What a lot of rant and tat about to smoke or not to smoke. I smoke a pipe and love the smell of St. Bruno in the morning. Never smoked fags though. The debate never mentions the economic benefits to business from not having smoking on the premises. Tick the box if there is no smoking on your premises and you get a 10% reduction on your fire insurance premium! Less labour costs in cleaning the air filters,carpets, curtains, paintwork, laundry cost for staff etc. No risk of daft litigations from irate staff who claim that you are endangering their life by allowing smoking on your premises! Get a better class of customers ie the middle-class blonde squeekee-clean female who puts all sorts of posh vapourisers about her dusted and polished home, no pets they smell, take your shoes off before you come in and no smoking, swearing or farting. Can't stand the smell of pubs even without smokers, stale beer in the carpet gives me the creaps. Modern pubs are not pubs anymore more like pig troughs and sick bags, the days of a queit drink, a friendly chat and a puff on the old pipe have gone. I suppose it's a sign of getting old, oh well sod it! I'm off to the garden shed for some home brew.
Are they White-Ox "men" or do they prefer Rotterdam Shag or Van Nelle? Pssst! Did nobody catch the double meaning of the word "fags"? :p
Yes, but I was ignoring it. What a lot of rant and tat about to smoke or not to smoke. I smoke a pipe and love the smell of St. Bruno in the morning. Never smoked fags though. I don't know why, i have an extreme allergy to cigarette smoke, even on peoples clothes, but I have never had any reaction to pipe tobacco. so what the hell do they put in cigarettes? As to the smell, reminds me of my Great-Uncle's shed and autumn bonfires. The debate never mentions the economic benefits to business from not having smoking on the premises. Tick the box if there is no smoking on your premises and you get a 10% reduction on your fire insurance premium! Less labour costs in cleaning the air filters,carpets, curtains, paintwork, laundry cost for staff etc. No risk of daft litigations from irate staff who claim that you are endangering their life by allowing smoking on your premises! Get a better class of customers ie the middle-class blonde squeekee-clean female who puts all sorts of posh vapourisers about her dusted and polished home, no pets they smell, take your shoes off before you come in and no smoking, swearing or farting. I'm safe, I'm working class Can't stand the smell of pubs even without smokers, stale beer in the carpet gives me the creaps. Modern pubs are not pubs anymore more like pig troughs and sick bags, the days of a queit drink, a friendly chat and a puff on the old pipe have gone. I suppose it's a sign of getting old, oh well sod it! I'm off to the garden shed for some home brew. You're going in the wrong pubs mate. Try some of the tucked away country pubs. The only one I go into is The Talbot in Biddulph Park. Lovely atmosphere, log fires, clean, no smell whatsoever, good food and a lovely place to talk. Do you think they'll give me a free meal now for saying that?
No you're not - you're in HE, aspirational, deferring gratification - puts you in the lower MC band.[/quote] Only if you put a picture up too
No you're not - you're in HE, aspirational, deferring gratification - puts you in the lower MC band. No chance! Where's my placard and drum? Only if you put a picture up too Best pub in the area that is.
No chance! Where's my placard and drum? There you go, that proves it. The WCs would riot - only the MCs have demos with placards (but the drum just proves you're lower-MC; MCs and upper-MCs would probably consider that a bit gauche) Best pub in the area that is. And yet they let you in
I would just like to stand up for the 'smell' of pubs! I've always found that the distinctive aroma of stale beer and tobacco is one of the most pleasing olfactory experiences around. Hard to beat the cosy miasma on entering a warm pub on a cold night. And if the ceiling isn't yellow then there's something funny going on. Too many of my favourite boozers over the years have been sterilised with the 'green and brass' treatment or 'restarauntised' (damn you whoever did that to the Bat & Ball in Hambledon, the Green Dragon in Nottingham etc. etc. etc.) There is a place for 'upmarket' pub food but on the whole what was wrong with the official pub meal of Gammon & chips!? Down with Twee and fake country pubs! (especially those standard issue signs!) Up with spit and sawdust! Great beer, funny smell and a selection of ww2 lids decorating the back bar too. Now that's what I call a pub.
If we're advertising our locals then here's mine The landlord, Tony, has the disconcerting habit of wearing a kilt on occassion - but who's going to complain about a Jitsu Dan? <table class="large_text" align="center" border="0" width="90%"><tbody><tr><td> </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr></tbody></table>
Pssst! Did nobody catch the double meaning of the word "fags"? :p I did and that's why I went for the stronger stuff. I think you missed my names in the reply.
Kyt, Is that pub anywhere near the sunderland dog track? Looks very similar to a place I went about a month ago, and the description you gave is spot on for the place I'm on about. Can't remember the name of the pub, nice food though...
Kyt, Is that pub anywhere near the sunderland dog track? Looks very similar to a place I went about a month ago, and the description you gave is spot on for the place I'm on about. Can't remember the name of the pub, nice food though... No, this one's Bristol. Scary if there's two of them - especially two Tony's (my liver can only just about cope with one!)
The landlord, Tony, has the disconcerting habit of wearing a kilt on occassion - but who's going to complain about a Jitsu Dan? I would, but then again I have a death wish. And I can scrub up okay on occassion, which allows me into The Talbot. However, i am probably one of the few people to be evicted from a hospital ward, and i wasn' even to blame.
I would, but then again I have a death wish. And I can scrub up okay on occassion, which allows me into The Talbot. Problem with arguing with Tony is the amount of alcohol that is consummed in the process - passing out on a pub bench is a common occurrance. However, i am probably one of the few people to be evicted from a hospital ward, and i wasn' even to blame. Oh yes - spill the beans then.
Family all visiting my Great-Uncle, he was sat up in bed holding court to about half a dozen friedns, so there ended up nearly 20 of us in this ward. I was about 8 and talking with the elderley gentleman in the next bed who was showing me different puzzles so I was not involved, and the laughter level around my Uncle's bed was slowly rising. In walks the Sister "Could you please keep the noise down?" Laughter level went down, but 10 minutes later was back to its previous level. In walks a slightly narked sister, "Please keep the noise down!" Noise level went down but then went right back up again instigated by my mum. In walks sister for the third time, "There is a gentleman in the next ward trying to die, and he cannot because of all the noise you are making!" Obviously this made them all laugh harder upon which we were asked to leave the hospital. 8 years old and chucked out of a hospital. i ask you.
I wonder if the bloke in the next ward heard the sister say "he's trying to die"? Hopefully, it didn't come as a surprise to him :p So, you're first ASBO at 8 - not bad.
think i got my first ASBO at 3 when I was taught how to ride my bike. Or possibly at 18 months old for following my dad up the ladder to the garage roof and giving him a near fatal coronary.
