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Thu 1 May, 2008 01:36 pm
We are having a housewarming party.
I am providing snacks, BBQ, pop, water, coffee and tea. Is it tacky to ask that people bring their own alcohol?
We are having 25-30 people, this isn't a cozy get together.
I don't think so.
Provide the mixers though.
Tachycardia, maybe, but not tacky.
Bella Dea wrote:Slappy Doo Hoo wrote:I don't think so.
Provide the mixers though.
What kind?
Soda water, tonic water, coke, diet coke, sprite, ginger ale, little orange juice & cranberry juice, plenty of ice, those red plastic Solo cups...
A toilet full of "punch" that can be flushed if the cops arrive....
Jungle Juice!
DD, you've got it!
Now, where to find an empty barrel......
DrewDad wrote:A toilet full of "punch" that can be flushed if the cops arrive....
Come to think of it, this is probably what started "BYOB" in the first place.
I agree with Slappy on it being fine but provide the mixers. I might add a small bowl of lemons, limes. Hmm, olives/onions for martinis? Depends on your friends... you could go overboard on the cocktail fixings when they all are wine or beer drinkers.
RED BULL, so if they get really hammered theyll feel like driving home and you wont be stuck with em throwing up on your rug and scaring the kids and laying all over the place having sex while youre trying to watch TV... been there
Most are beer drinkers.
Oooo, maybe a few bottles of wine are in order.
No one wants to bring their own wine.
LOL
Hm, but coke is just as expensive as cheap beer, isn't it?
I think it's a regional thing. BYOB doesn't happen past university here, but it was ok in other places I've lived.
CalamityJane wrote:Hm, but coke is just as expensive as cheap beer, isn't it?
What about blow and weed?
I was going to suggest that you provide wine and let them bring alternatives to wine if they want them. But, that's still a lot of wine. Each 750ml bottle has 5 smallish glasses of wine or 4 big glasses. Maybe you supply wine with dinner?
Wine comes in boxes.
And it still has 8% alchohol....
slap has it right... you might consider a couple of hospitality bowls with barbituates coke and weed as already suggested...
a rubber sheet, some ky, rubber gloves and couple of strap ons if the party is going to run late.....
and don't forget to video...
I'll rethink, since I was thinking more back to my own party days, and those were in the cocktail years that turned to wine years before the recent cocktail years. Decent booze is serious money now. Adequate wine is not so much. If your crowd are beer drinkers, they probably have preferences.. My beer friends are on the picky side, liking not just regular old beers.
So, my next hypothesis is to provide a some sixpacks of a couple of beers you know most like, and some non-swill red and white wine, and some soft drinks for those who prefer those. Uh, and iced tea, made at home, cheap and good. With luck a lot of people will walk in the door with a six pack or a bottle of wine.