London Stag Do - Suggestions Please

[Keef]

Right, a good friend is getting wed next Feb in South America, so obviously it's going to cost us all loads of money.

As a result, we're forgetting about plans to go away for a boys weekend, and instead will just be doing an afternoon activity (could be anything), followed by a drinking session in London. Alternatively, we'll just start the drinking in the afternoon, and plough on through! (this would probably be my preferrence, but I suspect some of the other lads are a bit more sensible than me)

Now, I've only ever done one London stag, and it was rubbish, planned by 2 guys, with a stupid schedule and map, which went out the window after the first bar!

Has anyone got any suggestions as to a good boys day / night out?

Note: Please don't suggest Paintballing followed by titty bars!

[bigbadwolf]

F_ck London Keef. Head for Prague!!!

[Annasfield]

Can I come?

[Brendan]

Have you considered paintballing followed by titty bars?

[bigbadwolf]

Or titty bars followed by paintballing?

[Brendan]

Or titty bars followed by titty bars?

[bigbadwolf]

Or paintballing in a titty bar?

[Jeremy]

How about go-karting followed by titty bars? That's my only experience of a stag do in London.

If you want to go to a club (one where the the girls have clothes on, and are actual customers) you will probably need to phone up a few places and arrange some sort of guest list. Most places will turn away 15 pissed up blokes.

[Brendan]

And they say it?s all been done before.

[bigbadwolf]

"Most places will turn away 15 pissed up blokes."

Weatherspoons wont.

[SteveT]

Some friends in my home town of Derby went to the wetherspoons pub which has about 20 odd real ales.

They tried to go right through the list.

They all ended up drunk, but very happy Keef.

Then they went paintballing in a titty bar.

[Keef]

F_ck London Keef. Head for Prague!!!

Er, I think you may be missing the point of why we're stayiong local. Besides, Lithuania is much more fun!

Anna, you'd definitely be able to out talk the lads on the beautiful game!

[Brendan]

Seriously though if you want a London based day out and want to avoid the normal stag do horrors why not get together in the park in the afternoon for a game of football or cricket and a few coolers of beer, then go for a curry and then go somewhere that has a band on and/or some pool tables in the evening.

Then go to Kebab and Wine.

[bigbadwolf]

"They all ended up drunk, but very happy Keef. Then they went paintballing in a titty bar."

Did they use the equipment provided or did they assault the enemy with their own pump action paint rifles?

[SeanMacGabhann]

I'm going to suggest avoiding anything to do with water - anyone suggests punting on the Serpentine for example, tell them do do one..

Is London the venue for anything London-specific or is it the location handiest for everyone? My stag do consisted of my local pub, a darts board, a bowling alley, the landlord being very generous, and then a house part across the road. It was a fine night and never entered the realms of silliness

[bigbadwolf]

"It was a fine night and never entered the realms of silliness"

That's a shame.

[Keef]

Sounds good Sean! And I think we want to avoid a lot of the stag cliches, whilst still being slightly silly.

The groom is a very bit fan of watersports (DON'T EVEN GO THERE BBW!!!!!), so falling off a small boat is not out of the question.

[bigbadwolf]

"(DON'T EVEN GO THERE BBW!!!!!)"

What particular destination would that be then Keef?

[Annasfield]

Keef - you can go out on a RIB (rigid inflatable boat) on the thames. Its basically like a rubber dingy with an outboard motor, so it goes dead fast. They're pretty good fun.

You're so lucky - Hen dos are generally shite. I can't think of anything worse than spending a day in a health spa, or out on the lash wearing bunny ears. :(

Not that I intend to, but if I ever did get married the girls would be going to Riga to fire AK47s etc. ;-)

[SeanMacGabhann]

* a queue forms outside Hatton Gardens *

[Fear 'n boozin]

I'd start in the cpt and do a pub crawl, see how far you get.

[????]

...the bar at the back?

[Fear 'n boozin]

that'd be pushing it!

[Jah Lush]

I hate stag dos. A typical stag do is fecking shite. But I'd follow Fear'n Boozin's suggestion given the choice.

[Keef]

Well so would I obviously, but I suspect I might have trouble convincing the troupes. I have been on a couple of great stags, mine in particular. But yes, the stag do that we all seem to be expected to have, is shit.