What can I tell you about the curiously named "Black Eye Friday"
that you can't actually surmise from the title. After a beer or
several the residents of the town usually end up brawling. So what's it
all about then?
Once a
year this strange phenomenon happens, the last main pay day for most
folks before Christmas a little earlier than usual. Now most of us are
used to being relatively civilised and seem capable of going on a Friday
night, let your hair down pub crawl, end of the working week type of
thing we normally do. Costumes, hats whatever maybe worn week in week
out. So no change there. Black Eye Friday though all hell breaks lose,
and the younger folks tend not to be the idiots involved. Oh no, it's
those middle aged men who go out once a year, can't hold their beer,
miffed at their lives who are fully intent on causing a brawl....ending
up with mass punch ups, a few smashed windows, pubs barring people and
probably more arrests than for the last six months. Also the next day
you will pass these shame faced idiots sporting the badge of dubious
honour....the black eye.... hence the name "Black Eye Friday."
Thankfully this idiotic behaviour occurs once yearly but does make me
wonder is this sort or event unique to our island?
7 comments:
See you later luv, have a good one.
Well the behaviour's not unique to there. I've got a real idiot of a former brother in law who gets himself drunk, argues with everyone, thinks he's right about everything, and has no idea how dumb he is. One of these days I'm expecting he'll buy the farm by getting in a fight.
Great night.
:-) Happy Christmas, Jane.
You aren't kidding are you? At first I thought this was a joke post. Wow. No, I've never heard of a custom like this.
Well, I should clarify my comment -- drinking too much is certainly something that happens here and everywhere I'm sure. And there are brawls and nasty people and certain bars that we'd never go into day or night etc etc. But to actually have a night that is known for that purpose, nope.
Its a weekly event here
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