Does your favorite bar have house rules posted?

If you happen to frequent The Merry Ploughboy in Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland than your answer would be yes.

A list of ten rules posted in the Merry Ploughboy have begun to make their rounds on the internet, with over 1 million views so far. You can see the actual list on the Irish Central Website.

Now most of these rules are either tongue-in-cheek or common knowledge for experienced bartenders, but the list is pretty spot on and worth a look.

  1. Buying someone a drink is five times better than a handshake.
  2.  If someone offers to buy you a drink, do not upgrade.
  3.  Persons drinking a pint of Guinness before it has fully settled will be immediately barred.
  4.  Anyone on stage or behind the bar is 50% better looking.
  5.  Telling lies is unacceptable, you may however grossly exaggerate.
  6.  If there is ever any confusion, the fuller beer is yours.
  7.  If you hesitate more than three seconds after getting the barman's attention, you do not deserve a drink.
  8.  If you buy a woman a drink and she refuses, she does not like you.
  9.  If you buy a woman a drink and she accepts, she still may not like you.
  10.  Girls hang out, apply make-up and have long talks in the bathroom. Men do not.

Being a huge fan of Guiness myself, my favorite is definitely #3 and I feel that rule should apply to bartenders as well. There's nothing worse than a barkeep who doesn't know how to properly pour a Guiness (but that's a story for another day).

What are your favorite rules on the list? Do you have any to add that didn't make it?

 

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