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Secret Drinking Societies!
Do they exist? or is this a silly thread and pointless, due to the fact that they are ACTUALLY secret?! If they do exist through which channels do they operate? They sound fun- how does one get involved? Iv'e also heard of other secret societies, such as ones dedicated to public school children- is this true?
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Drogue
I presume by invitation only. Maybe they exist, maybe they don't. You don't need a drinking society to drink, and there are enough public ones if you want to. Knowing the right people is the way to get in to the secret ones, I'd imagine.
I only know about cambridge ones. They tend to call themselves "sports societies" and there's usually an initiation along the lines of a yard of ale.
MB
There's loads of drinking societies: http://www.oxfordgossip.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=912 (not so secret now...)
Yes, Drinking Societies do exist, and there are quite a few of them in Oxford...
Although there is quite a spectrum of clubs out there, the one thing they tend to have in common is that most are by invitation only. The standard procedure is for potential members to be proposed, and they will get invited as long as they're not blackballed by any existing member.
First, there are the very select university-wide ones, like the Bullingdon. About 12 members, mostly Old Etonian, and titled. They get very drunk and destroy a lot of things, which they later have to pay for.
A college will normally have more than one society, and they vaguely resemble either of the following:
The College-based dining clubs, which can be very old, and are a posher version of the standard drinking societies. About 10 to 15 members, and they will have club ties (possibly jackets), and tend to be dominated by rahs and public school types. So invitation will depend on knowing the right people. I think they just go out for expensive dinners and drink lots of wine.
Then the pure drinking societies tend to be newer, less exclusive, but much more fun. Their activities will revolve largely around consuming ridiculous quantities of alcohol in an evening. These clubs tend to be dominated by laddish, rugby types, and notorious members of college. And most women's drinking societies tend to be quite similar - rowdy and fun.
Although there is quite a spectrum of clubs out there, the one thing they tend to have in common is that most are by invitation only. The standard procedure is for potential members to be proposed, and they will get invited as long as they're not blackballed by any existing member.
First, there are the very select university-wide ones, like the Bullingdon. About 12 members, mostly Old Etonian, and titled. They get very drunk and destroy a lot of things, which they later have to pay for.
A college will normally have more than one society, and they vaguely resemble either of the following:
The College-based dining clubs, which can be very old, and are a posher version of the standard drinking societies. About 10 to 15 members, and they will have club ties (possibly jackets), and tend to be dominated by rahs and public school types. So invitation will depend on knowing the right people. I think they just go out for expensive dinners and drink lots of wine.
Then the pure drinking societies tend to be newer, less exclusive, but much more fun. Their activities will revolve largely around consuming ridiculous quantities of alcohol in an evening. These clubs tend to be dominated by laddish, rugby types, and notorious members of college. And most women's drinking societies tend to be quite similar - rowdy and fun.
Hedoniste
First, there are the very select university-wide ones, like the Bullingdon. About 12 members, mostly Old Etonian, and titled. They get very drunk and destroy a lot of things, which they later have to pay for.
hey will have club ties (possibly jackets), and tend to be dominated by rahs
hey will have club ties (possibly jackets), and tend to be dominated by rahs
And I thought Evelyn Waugh was exaggerating!
If anyone wants to start a cocktail society...
(yes, i am quite obsessive about this subject..)F. Poste
If anyone wants to start a cocktail society... (yes, i am quite obsessive about this subject..)
If anyone wants to start a cocktail society...
(yes, i am quite obsessive about this subject..)Doesn't one already exist? I'm sure I've seen it mentioned somewhere...
F. Poste
If anyone wants to start a cocktail society... (yes, i am quite obsessive about this subject..)
(yes, i am quite obsessive about this subject..)I'm up for that
I've worked as a barman in a cocktail bar, and make my own liqueurs, since I can never find quite what I want to mix 
Also, it gives the opportunity to call something CockSoc
SuperSam
I have my own (not-so-secret) drinking society. It involves sitting on my arse in my room, drinking beer, eating crisps and watching kung-fu (especially Jackie Chan) films.
Anyone wanting to start a kung-fu/crisps/beer appreciation society at Oxford, you know where to come....
Anyone wanting to start a kung-fu/crisps/beer appreciation society at Oxford, you know where to come....
Change Jackie Chan for Bruce Lee...and i'm there (don't mind J.C btw just prefer B.L)
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