Comments on: The Irish Goodbye

By: Jeffrey Morgenthaler

Jeffrey Morgenthaler — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:37:44 +0000

Thanks, everyone. I’m glad I’m not the only one who understands the importance of knowing when to sneak out of a bar without bidding farewell to one’s cohorts.

It’s especially useful when hanging around a bunch of bartenders who are often less than enthusiastic about letting you leave…

By: sheila

sheila — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:36:37 +0000

if you didn’t exist, someone would have to make you up. you’re like the monk of cocktails – obsessed with minute differences among different vermouths. passionate about sazeracs and the spiritual meaning of absinthe. able to talk all day about the difference between angoustora and peychein bitters.

pour me another 7&7, dude.

By: A.B.

A.B. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:21:56 +0000

What perfect usage of an exit strategy, well done Jeff. There are few things better than that moment of silent dark freedom on the other side of an exit door. The cab? Well that’s just gravy.
Keep up the good work.

By: Tiare

Tiare — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:33:26 +0000

The “Irish goodbye” for me is some fast squeezing through the crowd with that stern look and then poof..gone.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:00:02 +0000

The ‘Irish Goodbye’ is a true feat of genius if done right. As for the taxi driver, that’s just impressive…

Cheers & best of luck with the presentation!

By: Jeff Frane

Jeff Frane — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:49:01 +0000

At some point in the past, I had an extremely complicated diagram that explained exactly how to get through an evening at various pubs without ever buying a round. It involved a lot of subterfuge to get you away from the table just when it was time for someone to go to the bar for their shout, and eventually required moving to another pub.

Somehow, I think your Irish Goodbye is on that chart . . .