Which is worse for me - a pint of Guinness or a Pint of Coke?

Caid · February 09, 2009, 10:50:57 PM

So i'm giving up the drink for lent. Which effectively means i'm giving up guinness. Now as a warm up/down I went cold turkey this weekend. But when I went to my local bar to watch the Rugby I discovered it was £2.20 for a Pint of Pepsi. Now in the same bar its £2.70 for a lovely pint of G (£2.50 in his January sale). So I started to think of the merits of both to try to decide the lesser evil:

Cost: Draw, Coke with a small advantage (cause after eight pints you dont buy rounds for random strangers)
Calories: Coke has more calories
Sugar: Coke is the clear winner
Alcohol: Guinness is guilty here

So I reckon both are bad on the wallet, guinness is bad on the liver whilst Coke is bad on the teeth. But with Coke having a higher calorific content I reckon it must be slightly worse (Guinness doesn't give me hangovers). What d'ya reckon - which is worse?

ziggysego · February 09, 2009, 10:52:31 PM

Coke... if you're drinking it by the pint.

Why not a glass of orange or something?

maggie · February 09, 2009, 11:01:53 PM

Although if you could get coke zero-problem solved??
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Maguire01 · February 09, 2009, 11:04:40 PM

Or just diet coke?

Anyway, there's no way you'd drink 8 pints of coke or diet coke on a night out! You'd probably as sick as any alcoholoc binge.

ONeill · February 09, 2009, 11:05:34 PM

Stout Zero:

Gnevin · February 09, 2009, 11:14:22 PM

It would be someone who can drink 10 pints of Coke in night.

Tankie · February 09, 2009, 11:23:11 PM

Quote from: Gnevin on February 09, 2009, 11:14:22 PM
It would be someone who can drink 10 pints of Coke in night.

from experience the after a Double Gulp (7eleven) you shite coke!

RedandGreenSniper · February 09, 2009, 11:31:43 PM

Well if pintsofguinness is in a bad mood, he wouldn't be good at all for your buzz. A pint of coke would give ya a good lift so I'd say pintsofguinness is bad for you

inisceithleann · February 09, 2009, 11:36:39 PM

After a few pints of Coke, at least you don't have the urge to run and eat a massive feed from the nearest chippy. But it does depend on what the Coke tastes like. In sum pubs, they use the cheapest stuff going and it tastes brutal.

magpie seanie · February 09, 2009, 11:45:33 PM

Quoteguinness is bad on the liver whilst Coke is bad on the teeth

5 or 6 pints of Coke would be bad on lots of things, not just your teeth. Good Guinness is a gift from God.

mountainboii · February 10, 2009, 12:36:56 AM

5 or 6 pints of coke would give you serious chest palpitations.

You didn't consider the caffeine content of coke at all.

rosnarun · February 10, 2009, 01:39:19 AM

Quote from: AFS on February 10, 2009, 12:36:56 AM
5 or 6 pints of coke would give you serious chest palpitations.

You didn't consider the caffeine content of coke at all.

point though as made vbefore you would not drink eight pints of coke. not more than once any way.
and it wont give you liver problem or cause you to go home and beat your wife nor after a long spell of drinking compell you to drink even more till you find your self in a drying out clinic broken and broke other than that stout is fine

BallyhaiseMan · February 10, 2009, 01:47:03 AM

196 Calories in a pint of Guiness

approximetely 233 calories in a pint of coke.

tyssam5 · February 10, 2009, 02:14:31 AM

You won't find yourself waking up next to a mucksavage, if you confine your libations to Coke!

mylestheslasher · February 10, 2009, 09:23:44 AM

Gave up the drink myself at different times over the year. Started off drinking coke or 7up instead. Used to feel worse in the morning than if I had sunk the pints. Next time I did it I just drank water or water with a dash of orange. Used to drink the still water too fast (2 waters for every pint) so started buying the fizzy one instead. Didn't find it too bad to drink.
One other piece of advice. Don't go to nightclubs sober and for the love of god don't go to any weddings. You'll get irrated by the drunken fools that use used to be.