Freitag, Mai 12, 2006

How to order a GUINNESS

Ich habe eine recht witzige Anleitung gefunden wie man denn ein Pint GUINNESS richtig zu bestellen hat, die ich euch nicht vorenhalten möchte. Also wer in Irland in ein Pub geht sollte sich daran halten!
Da es auf Englisch ist, hab ich vereinzelte Übersetzungen angegeben. Have fun!
  1. Choose your pub carefully. A pint of Guinness does not appreciate loud music, loud people or bright flashing lights.
  2. Ask politely for a pint of Guinness. Depending on the pub, it is possible to catch the barmans eye and mouth the word "pint", he will translate this accurately.
  3. The barman will fill the glass between 70% and 80% capacity. It will then be put to the side for a few moments to allow it "to settle". Once the brownish liquid has almost turned to a solid black the barman will then fill the rest of the glass. NB: do not under any circumstances take the glass before it is filled. Some virgins seem to think that the settling stage is the final stage and walk away with an unfinished pint. At this point we Irish DO understand the predicament (=Zwickmühle), but I assure you it causes endless mirth (=Fröhlichkeit) as well.
  4. Once you have received your pint, find a comfortable stool or seat, gaze with awe (=Ehrfurcht) into the deep blackness, raise the pint to your mouth and take a large mouthful. Be firm.
  5. A good pint can distinguished by a number of methods. A smooth, slightly off- white head is one, another is the residue (=Rückstände) left on the inside of the glass. These, surpise surprise, are known as rings. As long as they are there you know your're okay. A science of rings is developing - the instance that comes to mind is determining a persons nationality by the number of rings (a ring is dependent on a swig of Guinness each swig leaving it's own ring). An Irishman will have in the region of 5-6 rings (we pace ourselves), an Englishman will have 8-10 rings, an American will have 17-20 (they sip) and an Australian won't have any at all as they tend to knock it back in one go!
  6. As you near the end of your pint, it is the custom to order another one. It is a well known fact that a bird does not fly on one wing.
Passend zu Thema habe ich noch gute Nachrichten für eine/n von euch: Was ist auf diesem Bild zu sehen? Bzw. was will ich damit andeuten?



Richtig! Ich hab mal weider ein bisschen GUINNESS gekauft UND es gab wieder ein GUINNESS-Rugby-Shirt for free! Streitet euch drum! :-)

5 Comments:

At Mittwoch, 17 Mai, 2006, Anonymous Anonym said...

I love this text!!! Especially because it's in english and so i don't have to make any effort to understand... :-) I stole it. ;-)

 
At Donnerstag, 18 Mai, 2006, Anonymous Anonym said...

Die Anleitung find ich ja echt cool. Was mich jetzt aber noch interessieren würde, wär wie viel "rings" du durchschnittlich hast und somit welcher Nationalität du laut dem Text angehörst ;-)

Gruß, Chris

 
At Donnerstag, 18 Mai, 2006, Blogger Andreas/Greser said...

@laure: What?!? You took the text without asking me in advance?!? I have to think about you loosing one step... ;-)

@chartmän:
normalerweise, und ganz besonders am Anfang fühle ich mich auf jeden Fall bei den Iren wohl! :-) Im Laufe des Abends werde ich dann zwar auch mal zum Engländer, aber tiefer sinke ich nicht! :-)

 
At Freitag, 19 Mai, 2006, Anonymous Anonym said...

erm... who bought the Guinness pack for you??? i think you can't take out a step ! ;-)

 
At Freitag, 19 Mai, 2006, Blogger Andreas/Greser said...

Fuck! You're dead right! Ok, ok, ... I won't take away the step! :-)
And THANK YOU VERY MUCH for buying the guinness! MERCI!

 

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