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Went out last night, its been ages since i went out clubbing, so i thought id give it another go. This time i wasnt drinking as i was the taxi home, so the only plus side was i spent 30 quid on coke and apple juice rather then 150 on booze.
But really, wtf is so appealing about clubbing? I had to pay 6 quid to go into a place so hot and rammed full of people i couldnt really do anything except be squashed. Im pretty sure if there was a fire, people would have died in the chaos, it was just too packed.
The music was pants, i mean i like all sorts, but there was some propper s
t on, but everyone seems too pissed to care.
When we did find a spot to stand without having ourselves pressed upon, it was only next to one of the fking speakers, and im pretty sure my left ear is going to end up with tinnitus, its ringing that much.
I really dont get it, its too loud to chat, you cant really hit on girls as noone can here anyting, its too packed to do anything, and it all seems to be big groups of people. Also most if not all the people in there were either students, middle aged or what i like to refer as "professional clubbers", you know the type.
In the end i got so sick of it i went for a drive, and ended up having a much better time on some empty roads.
But really, wtf is so appealing about clubbing? I had to pay 6 quid to go into a place so hot and rammed full of people i couldnt really do anything except be squashed. Im pretty sure if there was a fire, people would have died in the chaos, it was just too packed.
The music was pants, i mean i like all sorts, but there was some propper s
t on, but everyone seems too pissed to care.When we did find a spot to stand without having ourselves pressed upon, it was only next to one of the f
king speakers, and im pretty sure my left ear is going to end up with tinnitus, its ringing that much.I really dont get it, its too loud to chat, you cant really hit on girls as noone can here anyting, its too packed to do anything, and it all seems to be big groups of people. Also most if not all the people in there were either students, middle aged or what i like to refer as "professional clubbers", you know the type.
In the end i got so sick of it i went for a drive, and ended up having a much better time on some empty roads.
I know how you feel. I hit the clubbing wall years ago when the GF turned into the Mrs erc.
Still, take hope your welcome here...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... are the pubs closing?&mid=108803
You'll be more than welcome I'd expect
Still, take hope your welcome here...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... are the pubs closing?&mid=108803
You'll be more than welcome I'd expect
The problem is im 21, and i stopped finding it fun going out at about 19, i much prefer to drive, dont care where, i just loooooove driving. Unfortunatly my best friend and a big bunch of other friends think a weekend well spent is one where you dont remember much, and come home and put your head in the toilet.
I dont like being drunk in public any more, i dont feel safe. Too many idiots about who cause trouble, and the hangovers, im too old for that st 
I dont like being drunk in public any more, i dont feel safe. Too many idiots about who cause trouble, and the hangovers, im too old for that s
t aha! someone who thinks the same as I do. I have to say, I agree with everything the OP has said for exactly the same reasons. The clubs round here are rammed, especially of a weekend, playing totally crap music, whilst charging you at least £5 to get in, then charging about £3 a pint, or £3 for a bottle of hooch or whatever its called nowadays!
Its too hot, too crowded, and for me, almost impossible, since i have CP (Cerebal palsy) I cant stand up for long before i need to sit down!
Clubs around here are so rammed now, I dont actually go into town anymore. Ive told all my friends that they can go clubbing without me.
Im quite happy to go round someones house, take a bottle of vodka, kick back infront of the TV or put some music on, have a chat over a few leisurely drinks, and then wonder off to bed.
The plus side to house parties, is that you dont have to worry about transport anywhere, you dont get ripped off for the price of drinks, and you dont get ripped off for entry to anywhere!
£12 or so for a bottle of vodka and some coke
£5 for some crisps / snacks
Winner
Its too hot, too crowded, and for me, almost impossible, since i have CP (Cerebal palsy) I cant stand up for long before i need to sit down!
Clubs around here are so rammed now, I dont actually go into town anymore. Ive told all my friends that they can go clubbing without me.
Im quite happy to go round someones house, take a bottle of vodka, kick back infront of the TV or put some music on, have a chat over a few leisurely drinks, and then wonder off to bed.
The plus side to house parties, is that you dont have to worry about transport anywhere, you dont get ripped off for the price of drinks, and you dont get ripped off for entry to anywhere!
£12 or so for a bottle of vodka and some coke
£5 for some crisps / snacks
Winner
It's boring isn't it?
I've thought this since leaving uni when I wanted to make the most of my weekends, once the weekdays became spent earning a crust.
Now I don't mind a bar; bars tend to be more sociable, but clubs...
Too many pissed people and music too loud to hold a conversation. That's not my idea of fun. I'd far rather get the boys round for a few jars and a mental hot curry. You still get merry, but the banter is better and things end early enough for Sunday not to be a write-off. Alternatively, I'll do the same but with the Mrs (like tonight), with the added bonus that she'll fall asleep around ten, leaving me to watch man-movies* and talk st on the internet. Perfek.
Welcome to your old age my friend
*No, not those sort of movies you dirty pervs.
I've thought this since leaving uni when I wanted to make the most of my weekends, once the weekdays became spent earning a crust.
Now I don't mind a bar; bars tend to be more sociable, but clubs...
Too many pissed people and music too loud to hold a conversation. That's not my idea of fun. I'd far rather get the boys round for a few jars and a mental hot curry. You still get merry, but the banter is better and things end early enough for Sunday not to be a write-off. Alternatively, I'll do the same but with the Mrs (like tonight), with the added bonus that she'll fall asleep around ten, leaving me to watch man-movies* and talk st on the internet. Perfek.Welcome to your old age my friend
*No, not those sort of movies you dirty pervs.
No, I don't get it either... never have done. The drinks cost a fortune, the music is usually ste, and as you say it's so bleeding loud you can't have a conversation even by bellowing directly into each other's ear canals... and not being able to chat girls up removes what I would see as the only point of going there, unless you're only after the sort of girls you can successfully hit on just by groping them.
I conclude that clubs exist for people who are both too pissed to be able to call it a night when the pubs close and too pissed to care about being ripped off.
Only club I've ever enjoyed being in was a place in Leeds which looked horrific from the outside - the entrance was a solid steel door in a blank wall, like the door to a cell, and complete with little hatch through which they would inspect you before deciding whether to open the door and let you in. It looked rough as aholes and I only went in at all because it was a girl who had taken me there. But once inside it was fine, the music was heavy metal instead of ste, it was played at a volume where you could still talk to people, the drinks were reasonably priced and there was actually room to sit at a table with them. More like a late night pub than a club in the usual sense.
te, and as you say it's so bleeding loud you can't have a conversation even by bellowing directly into each other's ear canals... and not being able to chat girls up removes what I would see as the only point of going there, unless you're only after the sort of girls you can successfully hit on just by groping them. I conclude that clubs exist for people who are both too pissed to be able to call it a night when the pubs close and too pissed to care about being ripped off.
Only club I've ever enjoyed being in was a place in Leeds which looked horrific from the outside - the entrance was a solid steel door in a blank wall, like the door to a cell, and complete with little hatch through which they would inspect you before deciding whether to open the door and let you in. It looked rough as a
holes and I only went in at all because it was a girl who had taken me there. But once inside it was fine, the music was heavy metal instead of ste, it was played at a volume where you could still talk to people, the drinks were reasonably priced and there was actually room to sit at a table with them. More like a late night pub than a club in the usual sense.I don't get it either. My weekends are too short to spend half of it hungover, I don't like vomiting and everywhere is too hot and loud. How can a good night out involve litres of other people's sweat?? I find I can't stay up really late without feeling like death the next morning and being irrationally grumpy (I can't sleep at the moment and need to drive to Wales for a family get together in about 6 hrs. I'll be the grumpy one in the corner then..)
Few friends, a few bottles of something, some nibbles and a good chat and laugh.
I may as well book my place in the nursing home now.
Few friends, a few bottles of something, some nibbles and a good chat and laugh.
I may as well book my place in the nursing home now.
I've never enjoyed clubs. Ever.
When I was16 or 17 18 the only clubs within 20 miles were bog standard nightclubs playing dance music. Leather biker jacket, ripped combats and scruffy para boots didn't fit in too well - and being a fan of rock and metal, I despised the music.
When I went off to univeristy and discovered rock clubs I was as happy as a pig in muck, because it was exciting and new. but as time went on, I realised that actually, I'd far rather play the same music on my own stereo, in my own home, invite my friends round and drink beer from the fridge at a quarter of the price.
I'm only 31, but my idea of a good night out now involves a meal at a restaurant with a few bottles of wine, a taxi home and a few more bottles of wine on the sofa.
When I was
When I went off to univeristy and discovered rock clubs I was as happy as a pig in muck, because it was exciting and new. but as time went on, I realised that actually, I'd far rather play the same music on my own stereo, in my own home, invite my friends round and drink beer from the fridge at a quarter of the price.
I'm only 31, but my idea of a good night out now involves a meal at a restaurant with a few bottles of wine, a taxi home and a few more bottles of wine on the sofa.
Its not boring when that lady friend you were dancing next to motions for you to come and snog her face off.
Seriously guys...have you become to old to know the real meaning of clubbing for us?? No its not the music. Its the GIRLSSSSS!!!!
Yeah...I don't get the time, or money, to go much now either...
Seriously guys...have you become to old to know the real meaning of clubbing for us?? No its not the music. Its the GIRLSSSSS!!!!
Yeah...I don't get the time, or money, to go much now either...
I must say that I whole-heatedly agree with the OP (and pretty much everyone else here) that clubs are just not me. Where I grew up, in Barrow-in-Furness (well, nearby...), there was one street that housed all the clubs. None were particularly good, many had 'sticky floors' that were awash with bottles and shoes by the end of the night, and come 2am, the would all empty onto this said street resulting in carnage and kebab-shop fights. Now tell me, where is the fun in that? I admit to going to clubs whist at uni as way of 'ending the night' (and it was usually free/cheap with the right offer card), but I never really enjoyed it. I much prefer a few beers at a nice pub with good company (even a decent live band...), or a curry/film/beers/mario kart marathon with my mates.
However my friends do slip in the occasional pipe/slippers comments now and again...
However my friends do slip in the occasional pipe/slippers comments now and again...
As mentioned before theres clubbing and theres clubbing.
I find cattle market type places totally boring these days. Realistically those places are purely there for the purpose of finding a mate. I already have one of those so its a bit pointless going to one, risking being kicked to death by some knuckle draggers and having to listen to crappy dance remixes of the top 10.
Give me a proper club like Gatecrasher and I can still throw some shapes. Did a LOT of "proper" clubbing back in the day (I'm 30 now). Have been to Gatecrasher and a couple of other good places in the last couple of years and I still find it a buzz (this time round without any chemical help)
If you ever get the opportunity to go to a club where either Paul van Dyk or Above and Beyond are headlining I suggest you go!
I find cattle market type places totally boring these days. Realistically those places are purely there for the purpose of finding a mate. I already have one of those so its a bit pointless going to one, risking being kicked to death by some knuckle draggers and having to listen to crappy dance remixes of the top 10.
Give me a proper club like Gatecrasher and I can still throw some shapes. Did a LOT of "proper" clubbing back in the day (I'm 30 now). Have been to Gatecrasher and a couple of other good places in the last couple of years and I still find it a buzz (this time round without any chemical help)
If you ever get the opportunity to go to a club where either Paul van Dyk or Above and Beyond are headlining I suggest you go!
Well, you don't HAVE to like clubs, nor do you HAVE to enjoy getting p***ed and trying to remember what the hell happened and why your legs are cut/bruised the next day...
If all your friends want to do that and you don't, I reckon you need to find some more friends...
Personally I used to love clubbing, but then I went to dance. Oh, OP, why did you spend money? If you are the taxi then don't your mates buy you your cokes all night long in exchange for the lift?
If all your friends want to do that and you don't, I reckon you need to find some more friends...
Personally I used to love clubbing, but then I went to dance. Oh, OP, why did you spend money? If you are the taxi then don't your mates buy you your cokes all night long in exchange for the lift?
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