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Today I was very happy to see a new member to our little worldwide club, the famous Mr. Jesus Bordonaba, aka Mr. Begonia, father-in-law of HHH.

The new member can be seen here with HHH (His Holy Hulsman on High) and GMC VP Retired Rear-Admiral Alan Huggett, the GMC roving-ambassador at large.

Eskerrik Asko Jesus y saludos!

Filed by Bernardo, GMC Hon. President, somewhere in the darkest part of Brummylandia.

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US President Barr(y)ak O' Bama, is currently in Ireland visiting the ole' sod, and making sure that Queen Elizabeth didn't wreck the place after her visit.

He was whisked through Dublin at top speed, to his "family homeland" of Moneygall. While he was there, by proxy, he became a member of the exclusive International Guinness Monday club. He joins a very select group of people. he made sure he had a few good pints of the black schtuff. He could have become a member of the Guinness Monday Club...if he invited either myself, Cap'n Huggett, or Jim K....but he lost out. No pin for him!

I hope he enjoyed his pint of the black stuff! You can see all the EPA pool photos of Mr. O' Bama's visit here.

Sláinte Barry!

(Photo courtesy of Pool Photo via EPA - from Maxwells Irish Government Pool. Hat-tip to Jim Hollander for passing it on.)

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Happy New Year!

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The bongo drums of Argentina are drumming with the joyous news that, Right Honourable Alan “1759” Huggett (Retired), a.k.a. “Sarge”, a.k.a. “Oi, you!” celebrates his bithday today.

Sarge has been seen wandering through South America wearing a Guinness t-shirt and a Guinness tie (similar to the one in the above picture), and cursing under his breath.

Alan, Sarge, Oi, you!, happy birthday from all of us, to all of you.

Quoting honorary President of Guinness Monday, an tUasal Bernard Tyers, “Today is a wonderful day for Ireland, Guinness and the world. As the IMF, and the ECB roll into Dublin, at least the we still have one ray of hope in the Irish-related world - Alan Huggett, paving the way Guinness imports all over the world.”

Happy birthday Sarge!

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Dateline: Dublin, Ireland
Time: 08:55, Wednesday 11th August 2010
Today’s trousers: Levi 501s with the hole in the left pocket.

The intrepid runner Mr. Matthew Dowsett, from ‘Er Majesties Country of England, fowards us his reportage from the small Navarran town of Estella (In the communidad of Mancomunidad de Montejurra, Population: 14, 238, and 1 Guinness bar).

Mr. Dowsett, and his accompanying runner, Mr. Peter Hainan of London Town, spent one week taking part in the town’s traditional bullrunning festivals, where live, wild, four-legged bulls are released onto the streets and locals run in front of them.

Above: Mr. Peter Hainan discovering Estella\’s Guinness pub.

Above: Mr. Hainan, of Ye Olde London Town, sampling Guinness from Estella\’s only Guinness pub.

Above: Indeed, the Guinness was not in bottle, rather it was on draft. One can only speculate, before August 2010, this tap was used before.

As always gentlemen, Guinness Monday International thanks you for your service to furthering Guinness throughout the world.

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Dateline: Dublin, 27th July 2010, 09:51

Below are the adventures of Mr. Marc “Mickey” Bertman, of New York, New York, United States of America who is currently touring the world on his “endless summer”.

Mr. Bertman, recently won the Nigerian National Lottery, which is funding his round the world bicycle tour. This tour involves visiting countries and drinking Guinness.

A spokesperson for the NNL, was quoted as saying “We are very happy for Mr. Bertman. We did not expect anyone to win the lottery as it was a scam.”

Mr. Bertman in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 4 Jan 2010.

Mickey with his Himalayan guide Ganesh Adkikari celebrating Guinness Monday at The Irish Pub in Lukla, Nepal (2840 M).

Guinness Monday in Prague with “Monika” (He still hasn’t told us who Monika is!)

Mr. Bertman in the old motherland in the Dead Sea, Israel (-413 meters).

Guinness Monday @ the Dead Sea, Israel (-413 meters) with new member EPA Chef Photographer, based in Jerusalem Jim Hollander on 26 July 2010.

As he progresses, we will be publishing more reports here on GuinnessMonday.com.

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This is official:

The Toucan (hence known as Jimmy’s Bar), in Wimpole Street, London has the best pint of Arthur in London.

Honrary President Bernard Neumaticos and Marc Bertman of New York, New York at 17:59

Mr. Bertman was visiting the Hon President and his charming partner in London, before his departure for the colonies of India. Mr. Bertman is travelling for 2 months on an educational mission to teach the colony inhabitants on the virtues of Guinness and its medicinal purposes in childbirth.

Pictured here is Mr Marc Bertman of New York City (so good they named it twice), and the head bloke of the Toucan. (Behind the camera is Guinness Monday Hon. President Bernardo Neumaticos).

Shown below is a sample of the inside of the Toucan Bar.

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“After the Britain Beer Festival, in London, all the brewery presidents decided to go out for a beer.

The guy from Corona sits down and says, “Hey Senor, I would like the world’s best beer, a Corona.” The bartender dusts off a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him.

The guy from Budweiser says, “I’d like the best beer in the world, give me ‘The King Of Beers’, a Budweiser.” The bartender gives him one.

The guy from Coors says, “I’d like the only beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors.” He gets it.

The guy from Guinness sits down and says, “Give me a Coke.” The bartender is a little taken aback, but gives him what he ordered. The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask “Why aren’t you drinking a Guinness?”

The Guinness president replies, “Well, I figured if you guys aren’t drinking beer, neither would I.”

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Mr. Alan Huggett honorary Irishman is currently at large in the southern hemisphere. He is drinking pints of Arthur with Tasmanian devils, downing half-pints by the kegful with Ned Kelly’s and working his way (in drinking terms), schulling Guinness across Australia.

He sent us the following photos with all of the new Guinness Monday members:

Keep tuned in, as I expect to get another tonne of photos from VP Huggett soon.

Keep drinking the Guinness Alan. And to all the new members: welcome into the most luxurious, exclusive club in the world. So exclusive in fact that we turn away people.

Sláinte!

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The first photo is just plopped into the e-mail inbox at Guinness Monday HeadQuarters.

This young man, maybe be arrested for underage drinking, but it’ll be a great story. This is my nephew Tom Joseph Egan, of Botanic Avenue, Dublin 9. He is enjoying a nice pint of Guinness with his mother, my sister Áine at the infamous Grave Diggers Pub, Dublin 9.

More photos will be published as they arrive.

UPDATE:

Here are the photos we have been sent since yesterday

This one comes in from Mr. HeineKen Lombardo, from Rhode Island, USA

Guinness being served, all day at the special price of EUR2.50. Ireland

Mr. Beau Gardner. “This photo was taken in the Stonehut Bar and Grill in Walla Walla Washington @ 1pm on 9/24/09.”

From Mickey Bertman, in New York, New York, the location was PJ Clarkes Pub, NYC

My pint at 17:59 in the Black Lion Pub, Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland

This photo was taken by Jim Daly, of PrimalSneeze.
He kindly allowed us to republish it here.

Sent in by John Ronan from Ireland who was in Chicago on business.

He writes:
“Location: Elk Grove, Chicago, USA
24th September 2009
Myself, the barman and two guys who happened to be at the bar at the same time. One was on the phone to his girlfriend most of the time, the other guy was watching the football match on T.V. as was I.
I took it upon myself to inform the Barkeep of the seriousness of the occasion. I think he was suitably impressed.”

John Mulkeen, at the all important 17:59

Another from John.

JJ Centurion, Florida, USA

Bunny Centurion, Florida, USA

Jose Centurion raising a pint of plain in Florida, USA

Jill-Marie Asch, in USA

Jack and Mike Barrett at the Field Irish Pub

There’s more coming, stay tuned!

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As tomorrow, September 24th 2009, is the worldwide Arthur Guinness Day 250th anniversary celebrations, I’d like to ask you all a small favour.

This very serious society, Guinness Monday International, who’s dedication is “to those who enjoy a pint of The Black Stuff and who have sporadic meetings in various locations around the world – but only on Mondays”.

Usually Guinness Monday’s are held with an official member of Guinness Monday. Photos are taken and put on the wonderful GuinnessMonday.com website.

Unfortunately, since Arthur Guinness Day is being held on a Thursday, we have had to make an exception. I tried calling Guinness in Dublin to ask them to move it to next Monday, but unfortunately they were all in the pub, and no-one was there to answer the phones…

So, to the favour:

I want everyone in this e-mail, to go to a pub, preferably their local, order a Guinness, and raise a glass to Arthur Guinness. If you can, I would GREATLY appreciate it, if you could take a photo (ANY photo will do) and e-mail it to

info@guinnessmonday.com

Telling us:

1. where it was held.
2. what date.
3. who was present.

When you do, your photo will be uploaded to GuinnessMonday.com website, and will go on our Guinness Monday Map

The best photos will get an official Guinness gift. The only thing: we will have to meet in person, so I can give it to you. It’s fragile :)

So, raise a glass to Arthur tomorrow, and send us your photos to info@guinnessmonday.com.

Sláinte!

Bernard
Honorary President, Guinness Monday Club International

Board Members:

Mr. Alan Huggett, Vice-President & Founder, Guinness Monday Club International (UK & At-large)
Mr. James Kellum, , Vice-President & Founder, Guinness Monday Club International (USA, Republic of Texas, and Ireland)

=====En Español=====

Mañana, 24 de Septiembre del 2009, se celebra en todo el mundo el Día de Arthur Guinness, con motivo de su 250 aniversario, y querría pediros un pequeño favor.

El Club Internacional Lunes Guinness (un grupo muy serio) incluye a todos aquellos que se reúnen esporádicamente, y exclusivamente en día lunes, en diversos lugares del mundo para disfrutar de una pinta del “negro elemento”.

Normalmente, las sesiones de Lunes Guinness se celebran en presencia de un miembro oficial del club. Las fotografías de tales reuniones se publican en la estupenda web guinnessmonday.com

Desafortunadamente, como el Día de Arthur Guinness cae en jueves, nos vemos forzados a hacer una excepción. He intentado hablar con Guinness en Dublin para pedirles que movieran las celebraciones al próximo lunes, pero se habían ido todos de pedo y nadie contestó el teléfono.

Pero me dejo de rollo, y os pido el favor: que todos los que recibáis este correo os vayáis al bar de al lado, pidáis una pinta de Guinness, y brindéis a la salud de Arthur Guinness. Si podéis, inmortalizad el evento con una foto (si está desenfocada o sale torcida no importa, dada la coyuntura), y mandadla a

info@guinnessmonday.com

Incluyendo:

1. Dónde os tomasteis la pinta
2. La fecha
3. Quién estaba con vosotros

Colgaremos la foto en guinnessmonday.com, y os añadiremos a nuestro mapa del Lunes Guinness

Las mejores fotos se llevarán un regalo oficial Guinness. Pero la entrega del regalo tiene que ser en persona: es frágil.

Así que brindad por Arthur mañana, y mandadnos las fotos a
info@guinnessmonday.com

Sláinte!

Bernard, Presidente Honorífico del Club Internacional Lunes Guinness

Miembros del Consejo:
Mr. Alan Huggett, Vice-President & Founder, Guinness Monday Club International (UK & At-large),

Mr. James Kellum, Vice-President & Founder, Guinness Monday Club International (USA, Republic of Texas, and Ireland)

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Matt Dowsett, our roving Guinness Monday member (who seems to rove all over the place), send us word of the first (as far as the official documentation goes) Guinness Monday in Wales.

Say hello to Sally Griffiths from Wales. The GM was held in the Grand Hotel (the one and only) in Swansea, which in Welsh is “Abertawe, which means “mouth of the Tawe“. Just in case you didn’t know.

Next time Matt: get more people! Guinness goes down better when you have more company!

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Matt Dowsett a GuinnessMonday Club member from England was recently in Budapest, Hungary on a business expedition, and had a quick GM with nice lad and a lassy from the Czech Republic.

Below you’ll find the photos from the Hotel Metropol, Budapest, Hungary.

Welcome to the club Lukas and Lucie. Keep drinking that Guinness!

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June has been a busy month so far for Guinness Monday in London. GMCVP, Alan Huggett, brought the troops out for a small battle on the streets a few days.

Even Big Ben knows what time it is!

GMCVP, Alan Huggett.

An arty shot.

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May was a good month for Guinness Mondays in London, with the GMC VP Mr. Alan Huggett welcoming 3 new members into the fold.

That all important time - 17:59

Difficult to make out, but…a good time to pay.

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