Comments on: Early doors http://niallok.com/2008/08/01/early-doors/ - spouting shite online from time to time... Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:33:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Donncha O Caoimh http://niallok.com/2008/08/01/early-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-20271 Donncha O Caoimh Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:31:59 +0000 http://blog.niallok.com/?p=524#comment-20271 I was in Malmo in Sweden several years ago and the off licenses closed at 6pm on a Saturday. Not sure about other days but I presume it was the same. Ordinary shops closed on Saturdays at 3pm. Couldn't believe it at the time. I was in Malmo in Sweden several years ago and the off licenses closed at 6pm on a Saturday. Not sure about other days but I presume it was the same. Ordinary shops closed on Saturdays at 3pm.

Couldn’t believe it at the time.

]]> By: Niall http://niallok.com/2008/08/01/early-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-19811 Niall Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:44:09 +0000 http://blog.niallok.com/?p=524#comment-19811 It kind of caught us 'on the hop' as it were, as we innocently didn't realise it applied to us, what with all the news reports specifically saying "off licenses" - but the <a href="http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/bills28/bills/2008/3208/b32a08d.pdf" rel="nofollow">bill itself</a> includes the words "<B>whether or not it is an on-license or off-license attached to the premises</B>"... so I have the signs made up and they go up this evening, saying: <I>"Notice: It is illegal to purchase intoxicating liquor here after 10.00pm for the purposes of consumption off the premises."</I> As if pubs aren't doing badly enough, there goes our perfectly sensible end-of-the-night off-sales trade now, where customers bought a few cans on their way out the door. It actually kinda helped in encouraging them to leave. Ah well... It kind of caught us ‘on the hop’ as it were, as we innocently didn’t realise it applied to us, what with all the news reports specifically saying “off licenses” – but the bill itself includes the words “whether or not it is an on-license or off-license attached to the premises“… so I have the signs made up and they go up this evening, saying:

“Notice: It is illegal to purchase intoxicating liquor here after 10.00pm for the purposes of consumption off the premises.”

As if pubs aren’t doing badly enough, there goes our perfectly sensible end-of-the-night off-sales trade now, where customers bought a few cans on their way out the door. It actually kinda helped in encouraging them to leave. Ah well…

]]> By: Salubri http://niallok.com/2008/08/01/early-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-19810 Salubri Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:36:29 +0000 http://blog.niallok.com/?p=524#comment-19810 Mad Mad Mad Mad!!!! They are all Mad! Mad Mad Mad Mad!!!! They are all Mad!

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