not Croke Park. All sorts of cheeses - have you no self-respect?

Is Stew not from Armagh? Obviously referring to a bottle of tonic and Dairylea triangles.

[Jim_Murphy_74]

Surprised no-one picked up on this.

I am there to enjoy the matches, I will drink no more than two pints before a game after watching people in the seats and stands barely able to stand up after paying to get in to games, that makes no sense to me. I would never eat a hot dog much less pay over 12 euro for one, that is madness.

I agree with Jim, even on AIF day in 02 we packed for the day, we had sandwiches, beer, wine and all sorts of cheeses and fruits etc, it saved us a fortune and I was weaned on sandwiches going to games since 1974 and see no point in changing now even if it is considered culchire or gauche or whatever. Oh, I forgot the tae we took as well, a gallon of the stuff to wash down the food. 

Away and f**k. You were at Landsdowne, not Croke Park. All sorts of cheeses - have you no self-respect?

I noticed too and let it go.  I'd like to point out that in our car we had the old humble sliced cheese in the sandwiches and not "all sorts".   As for wine?  wine was "Black Tower" and was limited to Christmas dinner.

Auld buck never had pints on the day of a game and neither do I.  You are going to see the game, not drink.  It was a dark day when the GAA started peddling liquour in Croker.

/Jim.

[deiseach]

LL, do you know the mother of your future children? I never imagined that any children I might have would be half-English.

(I'd recommend foreigners to any GAA head - they have none of the prejudices about the GAA that many Irish people have, so it's easy to fill their heads with pro-GAA nonsense )