What was the deal with all the green shirts, Viking hats and No. 26 in Allston last night?
Apparently, it was the Great Boston Beer Marathon, hence the 26, at least. No explanation for the green shirts and Viking hats.
Thanks to Space_Man_Spiff for tweeting the mystery and Briandigital for tweeting the answer, and condolences to Andrewd who tweeted he found himself stuck on the Green Line with a bunch of loud, obnoxious beer marathoners.
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Those little shits
One was causing trouble in one of my bars last night. I hope the little fucker breaks his ankle.
Before you all come down on me, let me point out that he assaulted our bartender and was trying to destroy our business.
Send those bastards....
back to Scandanavia!
If only you had a gun! This
If only you had a gun!
This little tid-bit just opened my eyes to your line of thinking. Word of advice, you hire bouncers for a reason.
Dealing with drunk assholes comes with the line of buissiness of serving alcohol. From dingy local pub to high class lounge.
You're right
And the personnel with whom I'm affiliated professionally handled the situation with aplomb. But the kid's friends failed at looking out for him. That's the point.
Us little shits
Sure, there are bad apples on the Beer Marathon (which has been going on for 4 years now). But the vast majority of the 2000+ who signed up this year and last were really no worse than your average Allston drunks.
A great time for anyone who can drink smartly. Personally I skipped every third bar or so and drank heineken lights and amstel lights where available so as not to fizzle out too early and made it to every bar except the Kells. Even managed to rendezvouz with some "other" friends in fanueil at the end. Probably the best way to see a lot of the city, get in a good walk with friends and check out bars you otherwise would never make it to.