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(Ireland.com)		Irish fishermen pleasantly surprised to find nets containing cases of Carolans Irish Creme liqueur, plus glasses. Like everyone else, though, they got stiffed on the free bar towels (ireland.com)		51
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shrapnil77		2005-11-23 05:46:25 AM

None of the fishermen who made last week's discovery could be contacted yesterday. They were back at sea fishing the same area.

Suuuure. Unless "fishing in the same area" is some new slang for "sleeping off the hangover."

davidshi123		2005-11-23 05:48:24 AM

GreenPlastic		2005-11-23 06:00:17 AM

I'd take that over a fish any day.

Tallman		2005-11-23 06:00:18 AM

They were back at sea fishing the same area.

I always thought "fishing" meant "looking for fish," not "looking for booze."

/likes booze while fishing, though
//often ignores the fishing part altogether to get drunk

NedwinHLongfellow		2005-11-23 06:15:32 AM

Carolans, which is the world's second-best-selling cream liqueur

In other words... generic Bailey's?

XSLUMLORDX		2005-11-23 06:16:01 AM

I got my bartowel. It was tiny. Thanks, Guinness!

zerkalo		2005-11-23 06:17:21 AM

In other words... generic Bailey's?

Well, cheaper anyway. I Loves me some Bailey's but it can get costly. Must pick up some in duty-free next time...

Day_Old_Dutchie		2005-11-23 06:33:47 AM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042040/

ChickenFriedMonkey		2005-11-23 06:34:11 AM

I've heard legend of these bartowels, but I've never understood it.
What's the deal? Guiness posted something about a free bartowel givaway, and wasn't prepare for all of fark to sign up?

OregonVet		2005-11-23 06:51:24 AM

ChickenFriedMonkey

I eventually got mine. I think it took about a year tho....

zappawizard		2005-11-23 06:53:21 AM

hey I got my Guiness towel! it's a crappy towel though

bkennedy		2005-11-23 06:57:47 AM

Most of the time I get tin cans and boots. Dead hookers every here and there.

zappawizard		2005-11-23 06:58:07 AM

I think this weekend I'll get a bottle of Maker's Mark and "go out and fish the same area"

zappawizard		2005-11-23 06:59:34 AM

Dead hookers Mr Kennedy? you must be near Ben Affleck's boat

IAmSuperBeast		2005-11-23 07:06:56 AM

Got my towel after like three or four months. And yeah, it's a miniature suckass little rag.

blunto		2005-11-23 07:08:29 AM

I got my towel. I use it at the gym to mop up my scrotal sweat.

Unknown_Poltroon		2005-11-23 07:17:20 AM

ChickenFriedMonkey : ITs like this.
Guinnes has promotion to send people a free bar towel.
Info hits the intraweb. 36.9 squadrillion bar towel orders later, Guinness realizes theyve got a problem. Took them like a year to get tehm all sent.

bigz2k		2005-11-23 07:23:10 AM

I tried some of that stuff a little bit ago. I didn't care for it too much. But then again, I pretty much only drink vodka.

\living in Russia
\\stuck in Helsinki

Um Yeah		2005-11-23 07:23:47 AM

I never got mine.

cajunrefugee		2005-11-23 07:24:02 AM

shrapnil: I was thinking the opposite, that not only are they bag to search for the remaining 8,000 bottles, but they brought friends!

nevershakebabies		2005-11-23 07:51:32 AM

I got my bartowel, but now I can't get off the e-mail list. I've unsubscribed like 3 times and put them in my spam filter but still it comes through.

EveryoneLovesCleanUndies		2005-11-23 08:07:20 AM

Anyone want my bartowel? email me, pay for postage and its yours.

KidneyStone		2005-11-23 08:11:51 AM

I finally got my Guinness towel a few months ago - it took over a year.

I think it's a nice little bar towel. People complaining about how small they are must not have known what a bar towel is (now ya do)

varmitydog		2005-11-23 08:20:49 AM

"They were back at sea, fishing the same area".

What a crew of dumbasses. The first rule of fishing is not to tell anyone else where your product is coming from. Now every net boat within a 200 mile area is going to be combing the sea, looking for these vessels & trawling for the booze, cutting into their profit.

/wishes I was within that 200 mile area
// salutes them on their good fortune

tbookman		2005-11-23 08:40:49 AM

I want my farking towel.

tirdun		2005-11-23 08:43:16 AM

Uh, its a bar towel, which since time immemorial consisted of a smallis hand towel for moping up the beer on the bar. Its not a Guiness beach towel.

and I got T-W-O of them. Thanks Guiness!

45cal		2005-11-23 08:46:12 AM

Got Mine after a year of waiting as well. I use it for a golf towel it works great.

H31N0US		2005-11-23 08:55:02 AM

I think before my days are done, I want to be a fisherman.

Tyee		2005-11-23 09:12:25 AM

Hey, I got my Guinness bar towel, and coincidently I keep mine on my fishing boat, no body can use it unless they are wiping their hands after catching a Walleye.

Thanks you Guinness.

DrEMHmrk2		2005-11-23 09:17:05 AM

I use my guinness bar towel to clean up after me and the misses play hide the bologne meatwich

mtbhucker		2005-11-23 09:33:33 AM

still waiting for mine.

ape drape		2005-11-23 09:33:54 AM

I actually recieved my free bar towel? Am I unique?

TheWorldHatesPaul		2005-11-23 09:43:59 AM

Ahh, the great Guinness bar towel fiasco of the early 2000's...those were the good old days. I can see my bar towellet from here...
TheWorldHatesPaul

Kyoki		2005-11-23 09:49:19 AM

I never got mine. *grumbles*

bjorky		2005-11-23 09:53:41 AM

I not only did not get the Guiness bar towel, but I later signed up for the bottle opener, but they ran out of bottle openers, and I got a crappy keychain that could do nothing...
but later at a local bar, I did get a nice wooden-handled Guiness bottle opener, so I guess that worked out for me

/also have about a dozen copper Zippo lighters courtesy of Marlboro
//and several packs of smokes

dj_relish		2005-11-23 09:55:30 AM

I got my towel. I put it on my golf bag. Works Great!

FeeltheIllinoise		2005-11-23 09:56:19 AM

St Brendans is where it is at. Carolans is crap. Very syrupy

Dr_dBEV		2005-11-23 10:30:30 AM

I got my towel, gave it to my brother cuz he has a bar to use it in, also got a refrigerator magnet. Now I want a bottle opener!

Lady J		2005-11-23 10:32:59 AM

'It's heroin Dougal, and kilos of it!'

/obscureeto

kAoTiC_7		2005-11-23 10:53:11 AM

Got my bar towel after almost 2 years. It's awesome...cause it's a bar towel.

bjorky marlboro gives out fancy brushed silver and chrome ones now too! Add them to your collection!

/cancer merchant

DinsdalePiranha		2005-11-23 11:12:29 AM

Got my mini-towel.
Also got on their mailing list.

iamjustsittingwatchingthetimegobye		2005-11-23 11:29:07 AM

HERO TAG APPLIES

Cormee		2005-11-23 11:37:57 AM

Lady J: /obscureeto

Father Ted :)

davidshi123		2005-11-23 11:59:06 AM

DinsdalePiranha

Teach me how you earned your justification in the eyes of the Gods.

uvahoo		2005-11-23 12:13:34 PM

Isn't finding cream in your smalls an everyday occurance?

spleef420		2005-11-23 12:22:02 PM

I'll bet the Russian Fishing Mafia was somehow involved.

Sorce		2005-11-23 12:39:51 PM

At least people actually got bar towels. Better than my great grolsch bottle opener I will never be receiving.

feckingmorons		2005-11-23 01:31:14 PM

I got my bar towel, and it is just that a bar towel, what were you people expecting? It is a small thing that sits on the bar that the barman puts your glass on. It is not for use after bathing.

And really stop complaining how long it took to arrive. Do you want the to concentrate on making beer or towels.

I don't care for any Irish Cream it all tastes too sweet for me. I suppose you could mix it with something after all it is alcoholic.

JediSeraph797		2005-11-23 01:56:10 PM

Irish Car Bomb:
Mix a shot that's half Bailey's Irish Cream and Half Jameson's Irish Whiskey. Pour a glass of Guinness about three quarters of the way full. Drop the shot in the beer and chug! If you don't chug, two things will happen: the drink will bubble and overflow, and the cream will curdle and make you sick. Tastes like chocolate milk, but remember: YOU HAVE TO CHUG!