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UnluckyTimmeh
2,516 posts
82 months
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carmonk said: Say, "Look here workman, I've had just about enough of your colloquialisms. I am not your matey and I am not a chirpy jack-the-lad who dabbles in such verbage, so either state your price in coin of the realm or get to f  kery." Genius 
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T0nup
457 posts
69 months
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Cricky, there is probably a much older useage, but this was used around linconshire principally among publicans and their regulars and the draymen... I guess it kind of spread in useage, but much of it got lost along the way. I only know it cos I used to know an old lincolshire yellow belly back in the 80's.
A bit sketchy, but if I remember right...
A Pint = Literally a Pint
A drink = £50
A cool drink = £100
A Long drink = £150
A Tankard = £200
A Keg = £500
A Drayman or Barrel = £1000
Saying something like, "I'll do it for a drayman carrying a keg and a cool one" is £1600
or "That'l be a Drink on a tankard." is £250
or combinations of any of the above to achieve the price required.
Further monetary quantities included
A Barrel Roll = £2000
A Leaky Keg = £500 upwards (For estimates - You also get leaky Tankards, spilt longs and cools)
A Drunken Dray/Drayman = £5000
A Drunken Dray and bar prop is £10k
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sc0tt
7,522 posts
70 months
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If i asked a mate to help me put a wardrobe together i wouldn't pay him. But then i wouldn't ask him for money the other way round. You seriously pay your mates everytime they do something?
A drink is a nifty.
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tuscaneer
3,367 posts
94 months
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a drink is about 100-150 sheets up here
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Man-At-Arms
4,949 posts
48 months
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bloke from the pub did a job for me once, and only asked for a tenner I burned him a copy of a Pavorotti cd 
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AndyNetwork
1,361 posts
63 months
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I occasionally do some IT work for a mate who has his own business, usually paid in liquid form.
It is literally paid in beer - I set up a laptop for him last week, and he bought the beer for the night, so 4 pints at ~£3 so £12 in total. Obviously didn't cost him anything, as it went through the business as entertainment of business associates.
Sorted out a virus infection on another friends PC and charged him £20, he came back with the money, and a bit for a drink, an additional £20.
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bebee
Original Poster
2,122 posts
94 months
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Cheers everyone I owe you all a drink!!!!!  General consensus suggests £20/£50 then, I do remember years ago when I was living with my parents, a chap with Irish tones, asking for 'a good drink' after my dad had already paid him his full asking to tarmac our drive, he wouldn't give up asking for this 'good drink' on top of his pay. He didn’t get it, good ole dad!
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PaperCut
640 posts
16 months
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Alan Partridge ; "How much is a monkey?"
Builder John ; "£500."
Alan Partridge ; "How much is a mouse?"
Builder John ; "There's no such amount."
Builder John ; "A pony's £150."
Alan Partridge ; "Ok, i'll give you £200. That's a pony and a bag of hoofs."
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rb5er
4,560 posts
41 months
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Drink is usually 10-20quid.
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bebee
Original Poster
2,122 posts
94 months
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PaperCut said: Alan Partridge ; "How much is a monkey?"
Builder John ; "£500."
Alan Partridge ; "How much is a mouse?"
Builder John ; "There's no such amount."
Builder John ; "A pony's £150."
Alan Partridge ; "Ok, i'll give you £200. That's a pony and a bag of hoofs." I'll do it for a caravan...........
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eltax91
4,310 posts
75 months
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bebee said: My mate says he did a gig with his band for a wedding reception, they charge £300 a gig but he did this gig for a drink for his mate, so a drink must be £300?
It's a West Midland saying by the sounds of it.
My mates mate, quoted for plastering a room 12'x13' and the qoute came in at 'a drink' I will have to ask for a price I guess but thought I'd ask you guys if you know what a drink price is, it must mean several drinks on a night out at the weekend, what's that £100? I don't drink, to make it even more confusing. I have just had a quote for a 12' x 12' ceiling to be plastered. It was £60 from a builder "friend of the family"
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blindswelledrat
18,973 posts
101 months
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PaperCut said: Alan Partridge ; "How much is a monkey?"
Builder John ; "£500."
Alan Partridge ; "How much is a mouse?"
Builder John ; "There's no such amount."
Builder John ; "A pony's £150."
Alan Partridge ; "Ok, i'll give you £200. That's a pony and a bag of hoofs." Laugh. I love that scene
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monthefish
15,730 posts
100 months
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hyperblue said: I've never heard anyone say this to mean anything other than a drink, at a pub. Or maybe I've been unwittingly making lifelong enemies by buying them a pint for their efforts. ^^ This.
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abbotsmike
382 posts
14 months
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As others have alluded to, it's a bit vague, but I would say around £50 is reasonable for a mates rates job, assuming it's simple enough.
At the other end of the scale, a good mate of mine needed a hand doing the timing chain on his car, and for ~6 hours on his driveway I got a fried breakfast, lunch and a couple of pints that night. But that's what friends are all about, innit?
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Odie
3,675 posts
51 months
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bebee said: ..........drink' mean'?
It has always confused me this one, a quote for plastering, a drink.
£100? £200? £50, what does it mean? what's 'a drink' to you in cash terms? Does it depend on how much they drink? Give him what you think the job is worth, aim high but not as much as it would have cost to get someone in (knock about 30% off what it would cost to professionally get it done as a rough guide). If its too much he will give you some back. I would have thought a drink means a pint which is about £5 thats all I would expect, but have been given - decent bottles of wine, 4/6/8 bottles or cans of beer, £20-50 & of course 'I'll sort ya later' to never receive anything.
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AndrewW-G
11,968 posts
86 months
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I used to know somebody who frequently used this phrase, he was teetotal, so I gave him a bottle of lemonade!
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