Why No Mention ?
Aug 29th 2012, 12:55 pm
#31
limey party pooper
Joined: Jul 2012
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Re: Why No Mention ?
The best pub I ever lived near was in Cambridge, on the River Cam. We lived in a houseboat moored in the river, close enough that we used the pub's toilets to wash in.
The houseboat eventually sank due to an unfortunate incident involving bilge pumps and feral ducks, so we had to move.
In July this year, we went back to this pub and were horrified that it's been turned into a Wetherspoon's.
Dogs. Country. Gone.
The houseboat eventually sank due to an unfortunate incident involving bilge pumps and feral ducks, so we had to move.
In July this year, we went back to this pub and were horrified that it's been turned into a Wetherspoon's.
Dogs. Country. Gone.
Aug 29th 2012, 1:06 pm
#32
Born again atheist
Joined: Jul 2005
Location: Europe (to be specified).
Posts: 30,259
Re: Why No Mention ?
Another anecdote from my recent travels in the UK was connected to an overnight stay in the village of Eynsham, near Oxford, the first place we lived after we got married in 1972.
Right next door to the house we shared there was a pub called the Queen's Head (do you see a pattern here?), it's still there so I popped in for a pint.
It had also changed a lot but I mentioned to the barmaid that the last time I had been in there was 40 years ago. She was impressed and called the landlord over and repeated my story.
He then came up with a truly British repost, namely...
"I'm not talking to him, he's not a regular".
Aug 29th 2012, 1:10 pm
#33
limey party pooper
Joined: Jul 2012
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Re: Why No Mention ?
Got it in one.
Another anecdote from my recent travels in the UK was connected to an overnight stay in the village of Eynsham, near Oxford, the first place we lived after we got married in 1972.
Right next door to the house we shared there was a pub called the Queen's Head (do you see a pattern here?), it's still there so I popped in for a pint.
It had also changed a lot but I mentioned to the barmaid that the last time I had been in there was 40 years ago. She was impressed and called the landlord over and repeated my story.
He then came up with a truly British repost, namely...
"I'm not talking to him, he's not a regular".
Another anecdote from my recent travels in the UK was connected to an overnight stay in the village of Eynsham, near Oxford, the first place we lived after we got married in 1972.
Right next door to the house we shared there was a pub called the Queen's Head (do you see a pattern here?), it's still there so I popped in for a pint.
It had also changed a lot but I mentioned to the barmaid that the last time I had been in there was 40 years ago. She was impressed and called the landlord over and repeated my story.
He then came up with a truly British repost, namely...
"I'm not talking to him, he's not a regular".
Aug 29th 2012, 1:14 pm
#34
Was in Canada, now home.
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: Devon
Posts: 3,388
Re: Why No Mention ?
Speaking as an old lady, I deny ever eating prawns in potatoes or drinking in a Wetherspoons.
However, I'm not entirely against gastro-pubs. Earlier this year I had an excellent lunch, if pricey, at the Inn in Oxney. I'm looking forward to taking my husband there the next time we are in the UK together.
However, I'm not entirely against gastro-pubs. Earlier this year I had an excellent lunch, if pricey, at the Inn in Oxney. I'm looking forward to taking my husband there the next time we are in the UK together.
Aug 29th 2012, 1:18 pm
#35
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,022
Re: Why No Mention ?
A pub I used to visit fairly often has been fitted with some sort of internetal thingie. Whenever someone I know enters, presumably someone carrying a mobile telephone, I receive a message "Eric Smithers has checked in at the Castle". Well, bloody wonderful for Eric but plainly the pub's gone downhill.
Aug 29th 2012, 1:56 pm
#36
Born again atheist
Joined: Jul 2005
Location: Europe (to be specified).
Posts: 30,259
Re: Why No Mention ?
A pub I used to visit fairly often has been fitted with some sort of internetal thingie. Whenever someone I know enters, presumably someone carrying a mobile telephone, I receive a message "Eric Smithers has checked in at the Castle". Well, bloody wonderful for Eric but plainly the pub's gone downhill.
Aug 29th 2012, 3:05 pm
#37
Stand-up Philosopher
Joined: Apr 2009
Location: Regina Saskatchewan
Posts: 16,344
Re: Why No Mention ?
I had a friend who had a serious desire to drink in an Olde English Pub and when he finally made it over in the mid- '70s and found the perfect bar with the low smokey beams... they told him to piss off and go get a haircut.
