In the Dubliner the only thing they could put on a Guinness was a price hike !
A related story... a lot of my mates are big horse racing fans and used to go to the Cheltenham festival (in England). This is the first major meet of the year and attracts tens of thousands of Paddys. They set out an area on the course for the Irish 'Travellers' to set up camp for the duration. As well as these, there are thousands of corporate guests and race fans making accomodation both rare and expensive.
To combat this, my mates decided to go to Dublin for the week, knowing that they would get to see the racing on TV in the pubs, there is usually a betting shop close by, and accomodation would be readily available and (reasonably) cheap. The Saturday at the end of the week was St Patricks day with the Birmingham parade ( and the Dublin one ) on the Sunday.
After a great week there they set off to the airport by cab on the Friday. Making small talk, the driver asked them what they came to Dublin for. " To watch the Cheltenham Festival" they said. After a long pause the driver said " And why are you going home today? " To get to Birmingham for Paddys day" they replied. After an even longer pause the driver said " We go to Cheltenham for the Cheltenham Festival, and Dublin for the St Patricks day celebrations. You go to Dublin for the festival and Birmingham for St Patricks - and they say Paddys are slow on the uptake !"
