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https://life.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/10-commandments-for-the-public-house/
Burney
10-20-2017, 12:55 PM
https://life.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/10-commandments-for-the-public-house/
Not s bad set of criteria. Shane they illustrated it with The Sherlock Holmes on Northumberland Street, which is a dreadful tourist trap of a place.
Sir C
10-20-2017, 12:57 PM
https://life.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/10-commandments-for-the-public-house/
Yes, there are those amongst us who enjoy the smell of old, musty men and their desperation.
For someone such as myself, who doesn't use alcohol, the pub has limited appeal.
Yes, there are those amongst us who enjoy the smell of old, musty men and their desperation.
For someone such as myself, who doesn't use alcohol, the pub has limited appeal.
How long have you been given? or is this to prevent that conversation?
Sir C
10-20-2017, 01:09 PM
How long have you been given? or is this to prevent that conversation?
I'm not dying, p! Well, no more than everyone else.
No, I have simply discovered a purer road. A way without desire. In short, I have achieved nirvana.
I'm not dying, p! Well, no more than everyone else.
No, I have simply discovered a purer road. A way without desire. In short, I have achieved nirvana.
Are you off the smokes as well?
Sir C
10-20-2017, 01:14 PM
Are you off the smokes as well?
I am. No cigarettes, no gambling, no drugs, no alcohol, no sex.
I am simply better than all of you.
I am. No cigarettes, no gambling, no drugs, no alcohol, no sex.
I am simply better than all of you.
Miserable, but better
Burney
10-20-2017, 01:35 PM
I am. No cigarettes, no gambling, no drugs, no alcohol, no sex.
I am simply better than all of you.
To be fair, only two of those are new things, really.
Luis Anaconda
10-20-2017, 01:55 PM
Not s bad set of criteria. Shane they illustrated it with The Sherlock Holmes on Northumberland Street, which is a dreadful tourist trap of a place.
Horrible place - nice pint in there I seem to remember though
Not s bad set of criteria. Shane they illustrated it with The Sherlock Holmes on Northumberland Street, which is a dreadful tourist trap of a place.
I quite like the Ship and Shovell just up the alley beyond. There can't be many pubs on both sides of a street.
Sir C
10-20-2017, 01:57 PM
To be fair, only two of those are new things, really.
Fair one b, fair one.
Burney
10-20-2017, 02:26 PM
I quite like the Ship and Shovell just up the alley beyond. There can't be many pubs on both sides of a street.
Yes. It's quite novel, if slightly unsatisfactory.
Luis Anaconda
10-20-2017, 02:40 PM
Yes. It's quite novel, if slightly unsatisfactory.
Decent beer iirc
Yes. It's quite novel, if slightly unsatisfactory.
Not many pubs named after Sir Cloudesley Shovell though. He's no Lord Palmerston.
Not many pubs named after Sir Cloudesley Shovell though. He's no Lord Palmerston.
Bloke in M People named after him all the same.
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