Taking a flask of tea to the game is this a sign of getting old?

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  1. oss

    ossettred Well-Known Member

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    or being sensible with your money, I got a bit of stick yesterday which I reckon is unjustified.

    I may try a bit of soup at the next game!
     
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    My Dad has been taking a flask of bovril for years

    mind you he is well into his '70s' :)

    Its not the money though its the not having to queue to get it
     
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    ossettred Well-Known Member

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    RE: My Dad has been taking a flask of bovril for years

    I don't think that helped, although the queuing excuse isn't bad.
     
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    Just don't drink four cups then spend the second half with your legs crossed. It was touch and go yesterday.
     
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    credit crunch n all that
     
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    compared to the price of the piss they serve it makes sense to take your own
     
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    I take a flask of rum with a drop of tea in it!!:D
     
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    Taking a flask to the match is a tradition

    tea is vile in a flask tho. We take hot choc in winter wi sometimes a spot of amaretto in it :)

    Life at the Top the book of BFC in the Prem famously opened with the lads who had taken flasks of chardonnay!
     
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    A bit of both

    When it's cold though I like to have a warm drink at half time - coffee from the kiosk is
    1. expensive (£1.80?!)
    2. tastes like dishwater
    3. lukewarm

    So better to take a flask - had hot chocolate for the last couple of games.
     
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    BFC Dave Well-Known Member

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    Where I sit there's a significant number of flask carrying people of pension age

    when they all open their flasks at half time there's an alcoholic haze that is released that's strong enough to knock out a rhino.</p>

    I've heard that sometimes they even put a drop of coffee in the whisky !!!!!</p>
     
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    They can't make "black coffee" in the stadium

    Last time I asked, the catering staff said that the coffee and milk poweder are already mixed together. Yuk!

    I take a flask sometimes, when it's a bit nippy...
     
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    ossettred Well-Known Member

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    Cheers everyone, I'm not that old after all ! nt

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    You could allus

    take a CamelBak if you want to be down with the kids. You can drink throughout the match, even whilst celebrating a goal and not scald the unfortunate in front too. Not sure it'll keep thi tea warm though.
     

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