Ah we've all been there, you start with one lose count, start at zero so you have one then it's 11, soon you think you're back at zero or so you think, you have 4 or 5 and it's actually 45
In olden days (think my childhood 1950's/1960's) Guinness was prescribed for people with stomach complaints, nursing mothers and it was even on offer to blood donors. I gave my first 'pint' of blood aged 16 and received my first 'legal' alcoholic drink in the form of a bottle of Stout as a pick-me-up to replace the loss of blood! Slán agus saol agat/Here's to your health!
A long time ago, when I turned 16 my Nan told me I was too thin and advised drinking a bottle of stout a day as a “bone building tonic” that’d help put on a bit of weight. Half hoping she might act on it, I passed it onto me mum when I got home. She knocked it back point blank, saying it was a load of cobblers and she’d gotten the same advice when pregnant with me. When, on my next visit, I told Nan of the exchange, she fumed and retorted “And if she’d taken that advice, you might not be so fecking skinny” 🤣
(Ronnie) When things go wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When life looks black as the dark of night - A pint of plain is your only man. (Barney) Well, when money is tight and is hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have left is a heap of debt - A pint of plain is your only man. (John) When health is bad and your heart feels strange, And your face is pale and wan, When doctors say that you need a change - A pint of plain is your only man. (Seán) When food is scarce and your larder bare And no rashers grease your pan, When hunger grows and your meals are rare - A pint of plain is your only man. (Ronnie) In time of trouble and lousey strife, You've still got a darlint plan You still can turn to a brighter life - A pint of plain is your only man.
Credit the author, the great Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan). This poem he titled "The Workman's Friend," and it appeared in O'Brien's antic novel "At Swim-two-birds." He wrote several other comic, satirical novels, and for years wrote a column in the Irish Times that contained some of the funniest writing ever committed in English (as well as Irish and Latin). James Joyce thought O'Brien/O'Nolan the funniest writer of his time.
@@jordanbabcock9349I'm no fan of smoking but I'd give anything to go back to them smelling of cigars and cigarettes over the god awful cleaning fluid most pubs stink of now. It's rank.
@@ens0246 cigars create ambiance... Cigarettes kill everything lol. I definitely miss many things, just specifically hate the smell of a cigarette. Cigars people enjoy...so they smoke nice, great aroma etc. Cigarettes is the smell of someone letting off desperation, hatred..etc
I wish I had a pint of plain, but Guinness is quite expensive. have to drink budweiser, which like the Pythons said "Is like making love in a canoe.... F**king close to water"
A pint of plain can be anything you want that's cheap and on tap. It translates to "whatever you usually drink". Though, Bud is probably a bit TOO plain, in all honesty.
Guinness is a "stout". Plain was a "porter". facebook.com/100865096953196/posts/1084591081913921/?sfnsn=scwspwa&d=w&vh=e&extid=QGhnmjNzvoeDlh3R&d=w&vh=e explains the difference
My auld fella knew an Oughterard man who drank 25 pints a day for 50 years and was the designated driver to the Galway Races, where he'd only have 10 pints before driving the mini bus and another 10 before driving everyone home
All that bullshit and no answer to where you can get your handson the money for a pint of plain..and correct me if I'm wrong something about hunger thrown in there aswell 🤣🤣
When your surrounded by Trumpsters And you’ve got hope sir You feel alone in your land When Harris and Walz Listen to your faults A pint of plain is your only man!
And for those that wonder, "plain" does not mean Guinness per se. It's your standard order. Which, to me, probably means London Pride, what with being the one most likely on tap.
What the hell does London Pride have to do with anything. I doubt anyone ever wondered really as they are all drinking pints of Guinness in the video...
@@IMC71no he's right, as u have to look at it from a Demographic, Statistical and Social point of view to really get how much Damage and uphevel it has done to our Psyche as people. I like a Pint myself and I've thought it's no harm until I tried to commit, well I'm still hear and it wasn't because of Alchohol!
45 pints of plain in about two hours
Cian Delaney hahahaha made my day this comment did 😂😂 and a packet a crisps
Ah we've all been there, you start with one lose count, start at zero so you have one then it's 11, soon you think you're back at zero or so you think, you have 4 or 5 and it's actually 45
beamerball666 Not sure you get it.
@@tubbyrainbow111 Crips
Ronnie goes at it often and very hard 😂
When virus is rife
And it fucks up life
A pint of plain
Is hard to obtain
But if we get the jab, now that sounds a plan, pretty soon, a pint of plain is your only man 🍺
When with masks
We were tasked
And no one knew the plan
Twas then that we learnt
The pint of plain is
Yer only man
lol this is brilliant
In olden days (think my childhood 1950's/1960's) Guinness was prescribed for people with stomach complaints, nursing mothers and it was even on offer to blood donors. I gave my first 'pint' of blood aged 16 and received my first 'legal' alcoholic drink in the form of a bottle of Stout as a pick-me-up to replace the loss of blood! Slán agus saol agat/Here's to your health!
Only ended in 2010
Hahaha i love this country @@oscarosullivan4513
A long time ago, when I turned 16 my Nan told me I was too thin and advised drinking a bottle of stout a day as a “bone building tonic” that’d help put on a bit of weight.
Half hoping she might act on it, I passed it onto me mum when I got home. She knocked it back point blank, saying it was a load of cobblers and she’d gotten the same advice when pregnant with me.
When, on my next visit, I told Nan of the exchange, she fumed and retorted “And if she’d taken that advice, you might not be so fecking skinny” 🤣
Hear, Hear for the Wisdom of Gran! 😁👌@@helixator3975
(Ronnie)
When things go wrong and will not come right,
Though you do the best you can,
When life looks black as the dark of night -
A pint of plain is your only man.
(Barney)
Well, when money is tight and is hard to get
And your horse has also ran,
When all you have left is a heap of debt -
A pint of plain is your only man.
(John)
When health is bad and your heart feels strange,
And your face is pale and wan,
When doctors say that you need a change -
A pint of plain is your only man.
(Seán)
When food is scarce and your larder bare
And no rashers grease your pan,
When hunger grows and your meals are rare -
A pint of plain is your only man.
(Ronnie)
In time of trouble and lousey strife,
You've still got a darlint plan
You still can turn to a brighter life -
A pint of plain is your only man.
Credit the author, the great Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan). This poem he titled "The Workman's Friend," and it appeared in O'Brien's antic novel "At Swim-two-birds." He wrote several other comic, satirical novels, and for years wrote a column in the Irish Times that contained some of the funniest writing ever committed in English (as well as Irish and Latin). James Joyce thought O'Brien/O'Nolan the funniest writer of his time.
Flann o Brien and the Dubliners, great embassadors for Ireland, and I am not kidding.
You can smell the Guinness farts from here.
Ah, Jaysus. Back when a pint didn't cost as much as a house.
Ronnie Drew the best Pintman of all time
LIke a "pintman" is an actual thing. FFS, cheesey beyond belief.
@@johnnyrocker7495 your nannys chewing muck
A Great pinting man of Ireland
@@johnnyrocker7495You've clearly never heard of Paddy Losty
Barney sounds like hes already had a bit more than a pint 😂
I love how Ronnie just runs around the bar twice so they could do the whole video in one take. They don't make em like that anymore biys 😁
Awh the glory days when you could smoke in a pub. These days you're lucky to drink in a pub.🤣
Certainly not the glory days. It's amazing to be able to eat at a restaurant and not also be smoking the next table's cigarette.
@@AlexSpalding I don't know if that is an attempt at a joke or that you are not comprehending what I commented.
@@jordanbabcock9349I'm no fan of smoking but I'd give anything to go back to them smelling of cigars and cigarettes over the god awful cleaning fluid most pubs stink of now. It's rank.
@@ens0246 cigars create ambiance... Cigarettes kill everything lol. I definitely miss many things, just specifically hate the smell of a cigarette. Cigars people enjoy...so they smoke nice, great aroma etc. Cigarettes is the smell of someone letting off desperation, hatred..etc
Flann O'Brien interpreted by Dubliners! Manna from heaven!
Jesus I miss the pub and I not even a big drinker.
I just had two pints and a shot of Jameson’s...now off to bed
@@erin-je9ok if you never get sober, you’ll never have a hangover 🥃🥃
There is no fucking way Barney wasn’t pregaming for this.
1:05 I want this gif to play over and over...
We'll never get this back
A pint of plain .. hasn't existed since 1973!
I feel like this is unsound medical advice.
At the moment, it's spot on.
It is:)
You're right. If you're not feeling well it's a drop of the cure you need. One or two of them and you can ease your way back onto the pints.
For years in Ireland after giving blood you were given a pint of Guinness to bring you iron back up. As well as after giving birth 😂
That's the 🥃SPIRIT! Traditionally, ppl would have a 🍺Pint, followed by a Whiskey 'Chaser' to get going!@@eldricgrubbidge6465
Back when a pint of plain didn’t cost 7 euro 😝
Back in the old days, the further away from Dublin you were the pint cost least! 😋
I wish I had a pint of plain, but Guinness is quite expensive. have to drink budweiser, which like the Pythons said "Is like making love in a canoe.... F**king close to water"
deathbinder if you live in the states there's so many other options on the market
A pint of plain can be anything you want that's cheap and on tap. It translates to "whatever you usually drink". Though, Bud is probably a bit TOO plain, in all honesty.
Guinness is a "stout". Plain was a "porter". facebook.com/100865096953196/posts/1084591081913921/?sfnsn=scwspwa&d=w&vh=e&extid=QGhnmjNzvoeDlh3R&d=w&vh=e explains the difference
A pint of plain is a Guinness, nothing else.
@@djcheckmate1 Pint of plain is porter or single stout
12 to 15 and I’m on my way, and a good fry come Sunday before Mass
Always wondered where the dubliners where from .
I think Cork
South Armagh
I miss u guys, time spet on your gigs was unforgettable, even now I can hear u playing ..... Rocky road to Dublin one two three four five :P
Auld Flan O’Brien God rest his soul
A pint of plain is all I drink, sad do few Irish pubs here
When ur pants are on fire and you got no water, a pint of plain is your only man
0:23 what on gods green earth did he say?
When all you have is a heap of debt...
😆😆😆😆
Permenance!
Had 14 pints of plain in a single sitting. Lovely night
Fake accounts
@@subswithoutavideo-ne5zc feck off
My auld fella knew an Oughterard man who drank 25 pints a day for 50 years and was the designated driver to the Galway Races, where he'd only have 10 pints before driving the mini bus and another 10 before driving everyone home
Please explain the end result I'm doing a study on Irish drinking and it's benifits
@@TheBenzer9 best memories youll ever have
well done the only REAL trifecta YA EVER DID realiee HIT;;
Sorry to ask, but why is it called "plain"?
Because it's unembellished. And poetically, Stout, or the word "stout" also means to "be girded against troubles", as well as what they're drinkin'.
To differentiate from the less popular and shorter-lived Strawberry Guinness
Its sad that so many lives revolved around drinking like this.
No life more joyous!
I can't tell if it's the Irish accents or if they've already had a few pints of plain.
So where's the porter?
❤
That's right
@deathbinder I never heard that one before. That's great. But you must have a better alternative than Budweiser!
Classic😂😂😂🇮🇪
Simpler times
I love what Billy Connolly says about them. Four pullovers singing The Wild Rover.
AAAHHH!😂😂😂😂
At Swim to Birds!
Can you still get a pint of plain in Ireland?
No
No
No
No
No
Class, which pub was this is in? does anyone know?
O'Donoghues on Baggot Street I would say, was the Dubliners usual haunt. www.odonoghues.ie/music.htm
The George in Dublin
@@GNARWALLS Yep, window says O'Donoghues if you look carefully.
@@stephenc8 Jaysus wrong pub lads.
The second gentleman sounds drunk 🥴
Barney mckenna 😂
When money is tight and hard to get... well get it... and spend it on a pint of plain because... you've still got a darlin' plan!
If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches
Maureen get the breakfast on
0:28 John Sheehan is actually teetotal
Also the last one left
30 pints of plain or more in a day
McKenna started early.
A culture that is dead forever.
ah jaysus
Ace
My chest hair is growing
All that bullshit and no answer to where you can get your handson the money for a pint of plain..and correct me if I'm wrong something about hunger thrown in there aswell 🤣🤣
Ireland before multiculturalism
And if you're an acloholic you'll find any excuse...
When you’re sober
In October
A pint of plain is your only man!
A pint of plain in Australia.... like $12... ozzies are taxed to DEATH!
When your surrounded by Trumpsters
And you’ve got hope sir
You feel alone in your land
When Harris and Walz
Listen to your faults
A pint of plain is your only man!
@@DARKT00TH lol
How good is being a drug addict!
Shame McGowans fake ‘ oirish ‘ accent really grates against Ronnie’s in The Pogues.
And for those that wonder, "plain" does not mean Guinness per se. It's your standard order. Which, to me, probably means London Pride, what with being the one most likely on tap.
MoonEyes2k what the hell are you talking about?
Try reading the post, watching the video, and then applying some brainpower.
noooope, still doesn't make any sense.....
Did you remember the last step?
What the hell does London Pride have to do with anything. I doubt anyone ever wondered really as they are all drinking pints of Guinness in the video...
a half a pint of that shit made me barf!
relimes man's drink.
relimes Queer
WEEKLEEEENNNNEEE
your a girl
You must be english
Disgusting to see alcohol promoted this way. No wonder we're a nation of alcoholics
You sound like great craic altogether
Oh piss off you soft woke snow flake
@@IMC71no he's right, as u have to look at it from a Demographic, Statistical and Social point of view to really get how much Damage and uphevel it has done to our Psyche as people. I like a Pint myself and I've thought it's no harm until I tried to commit, well I'm still hear and it wasn't because of Alchohol!
This isn’t good advice
It's a poem, not life advice