Night out goes bad!!

Originally Posted by lynw

I was thinking it should more be dont go out again with icemans sisters.

Yup. They owe you dude. If they do thoughtful nice things for you, that's one thing.
If they pretend it never happened (and assuming it happened the way you remember) then I wouldnt be arsed hanging around with them anymore.
Seriously mate, I have seen lads around Dublin, and Brixton being jumped by people end up with a lot more than a few stitches.
Glad to here no real damage was done.

Originally Posted by TC3

I think the lesson you learnt here was do not drop your guard!

NAH. Lesson here is hit them first.

Tough luck dude. With any luck you'll recognise the signs if this sort of situation happens again... They start it, you finish it.

[Spiderman]

The joys of a night out eh?

Dont worry mate, i had 7 stitches in my lip once cos i decided to stand up for some girl who was being shouted at by some big guy.
And i do martial arts, but i was in swimming shorts and coverd in sun lotion at the time. Thats my excuse and if it was good enough for my instructor its good enough for all of you.

As the famous bumper sticker says" **** Happens"

Originally Posted by Ping

NAH. Lesson here is hit them first.

Tough luck dude. With any luck you'll recognise the signs if this sort of situation happens again... They start it, you finish it.

See this is the thing.
A mate of mine was a boxer, trained in the clubs around very rough areas in Dublin, since he was about 9. At the age of 26 he was a big enough chap, not massively intimidating, but, you would think twice. He occaisionally fought Light heavy weight bouts,just for the laugh, keep himself in training.

Here is my point, you could walk past him in the street, and not think more of him than a lot of gougers from Dublin. But, the thing is, I have never seen anyone rain punches in as hard, or as fast as that guy can.
Its borderline unbelievable. He would mess with me, putting no power at all into punches, to try and train me how to defend myself a bit. But, just the way he moves his weight around, even though he wasnt punching at all, every "blow" completely pushed through me. And, the rate he could punch was staggering.

I have seen him in action in anger twice, inside the ring once, outside once. It takes an awful lot to start him, and it was over very very fast on both occaisions. One time, I thought he had killed a six foot something Belfast guy, with a single solitary upper cut.

As cheesey as it sounds, he is a weapon. And, you never know when you will meet one. He is very calm, and nice. But, there are people who are not, and he could very very easily kill someone.
So, I would say, you did the right thing, keep walking, keep your teeth, sooner or later the lads starting on you will meet my mate or similar. And that will be that.

Originally Posted by Spiderman

The joys of a night out eh?

Dont worry mate, i had 7 stitches in my lip once cos i decided to stand up for some girl who was being shouted at by some big guy.
And i do martial arts, but i was in swimming shorts and coverd in sun lotion at the time. Thats my excuse and if it was good enough for my instructor its good enough for all of you.

As the famous bumper sticker says" sh*t Happens"

If they were speedos you deserved it...

Originally Posted by lynw

I was thinking it should more be dont go out again with icemans sisters.

Frankly, if anyone I was with gave it back and gave the others what they wanted - excuse for a fight, they wouldnt be on my list of people to go out with again.

Sorry, but thats how I see it.

I agree with lynw. Yes, the people who wanted to start the fight are scum, but you always encounter them and you can't change that. I'm not suggesting you lose face and try begging the scum for mercy or doing anything they ask in order not for a fight to start, but there's no shame in holding your head up and walking away.

People who can't grasp that/let pride get the better of them aren't particularly bright IMO. I've been in a situation where I had just talked/intimidated our way out of a fight, only to have it ruined by a girl in our group getting mouthy and deciding that the other party standing down wasn't good enough and she wanted an apology too.

I wonder if she'd have been so lippy if it was her rather than her boyfriend and my mate who got the ensuing shoeing? It kicked off, I gave out a lot worse than I took and gave some scum an "education" about picking fights. Did I enjoy it? Nope. I'd far rather we'd just walked away. Everyone would have been happy. They could crow about how hard they were making people (who weren't interested) stand down from a fight (when they were outnumbered 3:1). We could have had a laugh about how pathetic their lives must be in order for that to be the highlight of their weekend.

As it was, the result was her boyfriend got KO'd and had to go to hospital. Do I go on nights out with her anymore? No.

cheers guy's

don't feel like as much of a woose now

Originally Posted by Samurai

cheers guy's

don't feel like as much of a woose now

Nothing wussy about it mate, you did the right thing, theres too many nutters out on the strrets nowa days willing to use a knife or kick the ****e out of you when your on the floor, gone are the days where it used to be a good ol fisty cuffs then end of story, i've had my fair share of street brawls over the years mostly due too the people ive been with getting choppsy and because im a fairly big bloke they think i'll protect them trouble is i came second more times than i did first lol and all because they'd do the gobbing off then **** off as soon as the crap hits the fan.
One day they'll pick on the wrong person and get something alot worse than 7 stitches.
Keep ya chin up...not too much though...easy target.....sorry

Someone with less decency than me would undoubtedly say something along the lines of "Well, I hope you got a sympathy sh*g out of it", but personally, I think comments like that should be kept to onesself.

When I was young, I'd have given out back to people like that and probably got in a fight (which I'd promptly lose), but I'd cross the road to avoid such trouble now, and places I know where there is a lot of trouble, I avoid.
All mates at some point say or do things you wish they hadn't, but they're still your mates, so hopefully they learned something out of it.

Try some Cadburys mini-eggs in a compress against your lip. They often help the recovery process.

Originally Posted by rpwoodman

Try some Cadburys mini-eggs in a compress against your lip. They often help the recovery process.

Do you mean put them on the inside of your bottom lip, talk in a italian accent..that way peolpe will think your the godfather