Oktoberfest is evil

[chef]

why do I not learn???

is it bad that I arrived 1.5hrs after a meeting I was the key person to attend and I believe I am still drunk?

"busy on urgent work" email sent as reason for not attending and lunch is in 30 mins.. I might survive..

[Brussels Slumdog]

Borrow a seat

Not sure how many Mass I had, 7 or 8 over the 13hr period would be my guess.

tips:


-Find a seat as you wont be served unless your sat down

What I did with Mrs BS years ago.
Borrowed someones seat while they went for fresh air ,ordered my Mass, then gave the seat back once I received my Mass.
Mrs BS allowed me one beer+photo shot then had to leave

[chef]

you obviously still didn't have enough to drink

[Mich the Tester]

those that carry the beer mostly can be described as men in dresses

you obviously still didn't have enough to drink

[chef]

Are the waitresses in training the rest of the year?

no idea

Are they stocky farm girls or normal people with incredibly strong wrists?

those that carry the beer mostly can be described as men in dresses, the far better eye candy is in those women drinking the beer in their Dirndels.. mmmm

[Mich the Tester]

Are the waitresses in training the rest of the year? Are they stocky farm girls or normal people with incredibly strong wrists?

Of all their body parts, I don't think men have ever studied their wrists.

[d000hg]

Are the waitresses in training the rest of the year? Are they stocky farm girls or normal people with incredibly strong wrists?

[The Lone Gunman]

Nicely done Chef you seem to be acclimatising well.

I would add that playing on the fair ground is best done before the drinking.
Try and find the helter skelter ride (near the Sndling gate normally). Watching people doing involuntary breakdancing on a rapidly moving 45° conveyor belt is hilarious.

[chef]

Not sure how many Mass I had, 7 or 8 over the 13hr period would be my guess.

tips:

-Mass is around 8EUR 60 each
-Dont take ANYTHING you dont want to lose (i.e bag, jacket etc.)
-Dont get in the waitresses way, they'll be carrying 7 mass in each hand (14kg of alcohol plus 14x1litre glass mugs) and dont take kindly to having a p!ssed up idiot in their way
-If your going at the weekend, arrive EARLY, i.e before 10am
-Find a seat as you wont be served unless your sat down
-dont stand on the tables, you'll be thrown out
-Hendl = half a chicken, schweinbraten = roast pork, make sure you eat
-if you want to impress, get your mates to hold you above their heads while your balancing on a tray, down a Mass (1 litre) in one to the roar of hte crowd
-if you want to be embarrassed, try the above but fail to down it and lose your balance on the tray
-if you want maximum respect, down a Mass faster than the previous guy if your a petite japanese girl
** all of the above i saw yesterday

-last orders is 10:30pm, by 11pm the men in yellow berets are throwing you out, walk to Sendlinger Tor and go to a post Weisn (Oktoberfest) party, they'll be open til 3am ish
-if you leave the table make sure you tell people on your table that your going to the toilet or you'll return to find your place is gone, no place = no beer.
-if you leave the beer hall (even to the beer garden) you have to queue to get back in
-beer halls range in size from 4000 people to 10,000 inside and then approx 2500 outside in the beer garden at each tent, there something like 14 tents, a huge fairground and loads of food stalls.
-Augustiner Brau is my favourite beer, their beer tent is IMO the best, Spaten is the worst IMO
-the airport to the city center takes approx 45mins and costs 9,20EUR single trip or 10EUR for a day pass

[The Lone Gunman]

HAHA, I did it every year for 5 years when I was in Germany and it is tough...

You have to get there early, then you start to drink...and then you carry on...

Not been in 10 years or so now though....

I have attended Oktoberfest or the Canntstatter in Stuttgart every year since 1998.

Life is hard if you never weaken.

[The Lone Gunman]

I was there 12noon - 1am FFS

Just how many mass did you have?

Any tips for Snaw for his visit (I think he said this weekend).

[daviejones]

HAHA, I did it every year for 5 years when I was in Germany and it is tough...

You have to get there early, then you start to drink...and then you carry on...

Not been in 10 years or so now though....

[chef]

I was there 12noon - 1am FFS

[Churchill]

owww my head and I have a ####ing telco this morning and then a flight to cologne.. all I want is bed

'kin lightweight!

[chef]

owww my head and I have a ####ing telco this morning and then a flight to cologne.. all I want is bed