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Bachelor Party Suggestions

ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
edited February 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
So, a friend of mine is getting married, and my best friend is in charge of the Bachelor Party. The groom is a vegetarian, and really not much of a strip-club-type guy. Given that I will be attending, however, there will be copious amounts of alcohol. I'm asking for suggestions for the party in general, everything from location to food to activities, so that I can at least have some things to throw out to my friend when we talk about it.

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  • Raziel078Raziel078 Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Don't do the strip club thing I think its the dumbest thing ever. I used to work at a bar and this guy rented out the place for his bachelor party. There were these two strippers they hired to come out. Well whatever. it just seems so dumb to me to celebrate finding someone you want to spend the rest of your life with by staring at a bunch of strange ass and titties. I don't know about other cities but in ATL there are plenty of strip clubs you can go to and get more than just a dance in the VIP room. Just make it a ridiculous night out. Get some dinner and bar/club hop all night. call the places before hand and arrange stuff like VIP before hand. VIP in a club isn't based on cool its based on money spent so hire something (a limo is way cooler than a party bus) to drive you around and just guarantee you will go around and get hammered.

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  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    If this is an all day sort of thing and the groom to be is somewhat into sports id suggest going out for a round of golf with the boys early in the day.

    I did this the morning of my wedding and it was a blast. It's a good way to spend time and you can drink the whole time.

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Yeah, I also think hiring stippers is kinda lame/played out. Sometimes its more trouble than its worth. Paintball is fun. Nothing beats shooting your friends. If you go early in the morning you'll have time for other things like golf or dinner, etc. Rent a van w/driver and you can drink the entire time.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    It's worth mentioning that we live in the middle of fucking nowhere.

    San Francisco is about 150 miles away, so we could make it out there, but hiring a vehicle to get us there and back would probably be cost-prohibitive. There are several bars in town, but only one that I'd even say comes close to being a "club."

    He's not really into golf, but those sorts of unusual suggestions are what I'm looking for.

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  • YallYall Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Thanatos wrote:
    It's worth mentioning that we live in the middle of fucking nowhere.

    San Francisco is about 150 miles away, so we could make it out there, but hiring a vehicle to get us there and back would probably be cost-prohibitive. There are several bars in town, but only one that I'd even say comes close to being a "club."

    He's not really into golf, but those sorts of unusual suggestions are what I'm looking for.

    Not sure what the weather is like in your neck of the woods during this time of year, but a bbq/picnic sort of thing has become the popular choice for a lot of my friends. Bacci ball and other lawn sports can be played if golf isn't a good option. Usually you can rent a pavillion in a park or something like that.

    Since he likes his veggies you could always mix up the grilling in a way so that it favored his taste. Buy a keg and some liquor, and viola!

    Don't forget the raffles and stuff like that if you want to help him raise some money. I never cred for that crap, but a lot of folks are doing that now.

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    if it's an option then painball is a great idea. Msot places have packages for parties so if you got enough people you get a reserved field and special rates.

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  • DrFrylockDrFrylock Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    If you are organizing a bachelor party, this book is an invaluable research tool. It covers both "PG" and "R" rated parties (the PG ones being what you're looking for) including suggestions and the like. It also includes helpful hints as to how to plan and organize so everything goes smoothly, and checklists so you don't forget anything. Highly recommended.

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  • DiscGraceDiscGrace Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    When Mr. DG's old roommate was getting married, they made him a "man's wedding cake" at the bachelor party that consisted of a large, medium, and small pizza stacked on top of each other. Dude was a huge Star Wars dork too, so they bought Han Solo and Princess Leia action figures to serve as cake toppers.

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  • clsCorwinclsCorwin Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I would think a Habachi style restaurant would be fun as hell especially combined with copious amounts of alcohol.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I second the paintball idea. I was the best man for my friend's wedding and that's what we did. It fucking rocked.

    Then we went to a strip club. The next day, his wife-to-be thanked me for getting him to a strip club (Seriously).

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    DiscGrace wrote:
    When Mr. DG's old roommate was getting married, they made him a "man's wedding cake" at the bachelor party that consisted of a large, medium, and small pizza stacked on top of each other. Dude was a huge Star Wars dork too, so they bought Han Solo and Princess Leia action figures to serve as cake toppers.
    That is the dorkiest thing I've ever heard.

    I'll have to use WoW action figures, instead.

    And paintball is almost certainly going to be on the itinerary.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Right.

    Firstly your problem is that you called it a bucks night.

    Book friday off. Make it a weekend.

    Secondly, strippers aren't there so you go wow she's hot I want to have sex with her. She's there so guys can cheer while the buck is being degraded.

    Thirdly, the last bucks night I went to had the ugliest stripper imaginable, imagine 35+ years giant fake tits, insanely low body fat and bigger fucking guns than everyone there. It was horrible, it was also fucking hillarious. 'Stripper smash' is now part of me and my friends vocabulary.

    Fourthly if you only have one stripper then she can't do a lesbian show by herself now can she?

    Fithly. Fake names, hotel rooms, go to the city. Spend the weekend there.

    The idea of it that he has time to do a bunch of fun stupid things with his mates, there isn't enough time to do that in only one night now is there?

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    So, I found out we are, indeed, planning on spending at least some time in San Francisco, probably doing some bar-hopping there.

    That being said, stuff to do around the city would be really helpful. Also, we don't have a whole lot of time (like, we're going to do it this weekend or next weekend), so anything that requires a lot of planning is out.

    Anyone know of any good, affordable paintball places around SF?

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Okay, party's happening on the 10th (like, a week from tomorrow). Looks like we're going to go to a vegetarian sushi place, and do a bunch of bar-hopping.

    It'd still be nice to find a recommendation for a good paintball place. Also, good, affordable hotels/limo services in the Bay Area would be awesome.

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  • HeirHeir Ausitn, TXRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    DiscGrace wrote:
    When Mr. DG's old roommate was getting married, they made him a "man's wedding cake" at the bachelor party that consisted of a large, medium, and small pizza stacked on top of each other. Dude was a huge Star Wars dork too, so they bought Han Solo and Princess Leia action figures to serve as cake toppers.

    Hahaha! I had a Han Solo/Princess Leia figurines on my groom's cake. I had chocolate cake instead of pizza though...I just like chocolate cake.

    I third (or fourth) paintball. I wish we had done that at my bachelor party...but we ended up staying at Dave N' Busters all day playing a crap ton of games, playing pool, and drinking. It was a great day.

    I hope Big Dookie posts, because I really loved some of the things we did at his party. Basically it involved him having to do certain activities to earn money for an XBOX. Wearing an adult diaper and eating wet dog food come to mind. :lol:

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  • LavaKnightLavaKnight Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I heard of this supposedly amazing vegetarian restaurant on SF, but I can't quite remember the name. Sushi would be fun, but I've heard good things about this place as far away as Reno, where I am. I'll try to dig the name up just to throw out another option.

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  • Peter PrinciplePeter Principle Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    If you're already in the middle of nowhere, doing wilderness-type stuff might be the way to go. When my friend got married, we went out trap shooting during the day, and then directly from the range we all went out camping for the weekend.

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  • citriccitric Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    Four XBoxes hooked up for Halo and shit. Seriously... one bachelor party I went to, one a friend went to, they did networked video games and had a lot of fun.

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    If you're already in the middle of nowhere, doing wilderness-type stuff might be the way to go. When my friend got married, we went out trap shooting during the day, and then directly from the range we all went out camping for the weekend.
    The groom isn't an outdoors-y type at all, unfortunately.

    I think we're going to go skydiving, though, which should be fun.

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