Espen André Øverdahl

Friday Beer

Friday, February 8, 2008 4:05:13 PM

Every Friday Opera employees gather for a round of cold beer and weekly gibberish. It's a cool thing they got going, because there are so many working for this company now, and it's not always easy to meet people. Therefore, many show up at this social event where you can have something to drink (beer, wine, coke, water, etc.) and get something to eat. I love this tradition, because you really get that weekend feeling, and you know for the next two days you can do whatever you want.

I hope you will have a great weekend too — wherever you might be!

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Ricardo FerreiraRichardCooper # Friday, February 8, 2008 4:20:39 PM

One Carlsberg for me

CharlieBAMAToNE # Friday, February 8, 2008 4:31:48 PM

Didn't you tell me in San Fran that alcohol is wildly expensive in Norway?

Øyvind ØstlundNoteMe # Friday, February 8, 2008 4:49:20 PM

@Bamatone:

It is, we live in cardboard boxes so we can be able to buy our weekly beer on Fridays. At my job we only drink beer the first friday after pay day. We do that so we can upgrade to a tent instead

@Espen:
If I happen to see you out tonight, I'll buy you a beer

- ØØ -

CharlieBAMAToNE # Friday, February 8, 2008 4:52:58 PM

I know what to bring as gifts if I ever visit, then.

Øyvind ØstlundNoteMe # Friday, February 8, 2008 4:56:09 PM

Make it small, or the border patrol will get you. What is the limit these days? A six-pack?

- ØØ -

Signe L.U. 'Spider Woman' RobertsonNatureTruthDivinity # Friday, February 8, 2008 10:06:34 PM

You bad boy, watch your health, young man, drinking can be dangerous!

Varishvarish # Saturday, February 9, 2008 3:08:05 PM

Its a good idea, You find some time to catch up with everyone ! I would prefer natural fruit juices ! And yes Drinking is dangerous at any age

Signe L.U. 'Spider Woman' RobertsonNatureTruthDivinity # Saturday, February 9, 2008 10:44:11 PM

I like water. Or vegan sugarfree hot chocolate. It's like hot chocolate, but there's no milk or sugar in it.

Soy drink/Rice drink + Cocoa (Which is in Sweden called Kakao or Cacao)

Pictures removed by blog owner.

Ruben Garciaeztigma # Sunday, February 10, 2008 1:51:11 PM

What you do at the office is a great idea, at the English Academy we do it on Saturdays. Not every Saturday, though. And I like drinking 1.5 litre Heinekens!

Cheers mate!

Signe L.U. 'Spider Woman' RobertsonNatureTruthDivinity # Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:36:36 PM

I used to work in a hostel. No alcohol there, but we didn't really work much either.

I worked four hours and the work I had to do took a half hour if done thoroughly, which means three and a half hour of being lazy ass chicks talking about everything and nothing.

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO # Monday, February 11, 2008 9:00:08 AM

NatureTruthDivinity: Please avoid posting similar pictures in my blog again. I will moderate them away. A description is just fine, thanks.

I also think this is a great idea. I love Friday's.

Everything can be dangerous if you exaggerate and abuse it. For me it's all about enjoying life. I can't be bothered worrying what's gonna kill me or not. I think western societies have too much fear built in it. That's not healthy.

KarenNerak # Monday, February 11, 2008 4:44:11 PM

Hooray for Beer Day!

Matt Coxcoxy # Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:49:28 PM

We did this at my last place. Usually we'd finish at 6pm, but fridays we all went up to reception at 5pm and had 'Drinks and Nibbles'. It was really good.

Jonasjonas22 # Friday, February 15, 2008 12:35:45 PM

hihi, do i understand it right that you get drunk everyfriday ?

And you enjoy then your headache at suturday morning?

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO # Friday, February 15, 2008 12:41:01 PM

I don't get drunk, I get giggly.

Matt Coxcoxy # Friday, February 15, 2008 1:54:01 PM

He gets drunk.

Øyvind ØstlundNoteMe # Friday, February 15, 2008 2:31:24 PM

No worse than drunk, he is in denial..

- ØØ -

KarenNerak # Friday, February 15, 2008 5:40:52 PM

I think the next Beer Friday should be videotaped so we can be the judges of whether or not Espen gets giggly or downright drunk!

Jonasjonas22 # Friday, February 15, 2008 5:51:31 PM

yeah good idea, so espen record it and upload it to show it us

!
Maybe you can do a weekly video podcast for our iPods and we can enjoy the funniest thinks on the weekly opera weekend party

dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsıwickedlizard # Friday, February 22, 2008 2:02:14 PM

I get giggly too!

ELIJAH B.CHAOSDRAGON88 # Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:17:25 PM

Espen just tries to relax with his friends. I hope you continue to have a good time too. I will have a sprite

Have a good day.

galadriel # Monday, March 3, 2008 9:06:03 AM

Sounds great!

My dad used to work for a Canadian company and they had this tradition too. So, if we went to his office on Saturday, there would be food left over for us to eat...eventhough it was a bit stale

loganpikachu4231 # Friday, March 7, 2008 12:16:17 AM

Whats up CD88.

Sam SabbaghSäm # Friday, March 14, 2008 3:51:01 AM

The MSDS for ethanol indicates that it is carcinogenic, but I still consume it. It's a mild carcinogen, and has a very low risk of causing cancer if consumed sparingly. Pregnant women shouldn't drink, though.

Cheers:beer:

galadriel # Friday, March 14, 2008 11:48:51 PM

Saem- I work in a bar and if a pregnant women orders some drinks, I'm not allowed to tell her that it's dangerous for her :| Some laws are crazy!

loganpikachu4231 # Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:13:13 AM

wow

ELIJAH B.CHAOSDRAGON88 # Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:33:47 PM

Thats wierd. I wonder how is espen doing? How are you pikachu?

loganpikachu4231 # Tuesday, March 18, 2008 11:44:44 AM

I JUST GOT SSBB!OMFG!

Sam SabbaghSäm # Saturday, March 22, 2008 6:37:05 AM

galadriel:

Is it a rule imposed by the bar owner or the government? Either way, I find it to be unethical.

galadriel # Saturday, March 22, 2008 8:43:40 AM

Saem- It's not imposed by the bar owner...I learnt about it at a bar course. He teacher there said it would be 'discrimination'. There was a woman who drank a lot when she was pregnant. The child wasn't 100% healthy when it was born, so she tried to sue the bar. The court just thought she was an idiot and she didn't get anything.

Jonasjonas22 # Saturday, March 22, 2008 11:25:53 AM

i think 50% of all laws are kinda senseless, there are a lot of laws for laws and for laws of laws...

any questions?^^

slackwrdave # Sunday, March 23, 2008 2:47:56 PM

Beer is cool (moderation, of course), wine is cool, opera is cool, socializing is cool, opera employees socializing is cool, opera users socializing is cool.

It has all worked so well!

Øyvind ØstlundNoteMe # Monday, March 24, 2008 12:11:10 AM

We have a pretty funny rule in Norway as well. It goes something like:

You are not allowed to put any kind of alcohol in non alcohol beverage, but you are allowed to put non alcohol beverage into beverage with alcohol.

So rum with coke is ok, coke with rum isn't

- ØØ -

ELIJAH B.CHAOSDRAGON88 # Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:43:39 AM

Its reasonable, meaning that you cannot "spike the punch".

loganpikachu4231 # Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:47:36 AM

yeah

Øyvind ØstlundNoteMe # Saturday, March 29, 2008 1:34:29 PM

No, it's crazy

- ØØ -

loganpikachu4231 # Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:51:00 PM

lol

ELIJAH B.CHAOSDRAGON88 # Monday, March 31, 2008 4:05:27 AM

How did you learn english?

Øyvind ØstlundNoteMe # Monday, March 31, 2008 5:15:35 PM

Was that aimed at me? I know I have (if I'm allowed) a smattering of English. Same goes for my Bokmål (Norwegian), "New Norweigan" (Nynorsk), French as well as my Italian. As long as a language can't be compiled, I can't handle it very well

I started learning English from console/computer games in the late 80's before having English classes at primary and secondary school. Then dropped English as soon as I got the choice at high school to leave more time for math and physics related classes.

"All your base, are belong to us",
- ØØ -