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| 1334.1 | What rhymes with Guinness? | TALLIS::DARCY | Alpha Migration Tools | Mon Feb 21 1994 09:24 | 2 |
| Oh Jaysus, keVin's been up all weekend with his dictionary &
thesaurus for this one. ;v) ;v) ;v)
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| 1334.2 | Aha, a tangent, let's go there..... | ADISSW::SMYTH | | Mon Feb 21 1994 10:58 | 11 |
| This is the kind of thing that happens when you don't keep you're
Guinness a/c in the black (no pun intended). They go and raffle the
place out from under you're feet. Another Irish solution to an Irish
problem. Actually reminds me of a Christmas Eve at home about 10 years
ago, the Guinness truck was making the last deliveries before
Christmas and sure it being the season that was in it, he got a
half-one in every house he was in. On the way home, he rammed the Garda
squad car in the middle of the town. The squad was a writeoff but the
Guinness lorry was OK. Talk about going out in style.
Joe.
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| 1334.3 | | HILL16::BURNS | ANCL�R | Mon Feb 21 1994 11:27 | 7 |
| Joe:
Might the problem also be that it's a little difficult to sell Guinness
in "Murphy" territory ??
keVin
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| 1334.4 | Blackrock girls are very nice...... | ADISSW::SMYTH | | Mon Feb 21 1994 17:01 | 11 |
| keVin,
funnily enough Guinness is quite popular in Cork. When I lived there, I
used to drink in a pub on the Northside (with the "Norries") and all the
locals drank Guinness or Beamish (another Cork brewed stout). Very few
were Murphys drinkers even though we were only a stones-throw from the
Brewery. Beamish was popular as it was only #1.20 a pint as opposed to
#1.50 a pint for Guinness. I could never quite figure out why Murphy's
was'nt more popular.
Joe.
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| 1334.5 | | NOVA::EASTLAND | I'm the NEA, NEH, NPR | Mon Feb 21 1994 17:08 | 1 |
| Mackeson is better anyway!
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| 1334.6 | | SIOG::ESBECK | Dec Van Esbeck | Wed Mar 16 1994 11:11 | 8 |
| Up to last Friday, there have only been around 6,000 entries for this
competition. The best three thousand (according to Saturday's paper)
will be flown to Cork in May for a grand final. Even though I suspect
that there may have been an inadvertant zero added to the number of
finalists, it still gives a witty entrant a fiar chance of winning a
free trip to Ireland in May.
Declan
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| 1334.7 | | SNELL::ROBERTS | stay fit, eat well, die anyway | Thu May 19 1994 14:01 | 5 |
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I heard someone from South Boston won the pub last week. Lucky dog!
Also, I wonder if he has any new friends? ;�)
Gary
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| 1334.8 | yup, from Brockton | CTHQ::COADY | | Fri May 20 1994 17:00 | 4 |
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Yes, a young guy (late twenties) from the town of Brocton, which is
somewhere south of Boston, as distinct from South Boston.
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| 1334.9 | Another Pub Giveaway by Guinness | CTHQ::ROGERS | | Tue Mar 07 1995 07:53 | 16 |
| Guinness is giving away another pub in Ireland this year. Just out of
curiosity, has anyone ever come across entry forms for this contest
either this year or last? It seems as though bars or stores selling
draft Guinness should have the entry forms but I have not found that to
be the case.
By the way, I visited Connie Doolan's pub last summer and had an
opportunity to read the winning essay from last year's contest as well
as those of the other finalists. The winning essay was good but I was
not impressed with the others. Some of the people openly admitted that
they spent a half hour working on the essay so it may be possible to
at least get a free trip to Ireland to participate in the pub games
portion of the contest. I think I'll give it a shot anyway.
Rick
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| 1334.10 | Put the form on-line, would you? :v) | TALLIS::DARCY | Alpha Migration Tools | Tue Mar 07 1995 09:39 | 9 |
| I meant to apply last year and forgot about it. I believe some
fellow from Braintree Mass won it. That was the pub in Cobh wasn't
it? Cobh is a beautiful city.
Where is the new pub from this time? Hopefully Galway ;v)
/g
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| 1334.11 | New Pub is Located in Bantry | CTHQ::ROGERS | | Tue Mar 07 1995 10:07 | 10 |
| Yes Connie Doolan's Pub is located in Cobh. The pub has been
completely remodeled and is quite a nice place and so is the city.
Cobh would have been an ideal location for us because my wife's
relatives live within an hour of there. This year's pub is in Bantry
which we also visited last summer. Too bad I didn't know about the
contest...I could have checked out the pub then.
Rick
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| 1334.12 | Bantry is 1995 local | LANDO::ODONNELL | | Tue Mar 14 1995 13:09 | 9 |
| re: .9
This years' pub is in Bantry, Ireland, and an approximate
market value of $239,100 as of September 1994 according to
the entry form.
Entries to be received by march 31, 1995 (50 words or less)
Ten finalists to be chosen by April 24, 1995
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| 1334.13 | Invest in research | SIOG::BRENNAN_M | festina lente | Wed Mar 15 1995 05:40 | 6 |
| re .11
If you are prepared to invest in some market research a team from
Hanlons Computing will be dispached to check this place out.
Mbr
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| 1334.14 | Help me win | TALLIS::DARCY | Alpha Migration Tools | Wed Mar 15 1995 11:20 | 4 |
| Is the entry still on a "perfect pint of guinness?" or have they
changed the topic? I need to apply.
/g
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| 1334.15 | Good Luck | CUBIC7::CORRIGAN | Had your Guinness today? | Wed Mar 15 1995 12:23 | 7 |
| If memory serves me correctly, it's on your most memorable pint of
Guinness.
Not sure I could single one out of the lot. Perhaps I should keep
practicing. ;^)
Slainte,
Bob
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| 1334.16 | | RANGER::HORGAN | Craicailte indiadh damhsa | Fri Mar 17 1995 09:55 | 4 |
| If should be "Your most unmemorable pint".
They'd get more entries.
Julie
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| 1334.17 | | TUXEDO::FARRELL | Jacqueline (Proulx) Farrell | Mon Mar 20 1995 09:02 | 10 |
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Does anyone know if you actually need the official entry form, or
if you can just send the essay to the address in .0 ?
Does anyone have a copy of the official entry form?
It's worth a try!
Jackie
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| 1334.18 | This pub's for you... | TALLIS::DARCY | Alpha Migration Tools | Mon Mar 20 1995 09:11 | 13 |
| A friend gave me an entry form this weekend. I'll post the
rules and addresses here tonight or tomorrow.
And no, you don't need an official entry form...
50 words is not a lot - i think they're looking more for
slogans than novels.
If you don't want the pub (why I don't know) you can get
$100,000 instead.
Rgds,
/g
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